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Fairs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1020 Collections and/or Records:

Various Documents, c1940 - 1969

 File
Reference code: 178Z52.4
Scope and Contents

Various documents related to Selina Dobson and other members from the Dobson family, including funeral cards and greeting cards.

Dates: c1940 - 1969

Various Fairground Photographs, c1880 - 1939

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C134.30-37
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs and postcards of fairground scenes, people and Biddall's ghost show after being sold to Codona and converted to a bioscope.

Dates: c1880 - 1939

Various Items , 2004 - 2005

 Series
Reference code: 178Z60
Scope and Contents

Various items related to the Punters: Auto-Portraits of Fairground Thrill Exhibition.

Dates: 2004 - 2005

Various Items, c1980 - 2010

 Series
Reference code: 178Z39
Scope and Contents

Various items of ephemera related to fairgrounds collected by Chris Russell.

Dates: c1980 - 2010

Various Items, 1952 - 1986

 Series
Reference code: 178Z19
Scope and Contents

Various items of fairground ephemera related to Bill Weeks, the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain and the Friendship Circle of Showland Fans.

Dates: 1952 - 1986

Various Items, c1920 - 1979

 Series
Reference code: 178Z63
Scope and Contents

Various items of ephemera belonging to Billy Wood and his descendants, including Billy Wood's letter headed paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1979

Various Items, c1920 - 1955

 Series
Reference code: 178Z66
Scope and Contents

Various items related to the Biddall showman family.

Dates: c1920 - 1955

Various Items, c1994 - 2005

 Series
Reference code: 178Z73
Scope and Contents

Family trees and miscellaneous items, compiled by Eleanor Rayner.

Dates: c1994 - 2005

Various Items of Ephemera Belonging to Billy Wood, c1920 - 1979

 File
Reference code: 178Z63.1
Scope and Contents

Various items including paperwork related to The Dingles Fairground Heritage Trust's Bioscope Appeal and the donation of Billy Wood's boxing show to the Trust, Billy Wood letter headed paper and a programme for Mannequin Parades at Clacton-on-Sea.

Dates: c1920 - 1979

Various Items Related to Barbara Buttrick's Career as a Boxer, c1949 - 1999

 File
Reference code: 178H34.1
Scope and Contents

Various items related to Barbara Buttrick professional career as a boxer including promotional photographs, sample of commercial for Nike and the Women’s International Boxing Federation book of rules and regulations.

Dates: c1949 - 1999

Various Items Related to Punters: Auto-Portraits of Fairground Thrill Exhibition, 2004 - 2005

 File
Reference code: 178Z60.1
Scope and Contents

Advertising cards, list of photographs with names of participants and rides where the photographs were taken, project information sheet and illustration showing the use of the body mounted auto-portrait machine.

Dates: 2004 - 2005

Various Items Related to Variety, c1837 - 2008

 Series
Reference code: 178Z28
Scope and Contents

Various items related to variety theatre in Blackpool and other locations.

Dates: c1837 - 2008

Vic King Fairground Film Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0142
Scope and Contents

Amateur fairground and steam fair films, made by Vic King, Syd Taylor and Edward Albert (Ted) Dandridge around Oxfordshire, Somerset and surrounding areas. Also 1 empty can entitle Old Steamers by E. A. Dandridge.

Dates: 1950 - 1987

Violet Bartram Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0195
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs, negatives and postcards of fairgrounds, amusement parks, circus and performers, a newspaper cutting and a handbill.

Dates: c1902 - 1953

Wagons at Bartholomew's Fair, c1930 - 1955

 Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141
Reference code: 178C141.151
Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph reproduction of a sketch of the wagons used by Bartholomew's Fair between 1820 and 1830.

Dates: c1930 - 1955

Wakefield Great Holiday Fair Poster, 1 - 9 August c1975

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.965
Scope and Contents

Clarence Park. Waltzer, Ark, Dodgems. Multicoloured.

Dates: 1 - 9 August c1975

Wall of Death Weekend Handbill, Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 June c1990s

 Item
Reference code: 178T37.12
Scope and Contents

Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre, Milford Lifton. Colour lithograph showing a wall of death rider and a skull on the background with text above and below and red border and photographic image of a family with four children and fairground rides on the background on the reverse.

Dates: Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 June c1990s

Wallis’s Fun Fair Poster, c1980 - 1989

 Item
Reference code: 178R41.16
Scope and Contents

Queenferry, Deeside Leisure Centre. Colour lithograph of general view of the fun fair and main rides at the forefront.

Dates: c1980 - 1989

West of England Steam Engine Society 25th Anniversary Steam Traction Engine Rally Programme, 16 - 17 August 1980

 Item
Reference code: 178K3.20
Scope and Contents

West of England Steam Engine Society 25th Anniversary Steam Traction Engine Rally, Silverwell Farm, Near St Agnes. 52pp, illustrated.

Dates: 16 - 17 August 1980

White Waltham Steam Fair Film, 1964

 Item
Reference code: 178D7.3
Scope and Contents

Silent, colour film of White waltham Steam fair, Shottesbrooke. Original on 8mm, copied to D-BETA and DVD 5 by Joanna Braithwaite.

Dates: 1964