Fairs Collection (page 3)

Crown at Village Fair
A crowd at a village fair. Date: 19th Century

Swedish log cabin at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867. The World Expo in Paris opened its doors on 1st April 1867. Date: 1867

An Elizabethan Frost Fair
Christmas-tide on the Ice: An Elizabethan Thames Fair. high Wassail on the frozen Thames. Roasting an ox on the ice by old London Bridge during the Great Frost of 1565 (in a 1934 illustration)

Fairground worker closing lorry before departure
A fairground worker closing the back of the final lorry before departure to a new location. Date: circa 1960s

Exhibition Hall, Billings, Montana, USA
Auditorium and Exhibition Hall, Midland Empire Fair, Billings, Montana, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Spain (1870). Opening of the Barcelona Exhibition. Etching. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

Pillow seller. Augustus reign (1st c. BF- 1st c. )
Pillow seller. Augustus reign (1st c.BF- 1st c.). Roman art. Early Empire. Relief. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Galleria degli Uffizi (Uffizi Gallery)

DORɬGustave. L Espagne
Dore, Paul Gustave (1832-1883). L Espagne. 1874. Majos and Majas returing the from the Feria del Rocio. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

Magirus patent turntable ladder fire escape
Details of the Magirus-Leiter patent turntable ladder fire escape, a prize-winning vehicle exhibited at various trade fairs in Paris (1900), Berlin (1901) and London (1903)

Rag Fair silhouette
Silhouette of a Rag Fair in London, showing a woman stall holder displaying her wares which range from old boots to fire bellows. Date: 1926

Custer County Horse Fair, Buffalo Gap, South Dakota, USA. circa 1910

Southport Pleasureland
A corner of Pleasureland, the fine Amusement Park at Southport, Lancashire, England, showing the Big Wheel. Date: late 1950s

Carousel Horses Kissing
Kissing (or fighting) wooden carousel horses from Portlands Merry-Go-Round. Date: early 1930s

Carousel Maintenance
Workmen retouching the paintwork on the horses of Portlands Merry-Go-Round in preparation for the forthcoming Easter funfair. Date: early 1930s

Johann Lingelbach
JOHANN LINGELBACH German artist from Frankfurt, known for his paintings of battles, seaports and fairs. Date: 1622 - 1674

An English fair
People wandering around stalls at a fair in fourteenth-century Britain 14th Century

Poster of International Exposition of Barcelona

GLC-LFB Open day at Eltham fire station, SE London
Located in Eltham High Street, SE London, Eltham fire station throws open its doors for a charity fete held in the fire station yard

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

Fiddler in Thomas Hardy Drama Festival, Dorchester
At the Thomas Hardy Drama Festival in Dorchester, Dorset, Henry Bailey, the old fiddler, played the College Hornpipe in the play The Three Wayfarers

Fair at Lund, Scania, Sweden. Date: 1858

Servants fair
Servants-fair, Vasteras, Sweden. Date: 1858

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

Merry-Go-Round

Building a Marquee

Blackpool Funfair
A fairground ride on Blackpool Pleasure Beach funfair, Lancashire, England. Date: late 1960s

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

Fairground Roundabout
Lots of cloth caps and cloche hats in evidence at this busy fairground roundabout. Date: early 1930s

Funfair Marquee
Curious boys, trying to peep into a circus or funfair tent! Date: 1930s

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

Putting up a Marquee
Workmen erecting a fairground marquee. Date: early 1930s

Rifle Range
A young man tries to impress his girl, by aiming for the Bulls Eye on a fairground Rifle Range at Dingle racecourse, County Kerry, Ireland. Date: 1962

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

Piccadilly Amusements
An amusement arcade in Piccadilly, in central London. Date: 1900

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

Test your Strength
A man tests his punch at a fairground sideshow, while some impressed onlookers gather round to watch. Date: 1950s

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

Bartholomew Fair (1721)
Coloured, semi-circular illustration of Bartholomew Fair (1721), with small text giving the history of the fair, published by J. F. Setchel, London, c1820. HPF/5C/47

The Man Who Stole the Prize Marrow by H. M. Bateman
Humorous scene showing the interior of a tent at an agricultural show, with plants, vegetables and flowers arranged on trestle tables for judging, while a cheeky chap decides to abscond with a huge

Frost Fair Thames 1814
Frost fair on the Thames: it lasted from 31 January until 5 February 1814

Country Fair
Scene at a country fair, with performers and traders vying for fair-goers custom

French Hiring Fair
La louee des gens de ferme : in the Charolais and other districts, farm servants are recruited at annual hiring fairs

Mitcham Fair 1930S
Workmen getting the roundabouts ready at Mitcham Fair, Surrey, England

Distorting Mirror
Photographer takes picture of men and women reflected in a distorting mirror

FROST FAIR OF 1683 / 4
A view of the Frost Fair held on the Thames. The stalls formed Friezland Street alias Blanket Fair and included a Tavern, Coffeehouse and Weavers

Aerial Swing / Luna Park
A view of the aerial swing, Luna Park, Coney Island, New York, USA, at night when the park is deserted

Grand Centrifugal Ride
The Grand Centrifugal railway was an early type of rollercoater, in which participants sat in sledges / carriages which went down a ramp and around two circles

Topsy-Turvy Railway
The Topsy-Turvy Railway at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham (south-east London)

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