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Fair Collection (page 37)

Background imageFair Collection: Barker at the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland

Barker at the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland. Date 1941 Sept

Background imageFair Collection: Midway attraction, State Fair, Rutland, Vermont

Midway attraction, State Fair, Rutland, Vermont. Date 1937 Sept

Background imageFair Collection: Gibsons horse battery (C. 3d US Art y. ) near Fair Oaks, Va

Gibsons horse battery (C. 3d US Art y. ) near Fair Oaks, Va
Gibsons horse battery (C. 3d US Art y.) near Fair Oaks, Va. June 1862. Many soldiers with cannons drawn by horses, . Date photographed 1862 June, printed later

Background imageFair Collection: Cutting the pies and cakes at the barbeque dinner, Pie Town

Cutting the pies and cakes at the barbeque dinner, Pie Town, New Mexico Fair. Date 1940 Oct

Background imageFair Collection: Scene at Barnet Horse Fair, North London

Scene at Barnet Horse Fair, North London
Scene of horses for sale at the Barnet Annual Horse and Pleasure Fair, North London. The fair takes place over three days, operating under a Royal Charter issued by Barnet Council

Background imageFair Collection: Rope Sellers at the Sunday Fair, Huancayo, Peru

Rope Sellers at the Sunday Fair, Huancayo, Peru Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFair Collection: The International Exhibition - Antwerp, Belgium

The International Exhibition - Antwerp, Belgium
The Exposition of 1930 was an international exposition that took place in LiÞºÑ, Belgium between May 3 and November 3, 1930

Background imageFair Collection: None But the Brave Deserve the Fair

None But the Brave Deserve the Fair
" From " Proverbs", a series of postcards. " 1904

Background imageFair Collection: Emancipated Woman - Husband doing chores

Emancipated Woman - Husband doing chores
The Handy-man at home An Emancipated Woman reads happily by the fire whilst her sailor husband does his fair share of the household chores by scrubbling the floor. Date: 1915

Background imageFair Collection: Advertisement with silhouette for Scenic Fair

Advertisement with silhouette for Scenic Fair
Advertisement for a Scenic Fair, showing the silhouette of a nun holding a flower

Background imageFair Collection: Poster design for a wartime The Dansant

Poster design for a wartime The Dansant
A Fair Prospect -- poster or leaflet design for a wartime The Dansant at the Prospect Hotel, starting at 4pm. A man in uniform stands facing a woman, ready to dance together. circa 1940s

Background imageFair Collection: Spitalfields Annual Festival

Spitalfields Annual Festival
A basket race at the annual fair at Spitalfields Market, London. mid 1970s

Background imageFair Collection: Col Sir A. J. Bigge Vanity Fair, Spy

Col Sir A. J. Bigge Vanity Fair, Spy
COL SIR ARTHUR JOHN BIGGE, 1st Baron Stamfordham (1849-1931) Private Secretary to Queen Victoria during the last few years of her reign and to King George V during most of his reign

Background imageFair Collection: Sir Alfred Frederick Bird, Vanity Fair, Spy

Sir Alfred Frederick Bird, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR ALFRED FREDERICK BIRD, 1st Baronet (1849-1922) British chemist, Conservative Party politician, food manufacturer and proprietor of Alfred Bird & Sons, a company founded by his father Alfred Bird

Background imageFair Collection: Civil Service Christmas Fair - Ministry of Health

Civil Service Christmas Fair - Ministry of Health
Toys collected for Childrens Charities at the Civil Service Christmas Fair - Ministry of Health section. An incredible assemblage! Date: circa 1930s

Background imageFair Collection: Merry-Go-Round

Merry-Go-Round

Background imageFair Collection: French Exhibition of 1900

French Exhibition of 1900 - the pavilions of French colonies abroad and the Champ de Mars - Paris. The lower level of the Eiffel Tower can be seen in the mdle distance Date: 1900

Background imageFair Collection: Paris Quais

Paris Quais
A fair number of the pictures in our files were purchased from the bouquinistes whose stalls form a permanent book and print market lining the quais of Paris. Date: 1930s

Background imageFair Collection: May Fair Hotel, London

May Fair Hotel, London, with House of Bewlay on the corner of the street. Date: 1947

Background imageFair Collection: A fair knock-out

A fair knock-out
A middle aged couple sitting indoors eating pickled onions and drinking stout beer, when the man reads in the newspaper that the First World War has ended " blime, lizer, the Wars over"

Background imageFair Collection: Fair Rosamond by Lewis Carroll, c. 1863

Fair Rosamond by Lewis Carroll, c. 1863
Photograph taken by Lewis Carroll (Rev. Charles L. Dodgson) of Fair Rosamond, a fancy dress group, at Oxford in June 1863. The children shown are Annie M

Background imageFair Collection: Gentlemen prefer blondes

Gentlemen prefer blondes
A group of brunette girls queuing outside the hairdressers, to get their hair dyed blonde because they are not getting the attention from the boys that they would like. 1926

Background imageFair Collection: Swedish Clog Dance

Swedish Clog Dance
A young man kneels down and makes a declaration of undying love to a fair maid during a traditional Swedish clog dance! Date: 1930s

Background imageFair Collection: Building a Marquee

Building a Marquee

Background imageFair Collection: Hampstead Fair 1930S

Hampstead Fair 1930S
All thoughts are now on Bank Holiday and preparations are being made everywhere. Here we see men getting the fairground ready on Hampstead Heath, London. Date: early 1930s

