Showman
Found in 1164 Collections and/or Records:
Photographs, 1900 - 1970
Black and white photographs of fairgrounds, rides, transport and showpeople taken by a variety of people and collected by Percy Jackson.
Photographs, c1910 - 1999
Black and white and colour photographs of Rhyl Amusement Park showing rides, side stalls and the park’s opening ceremony.
Photographs, c1920 - 1939
Black and white photographs and negatives of the Nichol's family business.
Photographs, 18 August 1995
Colour photographs of showpeople and fairground rides, transport and sideshows taken on the first day of the Sheffield Mile Long city centre fair.
Photographs, c1880 - 1972
Black and white copies of photographs and negatives relating to the Williams fairground family.
Photographs, c1900 - 1991
Twenty two photographic albums containing black and white and colour photographs mainly of fairgrounds and transport by various photographers, including Ronald Allen Taylor.
Photographs, 1988 - 1989
Colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, transport, fairground families, fairground art and showmen and women.
Photographs, May 1994
Colour Photogrpahs of fairgrounds taken largely in the Greater London area.
Photographs, c1900 - 1969
Black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fiarground rides, transport, living wagons and some show families. Includes four photographic albums.
Photographs, c1900 - 1989
Black and white and colour photographs of members of the Dobson family, including photographs of World War One and World War Two soldiers and two photographic albums.
Photographs, c1890 - 1959
Black and white photographs of George Sanger's Circus showing staff, family, performers, animals, living wagons and parades, including Topsy Sanger, Harry Austin, George Holloway, Cissie Holloway, Cissie Austin, George Sanger, James Holloway, Abe Holloway, George Austin, Bellevina Holloway, Kate Holloway, The Three Holloways, Cirque Angelo, The Four Holloways, Ellen Chapman, Harriet Sanger and June Dick. Also some copies of photographs of the Bostock and Wombwell menagerie.
Photographs, c1904 - 1989
Black and white and colour photographs and contact prints of members, presidents and vice-presidents of the Guild, meetings and luncheons, fairgrounds, fairground opening ceremonies, images of the Royal family visiting the fairground, social and formal events, fairground rides and sideshows, transport, an album containing photographs of street views and recreation grounds and a photograph of The Fun of the Fair spitfire.
Photographs, c2022 - 2023
Photographs relating to the activities and events of The Showmen's Mental Health Awareness Charity.
Photographs, c1900 - 1994
Photographs relating to the life and career of knife thrower, Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver), together with photographs of family members, notably his father, Tom Norman, as well as family occasions and weddings, presumably collected by him and dated approximately from 1990 to his death in 1994.
Photographs, 1999
Photographs and Negatives, 1977 - 1978
Black and white photographs of fairground people by Bob Chase, produced for his final university year project, also includes contact prints, negatives and notes
Photographs and Postcards, c1900 - 1929
Black and white and colour photographs and postcards
Photographs and Postcards, c1800 - 1999
Black and white and colour photographs, negatives and photographic albums mainly containing images of British circus, circus performers, animals and circus personalities but also some menageries such as Bostock and Wombwell and other associated entertainments and non-British circuses taken by David Jamieson, Lindsay Temple, Den Curtis, Capt. Middleton, Jack Niblett and other photographers.
Photographs and Postcards, 1902 - 1951
Photographic albums and photograhs showing the Decar family, circus performers and acts, including animals and images of different locations around the world.
Photographs and Postcards, 1908 - 1975
Black and white photographs and postcards of the Ohmy, the Smart and the Sanger circuses and family members, including John Sanger in sailor’s uniform. Also a variety of circus performers including Mme. Morelli from the Bostock menagerie. Many of the postcards have been used for correspondence.