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Fairs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Bibliographies

 Series
Reference code: 178J5
Scope and Contents

Lists of publications and exhibitions related to steam engines, fairground ride patents and a Savages exhibition at King's Lynn.

Dates: c1880 - 1989

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

Correspondence with Savages, 1953 - 1957

 File
Reference code: 178F11.2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between David Bottoms (Braithwaite) and Savages. Typescript.

Dates: 1953 - 1957

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

Letter from Savages Limited to Mr Enoch Farrar, 7 August 1923

 Item
Reference code: 178F11.13
Scope and Contents

Letter from Savages Limited to Mr Enoch Farrar, including accounts. Typescript and manuscript.

Dates: 7 August 1923

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

Plans, 1922 - 1965

 Series
Reference code: 178M7
Scope and Contents

List of rides at Nottingham Goose Fair and Savages ride plan.

Dates: 1922 - 1965

Ride Plan, 22 June 1922

 Item
Reference code: 178M7.2
Scope and Contents

Decorative and functional fittings at King’s Lynn. Drawing 1895/20. Highly detailed drawings of decorative fittings such as figurines, functional brass bearings and rods, crankshafts and platform slides. Savages Ltd.

Dates: 22 June 1922

Savages List of Exhibitis, 1975

 Item
Reference code: 178J5.3
Scope and Contents

List of exhibits by Frederick Savage at King’s Lynn Festival 1975 by David Braithwaite. Typescript.

Dates: 1975

Trade and Advertising Material, c1890 - 2006

 Series
Reference code: 178I7
Scope and Contents

Fairground ride manufacturing companies' ride specification and trade sheets including Lang Wheels, Savage Brothers, Schippers-Vanderville and Supercar Amusements among others and Wilson's Printers' fairground related supplies.

Dates: c1890 - 2006