Fairs
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Bibliographies
Lists of publications and exhibitions related to steam engines, fairground ride patents and a Savages exhibition at King's Lynn.
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.
Correspondence with Savages, 1953 - 1957
Correspondence between David Bottoms (Braithwaite) and Savages. Typescript.
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.
Letter from Savages Limited to Mr Enoch Farrar, 7 August 1923
Letter from Savages Limited to Mr Enoch Farrar, including accounts. Typescript and manuscript.
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.
Plans, 1922 - 1965
List of rides at Nottingham Goose Fair and Savages ride plan.
Ride Plan, 22 June 1922
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.
Savages List of Exhibitis, 1975
List of exhibits by Frederick Savage at King’s Lynn Festival 1975 by David Braithwaite. Typescript.
Trade and Advertising Material, c1890 - 2006
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.