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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 464 Collections and/or Records:

Photographic Album, 1902 - 1951

 Item
Reference code: 178C104.2
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of the William Rosaire family and several generations of the Decar family as well as different acts and circus and variety performers and showmen, city views in France, Persia, Argentina, Switzerland, England and Ireland, 40p.p

Dates: 1902 - 1951

Photographic Album, 1905 - 1953

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13688
Scope and Contents Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, amusement parks, steam engines, living wagons, fairground shows and showpeople, including Marshall, Manders, Randall Williams, Codona, Holland, Smart, Wilson, Kaye, Jervis, White, Peters, Thurston, Pat Collins and Turner at Nottingham Goose Fair, Coventry Pot Fair, Poole Fair, Ashton, Newcastle, Widnes Fair, Birmingham Whit Fair and Knutsford and other locations and showmen and a...
Dates: 1905 - 1953

Photographic Album, 1937 - 1956

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13689
Scope and Contents Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, steam engines, living wagons, wall of death, fairground shows and showpeople, including Corrigan, Marshall, J. Scott, Robinson, Tuby, Waddington, Butlin, Farrar, at Heckmondwyck Fair, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Holmfirth, Sheffield, Keighley, Dewsbury, Woodhouse Feast, Holbeck, Hull, Leeds and Harrogate and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by...
Dates: 1937 - 1956

Photographic Album, c1950 - 1959

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13690
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines, living wagons and showpeople, including Silcock, Pat Collins, Morley, Holland and Hibble & Mellor and other locations and showmen with numbers. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 28p.p some pages empty.

Dates: c1950 - 1959

Photographic Album, 1948 - 1954

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13691
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines, living wagons, boxing, fairground shows, circus and showpeople, including Silcock, Manning, Holland, Waddington, Ling, Butlin, Farrar, Marshall and Pat Collins at Nottingham Goose Fair, Chorley Fair and Southport and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 16p.p.

Dates: 1948 - 1954

Photographic Album, 1908 - 1956

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13692
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, steam engines, living wagons, fairground shows, boxing, wall of death and showpeople, including Holland, Farrar, Warren, Ling, Hibble & Mellor, Tuby, Wroot, Marshall and other showmen at Lincoln Fair with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 20p.p.

Dates: 1908 - 1956

Photographic Album, 1905 - 1954

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13693
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines, living wagons, globe of death, fairground shows, circus and showpeople, including Holland, Pat Collins, Cox, Proctor, Corrigan, Shufflebottom, Shaw, Marshall, Waddington, Ling and Pullen at Nottingham Goose Fair, Hull Fair, Lincoln, Huddersfield and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 19p.p.

Dates: 1905 - 1954

Photographic Album, 1899 - 1955

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13695
Scope and Contents Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, boxing booths, steam engines and transport, Showpeople, circus and fairground shows including Murphy, Harniest, Deakin, Waddington, Anderton and Rowland, Silcock, Harry Lee, Shaw, Proctor, Reany, M.A. Collins and Tom Norman at Hull Fair, Northampton Fair, Stockport, Daisy Nook, Heaton Park, Oldham and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland...
Dates: 1899 - 1955

Photographic Negatives and Notes, 1977 - 1978

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C125.82-260
Scope and Contents

Strips of negatives and three pages of handwritten notes about the content of the negatives, also some information on original negative sleeves, include printed and unprinted images from fairgrounds in King's Lynn, Norwich, Ealing and Northampton among other locations.

Dates: 1977 - 1978

Photographic Slides of Fairgrounds, c1973 - 1979

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C85.1-1223
Scope and Contents

Colour slides of fairgrounds, fairground rides, sideshows, people and stalls, taken by Dick Scott-Stewart.

Dates: c1973 - 1979

Photographs, 1894 - 1962

 Series
Reference code: 178C12
Scope and Contents

Black and white copies of photographs and negatives relating to the fairground.

Dates: 1894 - 1962

Photographs, c1904 - 1989

 Series — Multiple Containers
Reference code: 178C40
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1904 - 1989

Photographs, 1999

 Series — Box Michelle Leonard Box 6: Series 178C140
Reference code: 178C140
Scope and Contents Colour and black and white photographs of fairground rides, transport and showmen, including images showing showmen preparing to go to Dubay at Southampton docs including Edward Ayres' lorries, Stevens rides, Arthur Price's Superbob, Theodor Whytt's Tip Top, Studt's Dodgems, Edward and Mandy Ayres (178C140.24), Jock painting (178C140.32), Littlewood's lorry, Tim Barker painting a ghost train at Shedfreld yard in Southampton, Jason Herbert in Dorsert, Edward Danter's Tagada in Boscombe, John...
Dates: 1999

Photographs, c2022 - 2023

 Series
Reference code: 178C142
Scope and Contents

Photographs relating to the activities and events of The Showmen's Mental Health Awareness Charity.

Dates: c2022 - 2023

Photographs, c1900 - 1994

 Series
Reference code: 178C144
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1900 - 1994

Photographs, 1988 - 1994

 File
Reference code: 178C10
Scope and Contents

Photographs of fairground showmen and women taken by Martin Burridge

Dates: 1988 - 1994

Photographs, 1930 - 1950

 Series
Reference code: 178C56
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs taken by Harry Furness of his faiground boxing booth. Images show boxers, crowds and other people related to the show.

Dates: 1930 - 1950

Photographs, c1890 - 1979

 Series
Reference code: 178C38
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of fairground rides, transport, sideshows, boxing booths and showmen and women.

Dates: c1890 - 1979

Photographs, 1900 - 1970

 Series
Reference code: 178C62
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of fairgrounds, rides, transport and showpeople taken by a variety of people and collected by Percy Jackson.

Dates: 1900 - 1970

Photographs, c1920 - 1939

 File
Reference code: 178C46
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs and negatives of the Nichol's family business.

Dates: c1920 - 1939