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Sideshows

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Handbills, 1931

 Series — Box Violet Bartram Box 1: Series 178C139; Series 178T49
Reference code: 178T49
Scope and Contents

Handbill advertising a sideshow. Red type on white background with a black and white illustration of a woman with a very long neck and wings.

Dates: 1931

Photographs and Postcards, c1902 - 1942

 Series — Multiple Containers
Reference code: 178C139
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs, postcards and negatives of fairs, rides, circus and performers, including a House of Laughter at the Empire Exhibition of 1936-1937 in Johannesburge, South Africa, roller coasters, dodgems, flying chairs, juvenile roundabouts, sideshows, wall of death, Jim Burton's chairs and Pat Collin's Hawaiian natives at Barry Island, negatives of performers and animals in a circus, rides and amusements in Britain, Germany and France.

Dates: c1902 - 1942

Violet Bartram Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0195
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs, negatives and postcards of fairgrounds, amusement parks, circus and performers, a newspaper cutting and a handbill.

Dates: c1902 - 1953