Fairs
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Angram Bank, High Green Fun Fair Poster, 8 - 12 July c1975
Farrar. Red and blue type on white background.
Angram Bank, High Green Jubilee Feast Poster, 7 - 12 July 1977
Farrar. Red and blue type on white background.
Attercliffe Recreation Ground Fun Fair Poster, 15 - 24 July c1975
Sheffield. Farrar. Red and blue type on yellow background.
Charles Taylor Collection
The Charles Taylor collection is a fine example of Taylor’s of Wombwell printers’ posters, which highlight changes in printing techniques, fashion and taste within the popular entertainment industry. Included are examples of posters for pantomimes, fairs and circuses. The collection also contains handbills and other advertising material.
Design for Arrangement for Revolving Disc for Enoch Farrar, January 1910
Pencil drawing of sections of ride with annotations and dimensions. Scale 1 and 1/2. Drawing number 700, drawer number 29.
Design for Pole Centre Truck Electric Motor Cars, November 1909
Pencil drawing of sections of poles for fairground ride used for Farrar and Tyler in November 1909, Goldthorpe Marshall in March 1910, Marshall Hill in August 1910, J.W. Waddington in November 1910 and JB. Studt in December 1910, with annotations and dimensions. Scale 1/2 size. Drawing number 676, drawer number 29.
Design for the Arrangement of Motor Switchback for Farrar and Tyler, and Jackson, November 1909
Black, red and blue pen and ink drawing of side elevation and sections of waterfall piping and tank with annotations and dimensions. Scale 3/4'' to 1ft. Drawing number 674, drawer 28. Number 73 in red on bottom right corner.
Design for Waterfall for Enoch Farrar, November 1909
Black and blue pen and ink drawing of front and side elevations of ride section with annotations and dimensions. Scale 1 and 1/2. Drawing number 682, drawer number 29.
Design of Derrick for Electric Switchback for Enoch Farrar, November 1909
Black, red and blue pen and ink drawing of sections of ride with annotations and dimensions. Full size. Drawing number 685, drawer number 29.
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.