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Fairground art

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 433 Collections and/or Records:

Design for No.21 Noah's Ark, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.47(iii)
Scope and Contents

Design for No.21 Noah's Ark rafters, with dimensions and annotations. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Design for Noah's Ark Paybox, December 1932

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.47(iv)
Scope and Contents

Side elevation for the design of a Noah's Ark ride paybox. Pencil on paper.

Dates: December 1932

Design for Ride Frontage, c1875 - 1899

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.45(viii)
Scope and Contents

Design for a ride frontage showing columns and frieze with foliage decorations also design for scenic car on reverse. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1875 - 1899

Design for Ride Frontage, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.45(xv)
Scope and Contents

Design for a ride procenium showing a small roof with plant pots on the sides and small fruiting trees, on reverse annotation reading Noah's Ark. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Design for Ride Frontage, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.45(xvii)
Scope and Contents

Sketch for ride frontage in the Art Deco style. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Design for Scenic Ride Entrance, c1900 - 1910

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.45(xx)
Scope and Contents

Design of a scenic ride entrance showing column designs in the shape of a man in military outfit riding a rearing horse and a man in Beefeater's style outfit and heavily decorated freize, signed C.J. Spooner Buton on Trent. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1900 - 1910

Design for Scenic Ride Frieze, c1875 - 1899

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.45(xvi)
Scope and Contents

Design for the frieze and column capital of a scenic ride showing folliage and flower decorations, signed C.J. Spooner Burton. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1875 - 1899

Design for The Frivol, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.45(ix)
Scope and Contents

Design for The Frivol, showing frontage decorations with female figure on right hand corner and columns, stamped G. Orton Sons & Spooner. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Design for Yoyo Frieze, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.51(vi)
Scope and Contents

Scale sketch for Yoyo ride freize design. Pencil on paper

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Design of Rearing Horse Column, c1900 - 1920

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.45(vii)
Scope and Contents

Design for a column in the shape of a man in Middle Eastern military attire on a rearing horse, signed C.J. Spooner Burton on Trent on reverse. Pen and ink on paper.

Dates: c1900 - 1920

Design Pattern, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178Z66.4
Scope and Contents

Desing pattern of a wing drawn in pencil on brown paper, drawn on both sides of the paper. Pattern used by Maxwells, to transfer the image to fairground ride panels.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Details of Decoration Designs, c1875 - 1910

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.51(xi)
Scope and Contents

Detail of decorations with colour guide. Pencil on tracing paper.

Dates: c1875 - 1910

Dick Price Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0031
Scope and Contents This collection contains black and white and colour prints and negatives of lorries, rides, shows and personalities at various fairs, mainly Cheshire, Merseyside and Wales fairs taken and collected by Dick Price. Also VHS videos consisting of an eclectic range of fairground and transport themed visual material from a variety of steam rallies and fairs up and down the country, from Folkestone to Ross-on-Wye. The majority feature archive footage filmed in the 1990s by Dave Homer, a renowned...
Dates: 1906 - 1999

Dick Scott-Stewart Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0072
Scope and Contents

Slide transparencies created for the 'Fairground Snaps' book and later projects. The material in this archive is all of Scott-Stewart's work relating to fairs and circuses, particularly from an artistic and social angle. This collection covers all the field work completed by the artist in preparing his book, as well as trips following the publication.

Dates: 1970 - 1990

Dodgem Design, c1921 - 1939

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

Design idea for a permanent dodgem, showing the colour elevation drawing of an Art Deco building structure from three different angles.

Dates: c1921 - 1939

Drawing for Fairground Ride Car Decorations, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.26
Scope and Contents

Design for heavily decorated car with three rows of seats and steering wheel on the front. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Drawing for Farrar's Roundabout, c1875 - 1899

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.44
Scope and Contents

Drawing of Farrar’s entrance to roundabout with heavily decorated columns and garlands. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1875 - 1899

Drawing for John Studt Junior Scenic Ride Design, July - August 1922

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.42
Scope and Contents

Plan drawing for John Studt junior scenic with dimensions. Pencil on brown paper.

Dates: July - August 1922

Drawing for Organ Front Design, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.36(i)
Scope and Contents

Design for an organ front with profuse decorations including scrolls and columns on blue paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Drawing for Organ Front Design, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.36(ii)
Scope and Contents

Design for an organ front with profuse decorations including scrolls and columns on blue paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1939