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Fairs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1158 Collections and/or Records:

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

Various Material, c1900 - 1960

 Series
Reference code: 178Z76
Scope and Contents

Includes various magazines, journals and printed material relating to steam traction engines used on fairgrounds, compiled by Peter Black.

Dates: c1900 - 1960

Various Material, c1920 - 1950

 Series
Reference code: 178Z18
Scope and Contents

Various material, including business cards, tickets and letterheads advertising amusement caterers and contractors, compiled by Stuart Johnstone.

Dates: c1920 - 1950

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

Weddings, Births, Deaths Notebook, 1927 - 1930

 Item — Box Stuart Johnstone Box 8: Series 178P2
Reference code: 178P2.57
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing lists of weddings, births, and deaths taken from the World’s Fair newspaper, compiled by Stuart Johnstone.

Dates: 1927 - 1930

Weddings, Births, Deaths Notebook, c1920 - 1940

 Item — Box Stuart Johnstone Box 8: Series 178P2
Reference code: 178P2.58
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing lists of weddings, births, and deaths taken from the World’s Fair newspaper, compiled by Stuart Johnstone.

Dates: c1920 - 1940

Weddings, Births, Deaths Notebook, 1953 - 1961

 Item — Box Stuart Johnstone Box 8: Series 178P2
Reference code: 178P2.59
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing lists of weddings, births, and deaths taken from the World’s Fair newspaper, compiled by Stuart Johnstone.

Dates: 1953 - 1961

Weddings, Births, Deaths Notebook, 1967 - 1971

 Item — Box Stuart Johnstone Box 8: Series 178P2
Reference code: 178P2.60
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing lists of weddings, births, and deaths taken from the World’s Fair newspaper, compiled by Stuart Johnstone.

Dates: 1967 - 1971

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

Widdicombe Fair Cartoon, c1930 - 1955

 Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141
Reference code: 178C141.152
Scope and Contents

Black and white reproduction of a cartoon depicting circus performers at Widdicombe Fair(?) taken from Punch Magazine in 1851.

Dates: c1930 - 1955

William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody Biography Monograph, c1960 - 1969

 Item
Reference code: 178B14.14
Scope and Contents

Partial biography of William F. Cody aka Buffalo Bill. Typescript, 1p.

Dates: c1960 - 1969

William Keating Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0066
Scope and Contents

Photographs, some of large size negatives and glass plate negatives of fairground rides and transport.

Dates: c1880 - 1979

Williams Family Biographical Material, 1816 - 1938

 File
Reference code: 178B36.1
Scope and Contents

Research material relating to the Williams family including birth, marriage and death certificates and census records.

Dates: 1816 - 1938

Willsons (Printers) Ltd. Poster, c1900 - 1959

 Item
Reference code: 178I7.35
Scope and Contents

Willsons (Printers) Ltd. advertising poster for fairground posters and advertising. Leicester, 1p. with illustrations.

Dates: c1900 - 1959