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Enquirer Printing Company Collection
Collection
Reference code: NFA0125
Scope and Contents
This collection of printed material produced by the Enquirer Job Printing Company contains American sideshow and freak show posters mainly from the Ripley’s ‘Believe it or Not’ franchise and a poster sampler that was taken around by salesmen from the company.
Dates:
1869; c1930 - 1949
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Norman Family Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0087
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs, business papers, newspaper cuttings typed pages and notes (probably for an autobiography) with some correspondence about a proposed book. There are also some costumes and props.
Dates:
c1930 - 1969
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Shufflebottom Family Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0014
Scope and Contents
The main part of the collection consists of material relating to the Shufflebottom family and receipts and posters advertising their latest attractions. The second half of the collection relates to the Waddington family and Margaret Shufflebottom's later marriage to Arthur Bird.The Shufflebottom collection consists of photographs, diaries, albums, account books and assorted ephemera associated with the family's history on the fair. The photographic material dates from 1890 to the...
Dates:
c1890 - 1989
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive