Photographic Album, 1905 - 1953
Scope and Contents
Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, amusement parks, steam engines, living wagons, fairground shows and showpeople, including Marshall, Manders, Randall Williams, Codona, Holland, Smart, Wilson, Kaye, Jervis, White, Peters, Thurston, Pat Collins and Turner at Nottingham Goose Fair, Coventry Pot Fair, Poole Fair, Ashton, Newcastle, Widnes Fair, Birmingham Whit Fair and Knutsford and other locations and showmen and a photograph of Buffalo Bill with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 22p.p.
Dates
- Creation: 1905 - 1953
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room
Conditions Governing Use
Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material
Extent
1 Item(s) ; 366mm x 268mm
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) (Organisation)
- W. Marshall Amusements (Established c1986) (Organisation)
- Williams, Randall Kay, 1846 - 1898 (Person)
- Manders (Established 1850) (Organisation)
- Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) (Organisation)
- Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 (Person)
- Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 (Person)
- Codona (Established c1790) (Organisation)
Cultural context
Occupation
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk