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Photographs and Postcards 178CImportant Notice!Viewing Restrictions: Most of our photographic collection is digitised and can beviewed on NFA digital. We don’t normally facilitate the viewing of photographicmaterial in our reading room for conservation reasons, except when copyrightrestrictions prevent us from providing digital access to it. Only this material can berequested for viewing in the reading room.178C1 – David Robinson Collection178C2 – Zoe Beloff Collection178C3 and 178C4 – Bill Weeks Collection178C5 and 178C91 – David Cheverill Collection178C6 and 178C42 – Jim Bassett Collection178C7 – Liz Gray Collection178C8, 178C41 and 178C54 – O’Connor-Toulmin Family Collection178C9 – Graham Downie Collection178C10 – Martin Burridge Collection178C11 – Celine Williams Collection178C12 – Anderton and Rowland Collection178C13 – Albert Swift Collection178C14 – Tommy Green Collection178C15, 178C16, 178C27 and 178C29 – Rod Spooner Collection178C17 – Neil Calladine Collection178C18, 178C19 and 178C23 – Scrivens and Smith Collection178C20 and 178C21 – Shufflebottom Family Collection (Campbell)178C22 - NFA20 Anniversary Collection178C24 – Ronald Allen Taylor Collection178C25 – Neil Watson Collection178C26 – Smart Family Collection178C28 – Richard Sissons Collection178C30 and 178C63 – George Dawson Collection178C31, 178C39, 178C50, 178C55, 178C58, 178C65, 178C73, 178C80, 178C81, 178C92,178C94, 178C97 – NFA Collection178C32 and 178C33 – Jack Lesson Collection178C34 – George Tucker Collection178C35 – Cliff Marston and Cedric Conway Collection178C36 – Haggar Collection178C37 – Eric Waddington Collection178C38 – Joe Hives Collection178C40 – Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain Collection178C43 – Philip Bradley Collection178C44 – Ray Madison Collection178C45 – Marshall and Scott Collection178C46 – Nichols Family Collection178C47 – Turner Family Collection178C48 – Ron Lee Collection178C49 – Dick Price Collection
178C51 – John Gale Collection178C52 – Gordon Lambe Collection178C53 – Jimmy Williams Collection178C56 – Harry Furness Collection178C57 – Rowland Scott Collection178C59 – Billy Bellhouse Collection178C60 – Harry Poole Collection178C61 – Philip Swindlehurst Collection178C62 – Percy Jackson Collection178C64 – Stuart Johnstone Collection178C66 – Harder Jonsson Collection178C67 – Lionel Bathe Collection178C68 – Frank Larkworthy Collection178C69 – Alma Johnson and Skid Skinner Collection178C70 – Ron White Collection178C71 – Harold Dever Collection178C72 – Arthur Jones Collection178C74 – Ron Kinder Collection178C75 – David Braithwaite Collection178C76 – Orton and Spooner Collection178C77 – William Keating Collection178C78 – Harry Lee Collection178C79 - Testo Family Collection178C82 – John F. C. Heather Collection178C83 - Lulu Adams Collection178C84 and 178C86 - Paul Angel Collection178C85 - Dick Scott-Stewart Collection178C87 – Jack Stephens Collection178C88 – David Harris Collection178C89 - Dave Skidmore Collection178C90 - Peter Wellen Collection178C93 – Handby Celeine Collection178C95 – John Bramwell Taylor Collection178C96 – Chris Russell Collection178C98 – Tim Holmes Collection178C99 – Ian Cawthorne178C100 – Ted Lightbown Collection178C101 - Harry Russell Collection178C102 – Hal Fisher Collection178C103 – Alfred Grey Collection178C104 – The Decar and Tomato Collection178C105 – Shaun Martin Collection178C106 – Cathy Ward Collection178C107 – Birt Acres Collection178C108 – Circus Friends Association Collection178C109 – Fred Holmes Collection178C110 – Cyril Chritchlow Collection178C111 – Harry Paulo Family Collection
