Sideshows
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Handbills, c1786 - 1968
Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1
Scope and Contents
Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances in London.
Dates:
c1786 - 1968
John Bramwell Taylor Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0086
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of handbills, programmes and small flyers for shows, fairs, expositions and circus performances in the nineteenth century. The circus material in the Bramwell Taylor Collection was sponsored by the Circus Friends Association of Great Britain and consists of material relating to 19th century touring circuses, individual acts and purpose built hippodromes such as Hengler’s Circus and Astley’s Amphitheatre. Additionally this collection also contains a small amount of...
Dates:
c1786 - 2003
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Orton and Spooner Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0070
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.
Dates:
c1870 - 1969
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Plans, c1916 - 1939
Series
Reference code: 178M15
Scope and Contents
Blueprints of electric parts for fairground rides supplied by Mather & Platt Ltd and Hackett & Co., Electrical Engineers to Orton and Spooner.
Dates:
c1916 - 1939