Switchback
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
Bernard Fielding Collection
Photographs and scrapbooks compiled by Bernard Fielding. Each scrapbook contains a mixture of press cuttings including Fairground Mercury and World’s Fair, photographs, postcards, Paul Braithwaite history and patent material. Augmented by handwritten notes and research from other enthusiasts.
Blueprints of Plans and Elevation Drawings for Various Fairground Rides, c1875 - 1939
Blueprints of Plans and Elevation Drawings for Various Fairground Rides, c1880 - 1939
Catalogue, 1983
Prospectus and application for shares in Switchback Ventures. Typescript, 1p.
Drawing for Scenic Ride Car Design, c1920 - 1939
Design for a continuous car for a scenic ride with dragon's head carving at the front, also rearing horse column desing on reverse. Pencil on paper.
Drawing of Swithback Entrance Design, c1920 - 1939
Sketch of swithcback entrance showing the bottom section of columns and the platform. Pencil on paper.
Drawings for Capitel, Mirror Frame and Show Fronts, c1875 - 1939
Highly finished design drawings for capitel, mirror frame and show fronts including the Jelly Wobble, Chas Relph, Shamrock, Noah’s ark, The Frivol, Arthur Holland’s Jack & Jill slide and half section of outside decoration for roundabout.
Drawings for Scenic Rail Cars, c1900 - 1929
Humorous designs for gondola cars for switchback or scenic fairground rides.
Drawings for the Design of Various Decorative Components for Fairground Rides, c1890 - 1939
Designs for showfronts, decorative columns and other decorative features, including the swag entrance for a scenic for Charles Thurston, a Hippodrome swag entrance, the front of switchback and scenic rides, Simnett’s shop front, Parry’s show front and the design for a fireplace. Pencil on paper.
Drawings of Switchback Frames, 12 December 1901
New switchback frames for Mr J. Whiting, drawn on woven paper.
Fisheman and Sea Monster Drawing, c1900 - 1929
Design for gondola car showing a male fisheman on one end of the car and a sea monster type of creature on the other. Pencil on paper.
Footballers Drawing, c1900 - 1929
Desing for gondola car showing a footballer at each end of the car, one kicking the ball and the other being hit with it in the face. Pencil on paper.
Jester Gondola Drawing, c1900 - 1929
Design for a gondola car showing a male jester at each end of the car. Pencil on paper.
Margaret Whitaker Collection
Fairground drawings and photographs by Margaret Whitaker.
Monographs, Articles and Research Material, c1970 - 2000
Paul Angel's photographs sale lists and some items of research on switchbacks.
Musicians Gondola Drawing, c1900 - 1929
Design for a gondola car showing a musician at each end of the car. Pencil on paper.
Newspaper Cuttings, c1970 - 2000
Copied articles on Switchbacks, their centres and organs. Material from World’s Fair, Tober, Friendship Circle of Showland Fans, Merry Go Round and Key Frame.
Original Artwork, c1900 - 1929
Drawings and designs used for the decoration of fairground rides.
Original Artwork, c1940 - 1949
Drawings and sketches of fiargrounds, fairground rides and behind the scenes sketches showing showmen and women carrying out domestic jobs drawned by Margaret Whitaker at Tiverton Fair in Devon and Nottingham Goose Fair.
Orton and Spooner Collection
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.