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Fairs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Acquisition Letter, 1976

 File
Reference code: 178F11.1
Scope and Contents

Letters regarding the acquisition of Orton and Spooner material. Typescript.

Dates: 1976

Certificates of Insurance, 1914

 File
Reference code: 178H8.4
Scope and Contents

Certificates of insurance for Anderton & Rowland’s roundabout and Marenghi organ.

Dates: 1914

Correspondence, 1901 - 1976

 Series
Reference code: 178F11
Scope and Contents

David Braithwaite's correspondence with various people and organisations including Orton and Spooner, Savages, The British Fairground Society, the Showland Library, The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain, Allan Herschell and Kenneth Brown. Some correspondence is under his old name David Bottoms.

Dates: 1901 - 1976

David Braithwaite Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0053
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs taken by David Braithwaite from the 1950s and used towards his publications alongside older images collected from other sources as well as business records, monographs, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, bibliographies, catalogues, programmes, films and some other miscellaneous items.

Dates: c1880 - 1989

No.48 Dodgem Platform, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.33(li)
Scope and Contents

Floor plan showing dodgem track and circle end, with notes and dimensions.

Dates: c1920 - 1939

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

Philip Swindlehurst Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0040
Scope and Contents

This collection contains original cabinet cards relating to Orton and Spooner of Burton upon Trent and postcards depicting fairs from the turn of the 19th century.

Dates: c1800 - 1899

Photographs, c1900 - 1970

 Series
Reference code: 178C61
Scope and Contents

Balck and white photograph and cabinet cards relating to Orton and Spooner of Burton upon Trent and postcards depicting fairs from the turn of the 19th century. Also images related to Philip Swindlehurst’s preservation work

Dates: c1900 - 1970

Photographs, 1880 - 1950

 Series
Reference code: 178C76
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs and negatives of fairground rides, living wagons, transport, fairground organs, carvings and other artwork from the Orton and Spooner company. Also contains some photographs of employees and showmen.

Dates: 1880 - 1950

Sketches and Spefications, 1919 - 1920

 Item
Reference code: 178H8.22
Scope and Contents

Rough sketches and specifications for Risi see 178V10.35 for drawings. 3p.p.

Dates: 1919 - 1920