Helter skelter
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Bernard Fielding Collection
Photographs and scrapbooks compiled by Bernard Fielding. Each scrapbook contains a mixture of press cuttings including Fairground Mercury and World’s Fair, photographs, postcards, Paul Braithwaite history and patent material. Augmented by handwritten notes and research from other enthusiasts.
Blueprints of Plans and Sketches for Fairground Rides, c1887 - 1940
Design Drawings for Ride and Show Fronts, c1880 - 1939
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.
Helter Skelter Elevation, 1914
Helter skelter structure arrangement for Proctor with notes.
Helter Skelter Elevation, 1934
Front elevation and plan of helter skelter.
Helter Skelter Elevation, 1928
Front elevation of neoclasical and Egyptian style design helter skelter.
Helter Skelter Sketch, 1946
Pencil sketch of a helter skelter and round games stall at Nottingham Goose Fair by Margaret Whitaker.
Margaret Whitaker Collection
Fairground drawings and photographs by Margaret Whitaker.
Original Artwork, c1940 - 1949
Drawings and sketches of fiargrounds, fairground rides and behind the scenes sketches showing showmen and women carrying out domestic jobs drawned by Margaret Whitaker at Tiverton Fair in Devon and Nottingham Goose Fair.
Orton and Spooner Collection
This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.
Photographs, 1961 - 1995
Colour photographs of fairgrounds and steam engine rallies taken by Bernard Fielding.
Photographs of Fairgrounds, Fairground Rides and Steam Engine Rallies by Bernard Fielding, 1961 - 1995
Colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, general views of fairgrouns, steam engines and steam engine rallies taken by Bernard Fielding in various locations around the United Kingdom including Yorkshire, Gloustershire, London and Hampshire.
Plans, c1916 - 1939
Blueprints of electric parts for fairground rides supplied by Mather & Platt Ltd and Hackett & Co., Electrical Engineers to Orton and Spooner.
Switchback and Helter Skelter Drawings, 4 July 1943
Two sketches blued to a paper sheet showing a pencil drawings of a switchback railway ride with annotations about colours, carvings and finishes and pencil drawing of a helter skelter at Mitcham Fair by Margaret Whitaker.