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Fairground art

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Blueprints of Plans and Elevation Drawings for Various Fairground Rides, c1875 - 1939

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178M15.34
Scope and Contents Plans and elevation drawings for various fairground rides, including No.2 car track, Whirlwind racer, Switchback frames for J. Whiting, Weymouth Ghost Train, No.1 and No.2 Swoops, No.1, No.2, No.3, No.11, No.16 (alterations), No.33 (extension), No.47, No.52, No.54 and No.64 Arks, No.30 Noah’s Ark, No.31 Ark extension and No.4 alterations to the front for Frank Codona, cut out of motorcycle, Yo-Yo, No.8 Ghost Train, survey of ground for the Ghost Train Westover Amusement Park Bournemouth and...
Dates: c1875 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans

Design Drawings for Ride and Show Fronts, c1880 - 1939

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178V10.54
Scope and Contents

Drawings for ride fronts, shows and carts, including Chamberlain’s show front carved by W.E. Hilton, Bostock’s show front, chalk rubbing for window design, centre pay box for organs, Ghost trains, Corrigan’s front entrance, Smart and Elson sign, Frank Codona’s Speedway, Egyptian Helter Skelter design and Parry’s Famous Shows front.

Dates: c1880 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork

Frank Codona's Speedway Frontage, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.54(xvii)
Scope and Contents

Colour drawing of ride frontage containing landscape scenes and Egyptian inspired columns. Stamped Geo. Orton, Sons & Spooner, Burton-on-Trent. Contains notes about decorative finishes.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Design Drawings for Ride and Show Fronts

Jungle Design, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.54(vii)
Scope and Contents

Art Deco style, colour design for Codona's Jungle ride entrance.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Design Drawings for Ride and Show Fronts

Photographic Album, 1905 - 1953

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13688
Scope and Contents Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, amusement parks, steam engines, living wagons, fairground shows and showpeople, including Marshall, Manders, Randall Williams, Codona, Holland, Smart, Wilson, Kaye, Jervis, White, Peters, Thurston, Pat Collins and Turner at Nottingham Goose Fair, Coventry Pot Fair, Poole Fair, Ashton, Newcastle, Widnes Fair, Birmingham Whit Fair and Knutsford and other locations and showmen and a...
Dates: 1905 - 1953
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Rowland Scott Collection / Photographs and Postcards

Photographic Album, 1941 - 1955

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13696
Scope and Contents Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines and transport, circus and fairground shows including Crow, Harry Lee, Smart, Bertram Mills, Farrar, Butlin, Codona, Silcock, Shaw, Marshall, Pat Collins, M.A. Collins, Harry Lee and Wallis at Oldham Fair, Lincoln Fair, Bootle, Huddersfield, Southport, Hull Fair, Knottingley Fair, Stanley Park and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott,...
Dates: 1941 - 1955
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Rowland Scott Collection / Photographs and Postcards

Photographs and Postcards, c1899 - 1969

 Series
Reference code: 178C57
Scope and Contents

Photographs, postcards and negatives of fairgrounds taken by Rowland Scott and other fairground enthusiasts.

Dates: c1899 - 1969
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Rowland Scott Collection

Rowland Scott Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0037
Scope and Contents

Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.

Dates: c1899 - 1989
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Super Jungle Front Rounding Board Artwork, c1900 - 1929

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.54(xxii)
Scope and Contents

Colour design for John Codona's Super Jungle ride front rounding board, scale 3/4".

Dates: c1900 - 1929
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Design Drawings for Ride and Show Fronts

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