Fairground Collection (#2)

Nottingham Goose Fair Edwardian period

Children on a fairground carousel Date: 1935

Only A Penny, Try Your Lungs! - fairground scene Date: 1879

Only A Penny, Try your weight, Sir? - fairground scene
Only A Penny, Try your weight, Sir? - weighing machine in fairground scene Date: 1879

Only A Penny, Don't be afraid to hit! - fairground scene
Only A Penny, Don't be afraid to hit! - strength test at fairground Date: 1879

Girls looking at a stall at Looe fair, Cornwall Date: 1930s

SWITCHBACK FATALITY
Antoine Friley is flung from a switchback car at Saint-Cloud, on the outskirts of Paris : the poor fellow dies instantaneously 1891

The Great Wheel at Earl's Court, London, seen from below: the cabin on the left is a Smoking Saloon, a feature not found on more recent wheels... Date: 1895

Fairground - South Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire. Date: circa 1910s

Comic postcard, Drunken man with crocodile Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two women at a fairground, near the fortune tellers tent Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Girl and boy riding on a roundabout horse Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Elderly couple emerge from Tunnel of Love Date: circa 1961

Riding carousel at fairground
Visitors at a packed fairground enjoy riding the carousel, price one shilling. Date: circa 1950s

Fairground carousel with riders. Date: circa 1950s

Fairground at night with sky wheels, roundabout illuminated, and milling crowds. Date: circa 1950s

Children ride a carousel
Children on a busy fairground carousel enjoy flying through the air. Date: circa 1950s

Cartoon, Twopenny Politics (Gladstone and Bright)
Cartoon, Twopenny Politics -- a satirical comment on electoral reform, as promoted by Liberal politicians John Bright and William Gladstone

German Fairground with Sideshows - Mainz, Germany. The stalls include the chance to see a Giant Lady, a South sea Islander, an electric shick machine and a balloon seller. Date: 1899

The fairground game of quoits or hoopla, jeu du lapin, 1815. Satirical print by showing the Duke of Wellington winning Napoleon Bonaparte as the prize

Fairground. Artist Leo Pasetti (1889-1937). German graphic artist and costume designer Date: circa 1930

Poster, Super Dodgems at the Fairground

Cartoon, Fairground performers in the rain
Cartoon, Fair weather - Fairground performers and spectators in the rain. early 19th century

Pleasure velocipede 1869
New World, pleasure, recreation or exercise, this newly invented contraption was used by young and old in public or private grounds

Fun at the fair - Groups of people enjoying the activities at a busy fairground. Date: circa 1920

Children & adults enjoy a day at the fair on the man powered roundabout. Date: 1888

A car rushes round the loop at the Switchback on the pier at Atlantic City, America. Date: 1901

The Switchback ride at the Jardin de Frascati, Le Havre, France. Date: 1846

Duke & Duchess of York, Prince of Wales, Amusements
The Duke & Duchess of York and the Prince of Wales enjoy a rollercoaster ride on the Giant Switchback at the Amusements, Wembley, May 1924. Date: 1924

MONTAGNES RUSSES 1799
The first slide of its kind in Paris Date: 1799

FRANCO-BRITISH / FLIP-FLAP
The Franco-British exhibition held at the White City, London. This picture shows the Flip-Flap - a type of fairground ride. Date: 1908

A fair in Russia in 1803 Date: 1803

Fairground, Hull, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1919

Mickey Mouse characters on a fairground roundabout
Colourful Disney characters on a fairground roundabout, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Rooks fly into the winter trees in the background. Date: 2006

Fairground Berwick-on-Tweed
A man enters the control box of the Sky Diver fairground ride on the banks of the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Teed, Northumberland. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1991

A Fair on the Common at Southwold, Suffolk. Date: circa 1910s

A Fair at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales Date: 1903

Fairground at Burntisland, Fife, Scotland
A fairground at Burntisland, Fife, Scotland, with a helter skelter at the centre. Date: circa 1920s

Barnum's Circus Parade Victorian period

Men at a fairground on a Christmas and New Year card
Men playing a fairground game on a Christmas and New Year card -- It is a fortunate head that never aches. Date: circa 1890s

Fairground Organ
A gaudy, ornate, colourful steam-driven fairground organ made by Gavioli of Paris. Date: 19th century

Fairground Carousel, Southampton, Hampshire, England. Date: 1960s

Helter skelter at a funfair. Date: 20th century

FAIRGROUND OCTOPUS
The Octopus, a popular fairground ride. Date: 1970s

The Great Wheel and the Eiffel Tower - Paris, France
The Great Wheel and the Eiffel Tower - la rue Suffren - Paris, France - erected as part of the Exposition Universelle of 1900. Date: circa 1905

USA - New York - Luna Park at Coney Island - Main Lagoon. Date: 1910

Sad-looking girl at the fair
A sad-looking girl playing roll a penny, hoping to win a prize on a fairground stall. circa 1952

The Figure of Eight Railway - National Scottish Exhibition
The Figure of Eight Railway at the National Scottish Exhibition - held at Edinburgh between May and October 1908. Date: 1908

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