Sideshows Collection

Crooked House, Southend
The Crooked House, one of the attractions of the funfair in the Peter Pan Gardens at Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England

Sideshow at Hull Fair
Sideshows at Hull Fair

Country Fair / Circa 1859
A superb picture depicting stalls, sideshows and entertainers at a country fair. In the foreground a dancing bear entertains two sailors, children and a monkey

Hull Fair Sideshow / 1958
Sensational sideshow at Hull Fair, run by the Testo family (left to right: Dolly, Amy, and George)

Roll Up, Roll Up / Fair
A large crowd gathers round to look at the sideshows

Bartholomew Fair / 1828
A theatrical sideshow at Bartholomew Fair

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

Temporary Theatre - Neufchatel-en-Bray, France
A temporary Theatre erected (alongside other tents and sideshows) outside the Hotel de Ville (Town Hall) at Neufchatel-en-Bray - a commune situated in the Seine-Maritime department of the Normandy

CLIMBING THE POLE / FAIR
Climbing the pole. This game originated from an idea by M. Franck, a doctor who decided that humans should re-learn such skills previously used to climb trees & forage for food

Electric Shocks, Epsom 1860
Shocks for fun among the sideshows at Epsom racecourse on Derby Day Date: 1860

GREENWICH FAIR / SIDESHOW
Visitors to Greenwich Fair enjoy the hustle and bustle of the sideshows, including the Surprisingly Corpulent Female. Date: 1839

Fairground scene - Christophers First Appearance in public by John Leech from The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole by Albert Smith. Date: circa 1848

Sideshows at Bartholomew Fair Date: 1845

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

Snail Haunted House
A hornted house! The Snail Haunted House at Dreamland, Margate, Kent, England, being rushed to completion in order to be ready for the forthcoming Easter Holidays. Date: 1930s

Ripleys Believe-it-or-not - Anato Hayes - Odditorium
Ripleys Believe-it-or-not - Human Automobile Tyre - Wilber H. Roden ( Edema ) is inflated with an ordinary air pump to three times his normal size! Odditorium at The New York Worlds Fair of 1940

Tattooed Lady
The Tattooed Lady - a living work of art which you may admire among the sideshows of the circus Date: 1889

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

Jenners Amusement Park, Loup City, Nebraska, USA. The park was founded around 1900 by Henry and Robert Jenner from London, and remained open until 1942. Date: circa 1910

Sideshows at the Ashville, July 4th celebration, Ashville, Ohio (see general caption). Date 1938 Summer

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

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

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

Stratford-On-Avon Fair
A sideshow (featuring striptease and fan dances) at the Stratford-upon-Avon Fair - Texan Royal Command Show

Boston Fair, 1940S
Sideshows at Boston Fair, Lincolnshire, which is held annually. Attractions include the Smallest Married Couple of Tiny Town

Greenwich Fair / Sideshow
Visitors to Greenwich Fair enjoy the hustle and bustle of the sideshows, including the " Surprisingly Corpulent Female"

Lady of the Lions / Fair
T.Allens Lady of The Lions sideshow at a fair

Crooked House / Butlins
Crooked House at Butlins Amusement Park, Felixstowe

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