Fairground Collection

South Shields - All The Fun Of The Fair. 1895. From Round the Coast. [George Newnes Limited, London, 1895]

Fair at Vrijdagmarkt in Ghent, 1907. Creator: Gustave De Smet
Fair at Vrijdagmarkt in Ghent, 1907

1921 Burrell Earl Beatty Showman'sTraction engine by Palace House

1921 Burrell Earl Beatty Showman'sTraction engine by Palace House

Eve of the Derby: at the winning-post, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Eve of the Derby: at the winning-post, 1871

The Eve of the Derby, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Eve of the Derby, 1871

The Fair of St. Cloud, near Paris, 1871. Creator: William James Palmer
The Fair of St. Cloud, near Paris, 1871. View of...the annual Fair of St

Coney Island, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Coney Island, between c1915 and c1920

Luna Park, Coney Isl. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Luna Park, Coney Isl. between c1910 and c1915

Luna Park, Coney Isl. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Luna Park, Coney Isl. between c1910 and c1915

Coney Island, Open air circus, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Coney Island, Open air circus, between c1910 and c1915

Carousels on Novobazarnaya Square, 1910-1919. Creator: N. A. Stavrovskii
Carousels on Novobazarnaya Square, 1910-1919. From a collection which includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Voulez-vous de l'or...des diamans.. 1838. Creator: Honore Daumier
Voulez-vous de l'or...des diamans.. 1838

Krishna and the Gopis Ride a Ferris Wheel at a Village Festival, c1825. Creator: Unknown
Krishna and the Gopis Ride a Ferris Wheel at a Village Festival, c1825

Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Scènes médiévales
Esquisse pour la galerie Lobau de l'Hotel de Ville de Paris : Scenes medievales : saltimbanques et jeux de foire, 1890

The carousel, c1900. Creator: Unknown
The carousel, c1900

Fairground show at an imaginary crossroads in Paris, c1770. Creator: Unknown
Fairground show at an imaginary crossroads in Paris, c1770

Fête foraine, boulevard de Clichy, c1910. Creator: Louis Abel-Truchet
Fete foraine, boulevard de Clichy, c1910

Fairground parade, 1834. Creator: Desire Adelaide Charles Maignen de Sainte-Marie
Fairground parade, 1834

Funfair, place Saint-Pierre, Montmartre, in 1861. Creator: Edouard Hubert
Funfair, place Saint-Pierre, Montmartre, in 1861

How we spend Easter. N 3. 2nd half of 19th century. Creator: Mikhail Znamensky
How we spend Easter. N 3. 2nd half of 19th century

View of the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
View of the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland

Side shows at the Vermont state fair, Rutland, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Side shows at the Vermont state fair, Rutland

Delta County Fair, Colorado, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Delta County Fair, Colorado

Brune, published September 1, 1893. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Brune, published September 1, 1893

Carousel Horse, c. 1938. Creator: John Sullivan
Carousel Horse, c. 1938

Carousel Horse, c. 1938. Creator: Albert Ryder
Carousel Horse, c. 1938

Sports of a Country Fair, Part the Second, October 5, 1810. October 5, 1810
Sports of a Country Fair, Part the Second, October 5, 1810

Three Sticks a Penny, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Three Sticks a Penny, 1872. Throwing sticks at a sideshow on Derby Day. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Trial of Strength, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Trial of Strength, 1872. A strongman demonstrates his strength at a fairground sideshow watched by a crowd. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

St. Louis, c1870. Creator: John Filmer
St. Louis, 1874. Scenes in the city of St Louis, Missouri, USA: 5th Street near the Barracks, New Court House, Lafayette Park, Olive Street, On Chestnut Street, A nook in McDowells College

Fairground attraction, 1910. Creator: Unknown
Fairground attraction, 1910. You would scorn the idea of chopping wood, but here you pay to go through the same motions, 1910

The Steeplechase, 1910. Creator: Unknown
The " Steeplechase", 1910. Nothing more nor less than the hobby-horse of childhood sublimated by speed and an element of chance. If you win, you get another ride for nothing

Scene at one of the Carolinas Popular Playgrounds along the Atlantic Ocean, 1942. From " Souvenir of the Beautiful Carolinas". [Curt Teich & Co. Chicago, 1942]

The Syren Drawn from the Life, 1759? Creator: Benjamin Cole
The Syren Drawn from the Life, 1759? Engraving of a mermaid, claiming to have been drawn from the life

Minnesota State Fair: children on small merry-go-round, 1900?. Creator: Unknown
Minnesota State Fair: children on small merry-go-round, 1900?

Buddhist Cremation Scene. - A Phoongyi-byan, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Buddhist Cremation Scene. - A Phoongyi-byan, 1900. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd. Rangoon, 1900]

Bank Holiday, pub 1924. Creator: Laura Knight (1877 - 1970)
Bank Holiday, pub 1924 (engraving)

Bank Holiday - The Swings, 1920, 1920. Artist: Randolph Schwabe
Bank Holiday - The Swings, 1920, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

The Fair on the Frozen Thames, 1814, (1920). Artist: Luke Clennell
The Fair on the Frozen Thames, 1814, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

Just A goin to Begin!, 1887. Artist: Tom Merry
Just A goin to Begin!, 1887

Miner at a fairground, Conisbrough, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist
Miner at a fairground, Conisbrough, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1955. A miner from a South Yorkshire town on a visit to the Good Friday Fair at Conisbrough, near Doncaster

Fairground, 2005. Children fishing for ducks to win a cuddly toy

Children on a fairground ride, 2005

Florida Fair Grounds, Tampa, Florida, c1940s. [Tichnor Quality Views, Boston]

The Licensed Victuallers Annual Dinner, Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, 1866. Artist: George Hunt
The Licensed Victuallers Annual Dinner, Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, 1866; showing a marching band, people eating and drinking and a fairground ride

Witching Waves, Imperial International Exhibition, London, 1909. The Imperial International Exhibition was a worlds fair held in White City, London in 1909

Steam yacht, a bank holiday fairground attraction on Hamstead Heath, London, 1926-1927

A merry-go-round, part of a bank holiday carnival on Hamstead Heath, London, 1926-1927

A coconut shy during a bank holiday on Blackheath Common, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Hall
A coconut shy during a bank holiday on Blackheath Common, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Prince George and Princess Mary at the opening of Earls Court Exhibition
Prince George and Princess Mary enjoy the fun of the fair at the opening of Earls Court Exhibition, London, 1913 (1935). From The Royal Jubilee Book 1910-1935 [Associated Newspapers Ltd. London, 1935]

Cirque Pinder, c1890-1940 (1924). Artist: Auguste Brouet
Cirque Pinder, c1890-1940 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

Giant Ferris wheel, International Exhibition, Chicago, 1893. The event, known as the Columbian Exhibition was held to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus discovery of America

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