178C112 – Selina Dobson Collection178C113 – O’Beirne Collection178C114 – Sanger Circus Collection178C115 – John Anderson Collection178C116 – John and Mabel Strudwick Collection178C117 – Frankie Roberto Collection178C118 – Monte-Williams Collection178C119 – Joe Stumcke Collection178C120 – Skinning the Cat Collection178C121 – Sanger Family Collection178C122 – WGH Rides Collection178C123 – Jack Wilkinson Collection178C124 – Paul Wright Collection178C125 – Bob Chase Collection178C126 – Brendan Walker Collection178C127 – George Williams Collection178C128 – Billy Wood Collection178C129 – Poole Family Early Cinematograph and Music Hall Collection178C130 – Barbara Buttrick CollectionDavid Robinson Collection 178C1178C1 128 photographic images and postcards as follows: 88 b&w postcards ofsideshow performers, performing animals and other human oddities andcuriosities and a Russian card wallet containing 14 b&w reproductionpostcards of circus performers, 14 b&w and sepia cabinet cards of circusperformers, sideshow performers, including several of Tom Thumb, 1 ofBuffalo Bill, 2 glass lantern slides, one of Buffalo Bill and the other of an earlyfairground, 7 b&w and sepia photographs of sideshow performers and astereoscopic b&w image of Buffalo Bill on a bucking bronco and 3 sepiacabinet cards of Master FanqueDavid Robinson CollectionZoe Beloff Collection 178C2178C2.1We’re having a rollicking time at Blackpool postcard written on reversein pencilColour lithograph showing 5 women with their feet in the sea frombehind137mm x 90mmZoe Beloff Collection178C2.214 black and white photographs of people, 2 of them printed aspostcards 1938 and 1945Various sizes, identification of individuals in interpretation labelsZoe Beloff Collection
178C2.332 negatives of landscapes and people in Kodak paper walletZoe Beloff Collection178C2.4‘A Paddle at Blackpool’ postcard attached to a double page from anotebook and framed with hand written text in blue pencil starting‘Doctor Sigmund Freud explains ’470mm x 395mmZoe Beloff Collection178C2.52 postcards attached to a double page from a notebook and framedwith hand written text in red pencil. On the left ‘I’m coming backon and bringing my stick of rock with me from Blackpool’. On the right‘I brought you some rock but I can’t shift it, so I’m afraid I’ll have to leaveit at Blackpool’470mm x 395mmZoe Beloff Collection178C2.62 postcards attached to a double page from a notebook and framedwith hand written text in red pencil. On the left ‘I shall not forget tobring you a little piece of rock’. On the right ‘On the sands I lost myblouse and skirt, so returning in my old man’s shirt from Blackpool’470mm x 395mmZoe Beloff Collection178C2.72 postcards attached to a double page from a notebook and framedwith hand written text in red pencil. On the left I’m keeping my end upat Blackpool’. On the right ‘put the cat out, put the milk basin on thewindow sill, put the key in your pocket and come to Blackpool’470mm x 395mmZoe Beloff Collection178C2.84 postcards attached to a double page from a notebook and framedwith hand written text in red pencil. On the left ’The bloodhound ontrail at blackpool’ and ‘having a glorious time at Blackpool all I want is agirl’. On the right ‘I am receiving every attention possible and am quitehappy at Blackpool’ and ‘every bed must be full in Blackpool I’ve seen alot that seem to be sleeping on the cliffs!’470mm x 395mmZoe Beloff Collection178C2.9‘wasn’t that a long tunnel, George? Yes, but only just long enough’postcard attached to a double page from a notebook and framed withhand written text in blue, red and green pencil470mm x 395mmZoe Beloff CollectionBill Weeks Collection 178C3 and 178C4
178C316 negatives and black and white prints of fairground ridesUnidentified and undatedBill Weeks Collection178C440 photographs and postcards of road locomotives, roundabouts, andgeneral fairground scenes and peopleMostly identified and datedBill Weeks CollectionDavid Cheverrill Collection 178C5178C5360 negatives and 95 positive photographs of fairground scenes andartefactsAll identified; some datedDavid Cheverill CollectionJim Bassett Collection 178C6178C628 colour prints in album of fairground transport and machinery, 1980sand 1990sAll identified and datedIncludes notes on each photographJim Bassett CollectionLiz Gray Collection 178C7178C74 postcards on the Flip Flap exhibition rideLiz Gray CollectionO’Connor Toulmin Family Collection 178C8, 178C41 and 178C54178C871 colour print photographs of the 1994 Nottingham Goose Fair, 12colour print photographs of the 1994 Hull FairO-Connor-Toulmin Family Collection178C41370 black and white, and colour prints of rides, shows andpersonalities, various sites, 1990-1999Largely Identified and datedO’Connor-Toulmin Family Collection178C5420 black and white copy prints and negatives relating to O’Connorfamily taken at Morecambe Winter Gardens 1950-1970All identified and datedCopyO’Connor-Toulmin Family CollectionGraham Downie Collection 178C9
