Fairground art
Found in 425 Collections and/or Records:
Drawing of Show Frontage Design, c1920 - 1939
Design for a show front with foliage decorations and columns signed C.J. Spooner, Burton. Pencil on paper.
Drawing of Swithback Entrance Design, c1920 - 1939
Sketch of swithcback entrance showing the bottom section of columns and the platform. Pencil on paper.
Drawings and Plans for Ride Designs, c1880 - 1939
Drawings and plans for ride designs including juvenile pay box, John Collins globe of death, Yo-Yo domes and droppes, No.4 wall stage and canopy, Midget ride and dodgem pay box, rail cars and heraldic decoration.
Drawings for Capitel, Mirror Frame and Show Fronts, c1875 - 1939
Highly finished design drawings for capitel, mirror frame and show fronts including the Jelly Wobble, Chas Relph, Shamrock, Noah’s ark, The Frivol, Arthur Holland’s Jack & Jill slide and half section of outside decoration for roundabout.
Drawings for Hoop-la Stall Design, c1930 - 1939
Design for seweets stall with large stand inside. Pencil and watercolour on paper.
Drawings for Organ Front Designs, c1920 - 1939
Designs for organ fronts including blueprints of drawings and pencil drawings.
Drawings for Scenic Rail Cars, c1900 - 1929
Humorous designs for gondola cars for switchback or scenic fairground rides.
Drawings for the Design of Various Decorative Components for Fairground Rides, c1890 - 1939
Designs for showfronts, decorative columns and other decorative features, including the swag entrance for a scenic for Charles Thurston, a Hippodrome swag entrance, the front of switchback and scenic rides, Simnett’s shop front, Parry’s show front and the design for a fireplace. Pencil on paper.
Driver and Dinosaur Drawing, c1900 - 1929
Sketch of humorous driving scene showing a car crashing onto a dinosaur and the driver being launched out of the car. Pencil on grid lined paper.
Elephant Scene Drawing, c1900 - 1929
Sketch of humorous scene showing an elephant pulling a man dressed in Asian style clothing on a small cart. Pencil on grid lined paper.
Elevation Drawing for No.45 Ark, c1930 - 1939
Desing for No.45 Ark frontage with annotations on timber specifications, drawn to scale. Pencil on paper.
Eric Waddington Collection
Black and white photographs of early fairground rides and transport.
Faiground Photographs, 1990 - 1999
Black and white and colour photographs of rides, shows and showmen and women at various fairs.
Fairground Mercury Articles, 1980 - 1985
Compilation of articles written by J. Rowland Scott for the Fairground Mercury magazine, Glossop. Manuscript, 194p.p.
Fairground Mercury Articles, c1960 - 1989
Articles written by J. Rowland Scott for the Fairground Mercury magazine. Manuscript.
Fairground Negatives, 1951 - 1952
Black and white negatives of fairground lorries, fairground rides and sideshows taken at various fairs by Rod Spooner.
Fairground Photographs, 1952 - 1953
Black and white copies of photographs of fairground lorries, fairground rides and sideshows taken at various fairs in the South of England and the Midlands taken by Rod Spooner.
Fairground Photographs, 1930 - 1970
Black and white negatives and photographs relating to fairs and fairground transport in the East and West Midlands by various authors. Includes ten bound albums donated to the Friendship Circle of Showland Fans library, which Arthur Jones loaned to members. These albums, compiled by members, include regional photographs.
Fairground Photographs and Postcards, 1910 - 1990
Black and white and colour photographs, postcards and negatives of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, fairground shows, living wagons, showpeople and transport taken by Rowland Scott and other fairground enthusiasts including Jack Mellor, includes two photographic albums.
Fairground Postcards, c1900 - 1914
A small amount of copies of photographs taken by Jack Mellor and printed into postcards, contained in an album. The photographs show images of faiground transport.