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Amusement rides

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Coronation Day Handbill, 1855

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.173
Scope and Contents

Orchestral Band of the Company at Crystal Palace. Variety of acts including Balloon Ascents, Comic Ballet and Steam carrousels. Printed by: T.K. Burt and Co., Wine Office Court, Fleet Street.

Dates: 1855
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Crystal Palace and South London Handbills

Crystal Palace and South London Handbills, c1835 - 1899

 Sub-Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.168-186
Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling exhibitions and sideshows at Crystal Palace and South London.

Dates: c1835 - 1899
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills

Frankie Roberto Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0155
Scope and Contents

Photographs, programmes, plans, trade and advertising material, tickets, badges and other items of ephemera for British theme parks and attractions, including Alton Towers, Pleasure Land, Thorpe Park and Legoland.

Dates: c1900 - 2006
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Handbills, c1786 - 1968

 Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1
Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances in London.

Dates: c1786 - 1968
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection

John Bramwell Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0086
Scope and Contents The collection consists of handbills, programmes and small flyers for shows, fairs, expositions and circus performances in the nineteenth century. The circus material in the Bramwell Taylor Collection was sponsored by the Circus Friends Association of Great Britain and consists of material relating to 19th century touring circuses, individual acts and purpose built hippodromes such as Hengler’s Circus and Astley’s Amphitheatre. Additionally this collection also contains a small amount of...
Dates: c1786 - 2003
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Photographs, c1900 - 1999

 Series
Reference code: 178C117
Scope and Contents

Photographs and postcards of Alton Towers, Chessington World of Adverntures, Crystal Palace and Thorpe Park, showing sites, rides and other amusements.

Dates: c1900 - 1999
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Frankie Roberto Collection

Topsy-Turvy Postcard, c1900 - 1929

 Item
Reference code: 178C117.5
Scope and Contents

Colour postcard of the Topsy-Turvy Railway at Crystal Palace.

Dates: c1900 - 1929
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Frankie Roberto Collection / Photographs

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