178C912 colour print photographs of ex-service showmen taking part in the1994 Remembrance Day paradeGraham Downie CollectionMartin Burridge Collection 178C10178C105 black and white print photographs of fairground personalities inDevon and CornwallAll identified and datedMartin Burridge CollectionCeline Williams Collection 178C11178C115 black and white photographic prints and 5 negatives of Silcock’sdodgems and arcades in the 1950sAll identified and three datedCeline Williams CollectionAnderton and Rowland Collection 178C12178C1261 b&w copies of photographs and 243 negatives relating to the familiesand their business on the fairground including images of rides andtransport, and photocopy of reference album1894-1962Reproduced with the permission of George De-VeyAnderton and Rowland CollectionAlbert Swift Collection 178C13178C135 aerial colour photographs by Albert swift, plane and pilot by StuartPalmer of Freehold lands now owned by Yorkshire showmen: Branton,Stainforth, Northallerton, Chapeltown, South Elmsall, 1990s. CopiesAnd black and white photographs of Dewsbury FeastEarly 1900sCopyAlbert Swift CollectionTommy Green Collection 178C14178C14.11 photograph of John Green’s tank switchback Reproductionc.1910Tommy Green Collection
Rod Spooner Collection 178C15 and 178C16, 178C27 and 178C29178C2724 black and white prints of lorries, rides and shows taken at variousfairs in the South and Midlands, 1952-1953All identified and datedCopiesRod Spooner Collection178C2912 black and white negatives of lorries, rides and shows taken at variousfairs, 1951-1952All identified and datedRod Spooner Collection178C15Mellor (Jack)24 postcard copies of photographs in album relating to rides, shows,etcMostly identified and datedRod Spooner Collection178C16Mellor (Jack)24 postcard copies of photographs in album relating to enginesMostly identified and datedRod Spooner CollectionNeil Calladine Collection 178C17178C176 black and white prints of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire fairgroundeventsAll identified; some datedNeil Calladine CollectionScrivens and Smith Collection 178C18, 178C19 and 178C23178C18.1Scrivens (Kevin) and Smith (Stephen)Colour prints and digital copies of fairground artefacts, rides, scenesand transport 1970-1989Mostly identified and datedScrivens and Smith Collection178C19211 colour prints of fairground artefacts and scenes, taken largely in theGreater London area in May 1994Mostly identified and dated.Scrivens and Smith Collection178C23Lang Wheels Manufacturing Limited
64 black and white prints of dodgem cars, roundabouts and othermachines, of which 49 relate to Lang WheelsAll identified; none datedScrivens and Smith CollectionShufflebottom Family Collection 178C20, 178C21178C2051 black and white prints and postcards of the Shufflebottom WildWest ShowAll identified; none datedShufflebottom Family Collection178C211 colour and 25 black and white prints in album of the ShufflebottomWild West ShowNone identified; none datedShufflebottom Family CollectionNFA20 Anniversary Collection 178C22178C22NFA20 Anniversary Collection12 photomontages of fictitious performance acts and a photo album,acts include: Glad & Gladstone (framed), Pankhurst poodles andwrestling cats, Norah Doherty (the Misstic), Danthe Damentia’s rodentshow, Miss Mabel Capper, Sisters May and Durga (the woman who cando more on her hands than most men can do on their feet)By Mark Copeland and Sarah Munro 2014Part of the commission to celebrate NFA20 anniversaryNFA20 Anniversary CollectionRonald Allen Taylor Collection 178C24178C2422 albums of black and white, and colour prints by variousphotographers, including Taylor himself containing around 3300Very largely identified and datedRonald Allen Taylor CollectionNeil Watson Collection 178C25178C2579 photographs of Aspland and Howden family rides at Boston FairNot individually identified or datedPhotocopyNeil Watson CollectionSmart Family Collection 178C26
