Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast)
Dates
- Existence: c1894 - 1979
Biography
Jack Mellor was a fairground enthusiast, who travelled around the country taking photographs of fairgrounds. He was also a well know dealer of fairground images and was known for producing copies by other enthusiasts photographs, applying captions to them and selling them on.
During the early 1950s Jack took photographs of Pat Collins’ fairs at various locations around Birmingham and the Black Country, which are a remarkable record of the fairground scene in the Midlands at the time.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Photographs and Postcards, c1899 - 1969
Photographs, postcards and negatives of fairgrounds taken by Rowland Scott and other fairground enthusiasts.
Rowland Scott Collection
Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.
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