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Fairground art

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 433 Collections and/or Records:

Sketch of Various Decorations, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.33(xx)
Scope and Contents

Sketch of various decorations including fish. Pencil on brown paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Sketche for Shooting Gallery Decoration, c1900 - 1929

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.5
Scope and Contents

Design for a fairground sideshow frontage showing classical figures, cherubs and folliage decorations, contains stamp from W.G. Hilton Architectural and Ornamental Wood Carvers. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1900 - 1929

Sketches for Centaur Cars, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.37(viii)
Scope and Contents

Two designs for cars with centaurs with fish bodies and two rows of seats. Pencil on blue paper .

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Sketches for Fairground Ride Car Designs, c1920 - 1939

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178V10.37
Scope and Contents

Sketches for fairground ride car designs, including turkey, fish, swan, peacock, crocodile, greyhound, galloping horse, sea horse, dragon, centaur, whale and mermaid, mainly for switchback and scenic and a car for P. Bishop.

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Sketches for Scenic and Switchback Cars, c1900 - 1929

 File
Reference code: 178V10.7
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketches for scenic and switchback cars with fantasy dragon scenes (one possibly an allegory of St. George slaying the dragon) and demonic figures and elaborate foliage by H. Darby.

Dates: c1900 - 1929

Sketches for Scenic or Switchback Ride Cars, c1900 - 1929

 File
Reference code: 178V10.4
Scope and Contents

Designs for fairground ride cars showing neoclassical cherub figures in various poses, sideshow frontage, frieze and game stall.

Dates: c1900 - 1929

Sketches of Car Fronts, c1900 - 1929

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.8(vii)
Scope and Contents

Design for fairground ride car with scroll carvings. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1900 - 1929

Sketches of Carving Decorations, c1900 - 1929

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.8(iii)
Scope and Contents

Two designs for ride of show frontage carving decorations showing folliage and dragon motives. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1900 - 1929

Sketches of Carving Decorations, c1900 - 1929

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.8(ix)
Scope and Contents

Design for top section of ride of show front decorations showing scroll, figure and animal motive carvings, contains inscriptions and measurements on front and reverse. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1900 - 1929

Sketches of Folliage and Flags Carving Decorations, c1900 - 1929

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.8(viii)
Scope and Contents

Sketch for a ride or show frontage carving showing folliage decorations, flags and a dragon's head. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1900 - 1929

Sketches of Front, Rounding Boards and Figures for Switchback, 1904

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.8(ii)
Scope and Contents

Design for a Savage Switchback built for Eugene Denis of Paris showing frontage with sculpture of Brittania on top section and columms in the shape of military figures on horses and other figures, inscribed on centre J. Spooner Burton on Trent. Pencil on paper.

Dates: 1904

Sketches of People on Fairground Rides, 1947

 Item
Reference code: 178V21.8
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketches of people on fairground rides, including gallopers, at the Goose Fair by Margaret Whitaker.

Dates: 1947

Sketches of Samples for Switchback Cars, c1900 - 1929

 File
Reference code: 178V10.8
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketches of samples for switchback cars, decorative friezes, front entrance of joy wheel and design for switchback.

Dates: c1900 - 1929

Sketches of Samples of Ride Frontage Decorations, c1875 - 1899

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.45(xiii)
Scope and Contents

Sketch of two samples of frontage section decoration showing heavy folliage, flowers and shield reading C.J. Spooner Burton. Pen and ink on paper.

Dates: c1875 - 1899

Steam Fair, Oxford Fair, Linda in Spain, Brands Hatch Film, 1959

 Item
Reference code: 178D8.18
Scope and Contents

Amateur film shot by George Bolesworth of British steam fairs and family holiday abroad. 8mm format. Silent. Colour.

Dates: 1959

Stuart Johnstone Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0041
Scope and Contents

Photographs of rides, fairgrounds, traction engines and organs taken by a number of individuals as well as detailed notebooks. His notebooks are essentially digested versions of the World's Fair and include chronological guides to fairs, machines for sale, parks, engines and families.

Dates: 1920 - 1980

Super Jungle Front Rounding Board Artwork, c1900 - 1929

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.54(xxii)
Scope and Contents

Colour design for John Codona's Super Jungle ride front rounding board, scale 3/4".

Dates: c1900 - 1929

Swan Decoration, c1900 - 1920

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.35(lv)
Scope and Contents

Detail of ride frontage decoration showing a swan in a pond on the left side and some scroll decorations.

Dates: c1900 - 1920

Switchback and Helter Skelter Drawings, 4 July 1943

 Item
Reference code: 178V21.2
Scope and Contents

Two sketches blued to a paper sheet showing a pencil drawings of a switchback railway ride with annotations about colours, carvings and finishes and pencil drawing of a helter skelter at Mitcham Fair by Margaret Whitaker.

Dates: 4 July 1943

Swithback Entrance Design, c1875 - 1899

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.45(xii)
Scope and Contents

Design for rustic style switchback entrance, showing heavy folliage decorations and tree trunk style columns. Pen and ink on paper.

Dates: c1875 - 1899