Fairground art
Found in 433 Collections and/or Records:
Procenium Decoration, c1890 - 1900
Sketch for the design of the decoration of a section of a ride's procenium with scrolls and foliage. Pencil on paper.
Queen Post Truss Plan, 11 December 1888
Section elevations of the queen post truss for roof, signed C.J. Spooner Burton. Pencil on paper.
Racer Drawing, c1930 - 1949
Sketch showing a racing car being driven at high speed. Pencil on grid lined paper.
Ray Madison Collection
Black and white and colour photographs of fairground transport, rides and shows from various locations.
Research on Carters' Gallopers, c1980 - 2000
Research on Carter’s gallopers for book, including some pencil sketches of rides, newspaper and magazine articles and photocopies as well as manuscripts.
Review of The Fairground Scenics and their Engines Monograph, Published 1952, Revised 1961, Revised 1968
Monograph by J. Rowland Scott, Glossop, published 1952 revised 1961 and 1986. Manuscript, 86p.p.
Richard Sissons Collection
Colour photographs of personalities and artefacts taken on the first day of the 1995 Sheffield "Mile Long" City Centre funfair by Richard Sissons.
Ride Entrance Elevation, c1920 - 1939
Design for Holland's showfront entrance with some notes.
Ride Entrance Plan, c1900 - 1929
Sketch of entrance plan for a ride for H. Thurston with dimensions and notes. Pencil on paper.
Ride Frontage Design, c1880 - 1910
Design for ride frontage showing procenium, columns with foliage decorations and shields and garlands hanging between the columns. Pencil on paper.
Ride Frontage Sketch, c1900 - 1929
Front elevation design of a ride frontage showing the entrance with two sets of steps and a side elevation, stamped G. Orton Sons & Spooner Ltd. Pencil on paper.
Rod Spooner Collection
The collection includes photographs taken by Jack Mellor and includes images of fairground rides, sideshows and traction engines. There are copies of Rod Spooner's photographs of South and Midland Fairs from 1952-1953. Also included is a cassette recording of an interview With Kay Smart and other showmen/women.
Ron Kinder Collection
Slides and photographs of Ron's travels to various preservation events and a few pictures from local Derbyshire fairs, articles, correspondence and Nottingham and Hull fair plans.
Ron Lee Collection
This collection contains black and white and colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides and transport taken by Ron Lee and scrapbooks.
Ron Newbold Collection
Colour and black and white photographs consisting of traction engines, fairgrounds, ride and organs taken by Ron Newbold.
Ron White Collection
Photographs of fairgrounds around Scotland and the north west of England, mainly around Ayrshire from the 1960s onwards and scrapbooks compiled by Ron White containing advertisments for Scottish and north of England fairgrounds and Chipperfield Circus.
Ronald Allen Taylor Collection
The collection contains photographs in twenty two albums taken by Taylor and other photographers, correspondence and a number of catalogues including his Dodgem research material.
Rosaire’s Circus Photographs, c1936 - 1950
Rosaire's Circus Sign, Caravans and Tents, c1936 - 1938
Black and white postcard of the circus sign at the entrance to Rosaire's Circus. Also showing a man and a dog, caravans (one advertising 'The Kilty Lassies') and ticket booth (background), and circus tent (background).
Roundabout Art Article, Published 13 September 1981
An article by P.J. Kavanagh on fairground artist Fred Fowle published in the Telegraph Sunday magazine, London, pages 38-46. Contains illustrations.