178C265,756 colour and black and white photographs, contact prints,postcards, slides and negatives including promotional performersphotography for Lilly Yokoi, Pete Cooper, The Paulos, Family Paulovitch,Jimmy and Luigi Folco, Faltyny Troupe, Alegria Brothers, Glavaski Duo,The Argentine Devils, etc, photographs of circus performers, animals,scenes and acts, fairground scenes, transport and living wagons,documentary records of Billy Smart’s Circus, big top, performersfacilities, structure, construction, seating, and other details, circustrucks, painted fronts and equipment, other circuses such as theChinese State Circus, Roncalli, Medrano, Circus Agora, CircusMaximum, Circus Benneweis, Knie, Arlette Gruss, telesnaps, This is yourLife, Eamonn Andrews, Higher Park Farm Stable, Royal visits, galasshowing celebrities such as Elton John, Bruce Forsyth, Jane Mansfield,Roger Moore, Margaret Rutherford, Peter Sellers, fashion models andmany others, and family photographs1900s to 1990’sSmart Family CollectionRichard Sissons Collection 178C28178C28Sissons (Richard)70 colour prints of personalities and artefacts taken on first day of the1995 Sheffield Mile Long city centre fair (18 August)All identified and datedRichard Sissons CollectionGeorge Dawson Collection 178C30178C3032 albums of black and white and colour prints and postcards byvarious photographers containing 2315Very largely identified and datedGeorge Dawson CollectionNFA Collection 178C31, 178C39, 178C50, 178C55, 178C58, 178C65,178C73, 178C80, 178C81, 178C92, 178C94, 178C97178C31black and white and colour print photographs and postcardsof traction engines, fairground rides and scenesNFA Collection178C391141 black and white and colour photographic prints relating toBioscopesSome identified and dated
NFA Collection178C50Black and white and colour prints and negatives of fairground rides andtransport, sideshows, performers and personalitiesLargely identified and datedNFA Collection178C55black and white, and colour prints of lorries, rides, shows andpersonalities at various fairsLargely identified and datedNFA Collection178C58325 black and white and colour photographs relating to fairgrounds,travelling shows and performers between 1900-2005. Includes manymodern photographs taken by Ian Trowell and a large selection of showimages collected by Vanessa Toulmin as well as 15 black and white copyprints and negatives relating to the Kayes family, which were donatedby Sandra WrightNFA Collection178C652286 black and white and colour photographs relating to fairs andshows 1930-2006. Includes many modern photographs taken by IanTrowell and a large selection of show images collected by VanessaToulminLargely identified and datedNFA Collection178C73290 black and white and colour photographs relating to fairs, transportand steam rallies from Fairground Association of Great Britainmembers Bill Garbett, Ron Newbold and Rod SpoonerLargely identified and datedNFA Collection178C80Mixed photographsMixed group of photographs including modern images, collections fromRhyl, Bernard Fielding material, and othersLargely identified and datedDonated by various sourcesNFA Collection178C81963 mixed performers and entertainment related photographs andpostcards, black and white and colour, a small amount related to WWI(see 178C81.713 - 178C81.719), [T37] Bostock from Coney Islandpostcard, [T44] Bertam Mills Circus slides February 1967, Vest Tilleycirca 1905-1918 (male impersonator, contains WWI related images see178C81.771-785), Buffalo Bill and individual images of Herculine, Koringa,The Riogoku Family, Paul Cinquevalli, Winnie De Lyle, stills from ‘The Big
