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Chicago World Fair - The Lagoon at night Date: 1933

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rustic Fete at Northfleet, Kent - a successful competitor climbs the greasy pole and wins the flitch of bacon, to the plaudits of the crowd Date: 1832

Washing in Dew
The fair maid who, the first of May, goes to the fields at break of day, and washes in dew from the hawthorn tree, will ever after handsome be

Breton Fair / In the Rain
A rainy day at a Breton fair. The women wear their regional costume and most have colourful umbrellas. Date: 1905

Lindbergh Music Sheet
LUCKY LINDY ! Lucky Lindy, up in the sky, Fair or windy, hes flying high ! Date: 1927

Ballad / False Lover
THE FALSE LOVER WON BACK When John tells her he loves another, the fair maid goes after him and by the end hes as deep in love wi her as she was ower again. Date: traditional

Gj Goschen / Vanity Fair
GEORGE JOACHIM GOSCHEN 1st VISCOUNT GOSCHEN British politician Date: 1831 - 1907

Louis Blanc / Vanity Fair
LOUIS BLANC French socialist leader Date: 1811 - 1882

Military / Fortifications
MARTELLO TOWER Tower at the fair-way of the Thames and Medway. Date: 1856

Mfs Carnot / Van Fair 1889
MARIE-FRANCOIS-SADI CARNOT French politician and President Date: 1837 - 1894

Holman Hunt / Vanity Fair
WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT Pre-Raphaelite artist Date: 1827 - 1910

Fairground 1930S
A busy scene at a fairground, showing families milling around the rides, most of them wearing various types of hats - cloche, pith helmets, straw boaters, trilbys, etc. Date: early 1930s

Showgirl in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair
One of the showgirls in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair at Casa Manana, New York, 1939 (7th Ave at 50th Street) Date: 1939

Showgirls in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair
Some of the showgirls in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair at Casa Manana, New York, 1939 (7th Ave at 50th Street) Date: 1939

Performers in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair
Some of the performers in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair at Casa Manana, New York, 1939 (7th Ave at 50th Street) Date: 1939

Billy Rose show Lets Play Fair at Casa Manana
Programme cover for the Billy Rose cabaret show Lets Play Fair at Casa Manana, New York, 1939 (7th Ave at 50th Street) Date: 1939

The spirit of England at work: railway and dock volunteers
Volunteers on the railways during the General Strike. The ILN reports that Nothing was more remarkable during the General Strike than the skill and efficiency with which the railways were carried

British Ballad, Fair Helen of Kirconnell
FAIR HELEN (Helen of Kirconnell - Kirconnel - Kirkconnel) British ballad of Scottish origin telling the tragic tale of Helen Irving (Fair Helen of Kirkconnel) daughter of the Laird of Kirkconnel

British Ballad, The Cruel Sister
THE CRUEL SISTER (The Twa Sisters - The Miller and the Kings Daughter) British ballad first known to have appeared on a broadside in 1656

British Ballad, Lucy and Colin
LUCY AND COLIN. British ballad by Thomas Tickell (1685-1740), based on the traditional Fair Margaret and Sweet William ballad

British Ballad, Lord Thomas and Fair Annet
LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET. British Ballad telling the story of Lord Thomas who is in love with Fair Annet and plans to marry her

British Ballad, Fair Rosamond
FAIR ROSAMOND (The Fate Of - The Bower Of) Legend has it that King Henry II of England (reigned 1154 - 1189) adopted Roasmond (Rosamond Clifford) as his mistress, and that

Arrival of the fair, New Bridge, Haverfordwest, South Wales
The arrival of the fair, making its way along New Bridge in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. Townspeople stop and look. Lewiss Furnishing Warehouse can be seen in the background

People at the fair, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Crowds of people milling around at the fair, on land adjacent to the New Bridge in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Sweet and Shy by Muriel Dawson
A little girl wearing a patterned Fair Isle jumper smiles shyly

World Fair 1940
Street of shops at the American Bureau for Medical Aid China Pavilion at the New York World Fair 1940

New York World Fair 1939, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Building

Japanese Pavilion, World Fair 1939
Japanese Pavilion at the New York World Fair 1939 showing the diplomatic room

Tapa, Estonia - grew up with the arrival of the railroad in Estonia. A horse fair in the town

Arhai-Din-Ka-Jhopra, Ajmere, India
Arhai-Din-Ka-Jhopra, Ajmere. Built in the 13th century by the first Muslim Sultan in India, Qutb-ud-Din Aibak. The site of a religious fair that lasted for 2.5 days

Paris Exhibition, Palace of Horticulture
View from outside the Palace of Horticulture at the Paris Exhibition. The exhibition (Exposition Universelle) lasted from 15 April until 12 November 1900 and received 50 million visitors

Luna Park, Coney Island
Entrance to the Luna Park on Coney Island, New York, America

Poster advertising the Sixth Paris Fair, 1909
Poster advertising the Sixth Paris Fair, from 12 to 28 February 1909, at the Grand Palais in the Champs Elysees

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