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Amusement rides

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1124 Collections and/or Records:

Design for Noah's Ark Paybox, December 1932

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.47(iv)
Scope and Contents

Side elevation for the design of a Noah's Ark ride paybox. Pencil on paper.

Dates: December 1932
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Plans and Elevation Drawings for Noah’s Arks

Design for Ride Frontage, c1875 - 1899

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

Design for a ride frontage showing columns and frieze with foliage decorations also design for scenic car on reverse. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1875 - 1899
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Drawings for Capitel, Mirror Frame and Show Fronts

Design for Ride Frontage, c1920 - 1939

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

Design for a ride procenium showing a small roof with plant pots on the sides and small fruiting trees, on reverse annotation reading Noah's Ark. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Drawings for Capitel, Mirror Frame and Show Fronts

Design for Ride Frontage, c1930 - 1939

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

Sketch for ride frontage in the Art Deco style. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Drawings for Capitel, Mirror Frame and Show Fronts

Design for Ride Structure, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.51(v)
Scope and Contents

Design of a section of a ride's holding structure with dimensions. Pencil on tracing paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Drawings and Plans for Ride Designs

Design for Scenic Ride Entrance, c1900 - 1910

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

Design of a scenic ride entrance showing column designs in the shape of a man in military outfit riding a rearing horse and a man in Beefeater's style outfit and heavily decorated freize, signed C.J. Spooner Buton on Trent. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1900 - 1910
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Drawings for Capitel, Mirror Frame and Show Fronts

Design for Scenic Ride Frieze, c1875 - 1899

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

Design for the frieze and column capital of a scenic ride showing folliage and flower decorations, signed C.J. Spooner Burton. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1875 - 1899
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Drawings for Capitel, Mirror Frame and Show Fronts

Design for The Frivol, c1930 - 1939

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

Design for The Frivol, showing frontage decorations with female figure on right hand corner and columns, stamped G. Orton Sons & Spooner. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Drawings for Capitel, Mirror Frame and Show Fronts

Design for Tower Uprights Water Plates, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.49(xiii)
Scope and Contents

Full size drawing of section of tower uprights washer plates. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Plans and Drawings for Ride Mechanisms and Components

Design for Yoyo Frieze, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.51(vi)
Scope and Contents

Scale sketch for Yoyo ride freize design. Pencil on paper

Dates: c1920 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Drawings and Plans for Ride Designs

Design of Rearing Horse Column, c1900 - 1920

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

Design for a column in the shape of a man in Middle Eastern military attire on a rearing horse, signed C.J. Spooner Burton on Trent on reverse. Pen and ink on paper.

Dates: c1900 - 1920
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Drawings for Capitel, Mirror Frame and Show Fronts

Design of Ride Sections, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.30(v)
Scope and Contents

Design of sections of a ride showing internal components.

Dates: c1920 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints of Plans and Sketches for Fairground Rides

Design of Sections of Juvenile Roundabout, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.49(vii)
Scope and Contents

Design of details of horizontal shaft of juvenile roundabout, drawn to scale. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Plans and Drawings for Ride Mechanisms and Components

Design of Sections of Juvenile Roundabout, May 1933

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.49(viii)
Scope and Contents

Design for inner end swift tee of 18 feet juvenile roundabout. Pencil and red biro on paper.

Dates: May 1933
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Plans and Drawings for Ride Mechanisms and Components

Design Specifications, August 1912

 Item
Reference code: 178H8.24
Scope and Contents

Design specifications for 16ft gallery wagon. Manuscript

Dates: August 1912
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Business Records

Designs for Bearing Support, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.30(iv)
Scope and Contents

Details of bearing supports for fairground ride. Boards painted by E. Dandy, Dover Road, Blackpool.

Dates: c1920 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints of Plans and Sketches for Fairground Rides

Designs for Blanked Bearings, Shafts and Washers, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.49(vi)
Scope and Contents

Desing for fairground rides' blanked bearings, shafts and washers, drawn full and half size with dimensions and annotations. Pen and ink on paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Plans and Drawings for Ride Mechanisms and Components

Designs for Midget Ride and Dodgem Payboxes, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.51(ix)
Scope and Contents

Design for midget ride and dodgem payboxes. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Drawings and Plans for Ride Designs

Detail of J. Collins Ride Design, c1900 - 1920

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.49(iii)
Scope and Contents

Car detail for a J. Collins ride with some annotations and dimensions. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1900 - 1920
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Plans and Drawings for Ride Mechanisms and Components

Detail of Swoop Blueprint, 15 February 1935

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.32(xxxvii)
Scope and Contents

New ride axel details by Cranes Dereham Ltd, South Green Works, Dereham Norfolk.

Dates: 15 February 1935
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Ride Structures and Platforms

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