Background imageFair Collection: Carousel Horses

Carousel Horses
Retouching the paintwork on traditional wooden carousel horses before the start of the travelling fair season, Britain. Date: 1930s

Background imageFair Collection: Ram Roasting Tradition

Ram Roasting Tradition
The Ram Roasting Fair at Kingsteington, Devon, England, is an annual (Whit Tuesday) event. A lamb is sacrificed in thanks for rain after a period of drought. Date: circa 1950

Background imageFair Collection: UNSINKABLE LIFEBOAT

UNSINKABLE LIFEBOAT
Our lovely model demontrates a novel and unsinkable lifeboat at the British Industries Fair, Olympia, London. Date: 17 February 1930

Background imageFair Collection: Kingsteignton Maypole

Kingsteignton Maypole
The May Queen and her Maids of Honour (and one boy!) by the Maypole, at the Ram Roasting Fair, Kingsteignton, Devon, England, held annually on Whitsun Monday. Date: 1950s

Background imageFair Collection: 1940 Golden Gate International Exhibition

1940 Golden Gate International Exhibition
Court of the Seven Seas - 1940 Golden Gate International Exhibition, San Francisco, USA - the Expotition was held on an artificial island Treasure Island, in the San Francisco Bay. Date: 1940

Background imageFair Collection: People queueing for the Fun Fair, Battersea Park

People queueing for the Fun Fair, Battersea Park
A huge crowd of people queueing for the Fun Fair in Battersea Park on a Bank Holiday, at 4pm, not put off by the cold weather. It was part of the Festival of Britain. Date: May 1951

Background imageFair Collection: Festival of Britain and Fun Fair, with Danish royal visitors

Festival of Britain and Fun Fair, with Danish royal visitors
Views of the Festival of Britain (South Bank) and Fun Fair (Battersea). Top left is the boating pond with a cardboard set suggesting English village buildings

Background imageFair Collection: News of a fair and a marvellous thing

News of a fair and a marvellous thing, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell we sing. From a poem by William Morris. 20th century

Background imageFair Collection: Fire at Exposition Universelle et Internationale, Brussels

Fire at Exposition Universelle et Internationale, Brussels
The Exposition Universelle et Internationale - a worlds fair held in Brussels, Belgium in 1910 from April 2rd3 to November 1st 1910

Background imageFair Collection: Chicago World Fair - General Exhibits Group

Chicago World Fair - General Exhibits Group, housing the Graphic Arts, furniture, office supply, cosmetic, leather, sporting goods and jewellery industries. Date: 1933

Background imageFair Collection: Crowded beach at New Brighton, Merseyside

Crowded beach at New Brighton, Merseyside
A crowded beach at New Brighton, Wallasey, Merseyside, with the Tower Ballroom and a childrens fairground ride in the background. circa 1940s

Background imageFair Collection: Chicago World Fair - The Lagoon at night

Chicago World Fair - The Lagoon at night Date: 1933

Background imageFair Collection: Queen Elizabeth II, Canada tour 1967

Queen Elizabeth II, Canada tour 1967
Queen Elizabeth II at the Montreal Expo 67 fair during her tour of Canada in 1967 accompanied by Sir William Oliver, British commissioner-general of the exhibition

Background imageFair Collection: British Industries Exhibition, Olympia 1947

British Industries Exhibition, Olympia 1947
An orderly queue forms at the bus stop outside Olympia, in Kensington, Olympia where the 1947 British Industries Fair is being held. 1947

Background imageFair Collection: Bartholomew Fair by Purcell

Bartholomew Fair by Purcell
Musical score to Bartholomew Fair by Henry Purcell. Date: 17th century

Background imageFair Collection: The Sphere Christmas Number 1938 - Frozen Thames 1683

The Sphere Christmas Number 1938 - Frozen Thames 1683
Front cover of the Sphere magazine for Christmas 1938 featuring an illustration showing the Thames frozen in 1683. The river was frozen for long enough for the famous Frost Fair to take place with

Background imageFair Collection: D Carleton-Smythe. Simple Simon

D Carleton-Smythe. Simple Simon
Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair... 20th century

Background imageFair Collection: New York Worlds Fair - Little Miracle Town

New York Worlds Fair - Little Miracle Town
New York Worlds Fair, 1939 - Morris Gests (Jewish-American theatrical producer - 1975-1942) Little Miracle Town - featuring the worlds greatest midget artistes. Date: 1939

Background imageFair Collection: French Agricultural Fair

French Agricultural Fair
An agricultural fair in Brittany, France. Date: 1905

Background imageFair Collection: King Richard II and his mother

King Richard II and his mother
RICHARD II, KING OF ENGLAND (1367 - 1400) as a boy, with his mother Joan, daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, wife of the Black Prince of Wales, known as the fair maid of Kent

Background imageFair Collection: Sack of Coffee Beans

Sack of Coffee Beans
A sack of coffee beans. Date: 1980

Background imageFair Collection: Sabrina Fair

Sabrina Fair
Sabrina, nymph of the River Severn, with her attendants

Background imageFair Collection: Simple Simon C1860

Simple Simon C1860
Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair. Says Simple Simon to the pieman, Let me taste your ware. Date: circa 1860



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