Fairs
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Acquisition Letter, 1976
Letters regarding the acquisition of Orton and Spooner material. Typescript.
Certificates of Insurance, 1914
Certificates of insurance for Anderton & Rowland’s roundabout and Marenghi organ.
Correspondence, 1901 - 1976
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.
David Braithwaite Collection
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.
No.48 Dodgem Platform, c1920 - 1939
Floor plan showing dodgem track and circle end, with notes and dimensions.
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.
Philip Swindlehurst Collection
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.
Photographs, c1900 - 1970
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
Photographs, 1880 - 1950
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.
Sketches and Spefications, 1919 - 1920
Rough sketches and specifications for Risi see 178V10.35 for drawings. 3p.p.