Business
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Blueprints of Plans and Elevations for Various Fairground Rides and Details, c1915 - 1949
Sub-Series
Reference code: 178M15.33
Scope and Contents
Plans and elevations for various fairground rides including No.24 Monorail, arrangement of swing boats, plan for Burton bridge widening, Collins Battersea cars, Wall of Death, Rocket Speedway, Coaster plan for John Collins in Yarmouth, No.7, No.8 and No.1 Ghost Trains, Weymouth and Ramsgate Ghost Trains, Monkey Roundabout, No.8 Dodgem for Yarmouth, plans for Leeds Amusement Park, No.48, No.49, No.57, No.53, No.52, No.68, No.22, No.29, No.35, No.66 and No.14 Dodgems, Codona Dodgem, No.1 Water...
Dates:
c1915 - 1949
Boxing Booth Elevation, December 1934
Item
Reference code: 178M15.33(l)
Scope and Contents
Front elevation of Stewart's boxing booth, scale 3/4".
Dates:
December 1934
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