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Amusement rides

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1313 Collections and/or Records:

Trade Sheet for Colour Strip Targets, c1900 - 1959

 Item
Reference code: 178I7.5
Scope and Contents

Trade sheet for colour strip targets, 1p. with illustrations.

Dates: c1900 - 1959
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / David Braithwaite Collection / Trade and Advertising Material

Trailer for Inclined Roundabout Blueprint, 28 February 1935

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

By Messrs Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd, scale 1 1/2" and 3". Drawing W4375.

Dates: 28 February 1935
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Ride Structures and Platforms

Trailer Passanger Car Floor Board Blueprint, 31 August 1935

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.28(xxv)
Scope and Contents

Blueprint showing section of car floor board for rocket speedway by Norman Bartlett N Tonawanda N.Y. scale 3".

Dates: 31 August 1935
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Fairground Ride Designs and Mechanisms

Trailer Passanger Car Seat Frame Blueprint, 10 June 1935

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.28(xxxii)
Scope and Contents

Blueprint showing sections of a car set frame for a rocket speedway by Norman Bartlett N Tonawanda N.Y. scale 3/4".

Dates: 10 June 1935
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Fairground Ride Designs and Mechanisms

Trailer Passanger Car Seat Frame Blueprint, 18 September 1935

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.28(xxxv)
Scope and Contents

Blueprint showing sections of a car set frame for a rocket speedway by Norman Bartlett N Tonawanda N.Y. scale 3/4".

Dates: 18 September 1935
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Fairground Ride Designs and Mechanisms

Train Car Blueprint, 15 January 1936

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

Train comprises seven four passanger cars and one 80hp, V8 Ford drive unit, capacity 28 passengers, operating cycle 1 minute 30 seconds, 1260 passengers per hour. Drawing by Norman Bartlett N. Tonawanda N.Y., scale 3".

Dates: 15 January 1936
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Ride Structures and Platforms

Train Car Collector Blueprint, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.29(xxi)
Scope and Contents

Details of collector for ghost train cars.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Trams In and Around Manchester, 1999

 Item — Box Dick Price Box 21: Series 178D3
Reference code: 178D3.29
Scope and Contents

VHS tape titled, 'Trams in and Around Manchester', produced by Online Video. Includes archive footage of trams journeys from various sources. Locations include Greater Manchester. Duration: 50 minutes.

Dates: 1999
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Dick Price Collection / Films

Trams in North Lancashire, 1997

 Item — Box Dick Price Box 21: Series 178D3
Reference code: 178D3.30
Scope and Contents

VHS tape titled, 'Trams in North Lancashire', produced by Online Video and filmed by Martin Jenkins. Includes archive footage of trams journeys from various sources. Locations include various in Lancashire. Duration: 60 minutes.

Dates: 1997
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Dick Price Collection / Films

Transcriptions of Interviews with Jim Bryant and Research on Bryant’s Slot Machines, September - November 1996

 File
Reference code: 178B23.2
Scope and Contents

Transcriptions of taped interviews with Jim Bryant and manuscript notes and research on Bryant’s slot machines, New Brighton Tower Company, Tom Boland, Street Automatic Machine Co. and others, for ‘Arcades & Slot Machines’ book.

Dates: September - November 1996
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Paul Braithwaite Collection / Monographs, Articles and Research Material

Transcriptions of Interviews with Joe Fletcher, 1996 - 1997

 File
Reference code: 178B23.1
Scope and Contents

Transcriptions of taped interviews with Joe Fletcher for Cater Books’ ‘Arcades & Slot Machines’ book.

Dates: 1996 - 1997
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Paul Braithwaite Collection / Monographs, Articles and Research Material

Transport of Delight Volume Eight, 1997

 Item — Box Dick Price Box 20: Series 178D3
Reference code: 178D3.3
Scope and Contents

VHS tape titled, 'Transport of Delight Volume Eight', filmed by Dave Homer. Locations include: Paignton, Devon. Duration: 52 minutes.

Dates: 1997
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Dick Price Collection / Films

Transport of Delight Volume One, 1992

 Item — Box Dick Price Box 20: Series 178D3
Reference code: 178D3.1
Scope and Contents

VHS tape titled, 'Transport of Delight Volume One', filmed by Dave Homer. Locations include: Knutsford, Cheshire. Duration: 53 minutes.

Dates: 1992
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Dick Price Collection / Films

Transport of Delight Volume Three, 1993

 Item — Box Dick Price Box 20: Series 178D3
Reference code: 178D3.2
Scope and Contents

VHS tape titled, 'Transport of Delight Volume Three', filmed by Dave Homer. Locations include: Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire. Duration: 57 minutes.

Dates: 1993
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Dick Price Collection / Films

Travelling Show Notebook, 1925

 Item — Box Stuart Johnstone Box 6: Series 178P2
Reference code: 178P2.34
Scope and Contents

Notebook listing travelling shows ordered alphabetically by showman, compiled from the World's Fair Newspaper, compiled by Stuart Johnstone.

Dates: 1925
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Stuart Johnstone Collection / Notebooks

Travelling Show Notebook, c1920 - 1930

 Item — Box Stuart Johnstone Box 6: Series 178P2
Reference code: 178P2.35
Scope and Contents

Notebook listing travelling shows ordered alphabetically by showman, compiled from the World's Fair Newspaper, compiled by Stuart Johnstone.

Dates: c1920 - 1930
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Stuart Johnstone Collection / Notebooks

Tucker's Fun Fair Poster, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.661
Scope and Contents

Poster left blank for overprinting location and date. Speedway, waltzer. Blue and red type on white background.

Dates: c1970 - 1979
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Charles Taylor Collection / Posters / Oversize Mixed Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell

Turner Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0030
Scope and Contents

This collection contains black and white photographs and negatives relating to the Turner family, mourning ribbons and a certificate of marriage

Dates: c1903 - 1956
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Unfinished Sketch, c1930 - 1949

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.2(viii)
Scope and Contents

Unfinished sketch showing some landscape lines. Pencil on grid lined paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1949
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Decorative Drawings for Juvenile Fairground Ride

Untitled Amateur Film, 1994 - 1996

 Item — Box Dick Price Box 22: Series 178D3
Reference code: 178D3.38
Scope and Contents

VHS tape, including amateur film footage of different fairs visited between 1994 and 1996. Duration 120 minutes.

Dates: 1994 - 1996
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Dick Price Collection / Films

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