Circus’ (178C81.806-813) and ‘Man on the Tightrope’ (178C81.814-817)films and other circus photographsNFA Collection178C94Colour and black and white photographs of steam engines, fairgroundrides and scenes, living wagons and transportNFA Collection178C92Black and white and colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairgroundrides, transport and shows 1890-2011178C97Digital photographs of fairs, fairground rides and circuses taken by NFAstaff and other donors, including Moscow State Circus, Zippos andInsect Circus, contains originals and digital surrogates1900-2018NFA CollectionJack Leeson Collection 178C32 and 178C33178C32Jack Leeson’s fairground collection. 39 albums of black and white andcolour prints by Jack Leeson with large collection of loose photographsand negativesVery largely identified and datedJack Leeson Collection178C335220 black and white, and colour prints collected by Jack Leeson oflorries, rides and shows at various fairsVery largely identified and datedJack Leeson CollectionGeorge Tucker Collection 178C34178C341295 black and white prints of lorries, rides and shows taken at variousfairs in the South, 1950-1970. Includes preservation vehicles fromfarming and industryAll identified and datedGeorge Tucker CollectionCliff Marston and Cedric Conway Collection 178C35178C353331 black and white and colour prints of lorries, rides, shows, organsand preservation vehicles at various fairs and rallies, 3 albums and alarge selection of loose materialVery largely identified and datedCliff Marston and Cedric Conway CollectionHaggar Collection 178C36
178C36113 black and white prints and copy negatives relating to BioscopesSome identified and datedHaggar CollectionEric Waddington Collection 178C37178C3729 black and white prints of early rides and transportSome identified and datedEric Waddington CollectionJoe Hives Collection 178C38178C38136 black and white copy prints of early rides, transport andpersonalitiesLargely identified and datedCopyJoe Hives CollectionShowmen’s Guild of Great Britain 178C40178C40Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain2 black and white prints of Royal visit to King’s Lynn Mart Fair 1955,black and white portrait of Pat Collins3 itemsVarious sizesShowmen’s Guild of Great Britain CollectionJim Bassett Collection 178C42178C4231 colour prints of Nottingham Valentines Fair 1995All identified and dated.Jim Bassett CollectionPhilip Bradley Collection 178C43178C4313 black and white photographs of early rides and showsAll identified and datedPhilip Bradley CollectionRay Madison Collection 178C44178C44301 black and white, and colour prints of lorries, rides and shows,various sites, 1980-1995Largely identified and datedRay Madison Collection
Marshall and Scott Collection 178C45178C45160 black and white copy prints and negatives of various shows andpersonalities, 1940-1960CopyMarshall and Scott CollectionNichols Family Collection 178C46178C4614 black and white copy prints and negatives relating to Nichols familyLargely identified and datedCopyNichols Family CollectionTurner Family Collection 178C47178C47Turner Family16 black and white copy prints and negatives relating to Turner familyUnidentified and undatedCopyTurner Family CollectionRon Lee Collection 178C48178C48755 black and white and colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairgroundrides and transport taken by Ron Lee1960s-2000Ron Lee CollectionDick Price Collection 178C49178C494565 colour photographs and associated negatives relating tofairground and transportLargely identified and datedDick Price CollectionJohn Gale Collection 178C51178C51619 black and white, and colour prints and negatives of lorries, rides,shows, personailities and organs at various North East fairs and ralliesJohn Gale CollectionGordon Lambe Collection 178C52178C5259 black and white, and colour slides and negatives taken by LewisShepperton of March and Wisbech fairs in the 1950sLargely identified and dated
Gordon Lambe CollectionJimmy Williams Collection 178C53178C5375 black and white copy prints and negatives relating to Williams familyCopyJimmy Williams CollectionHarry Furness Collection 178C56178C5681 black and white copy prints relating to boxing booths and Furness’Show 1930-1950Part identified and datedCopyHarry Furness CollectionRowland Scott Collection 178C57178C5713,496 black and white and colour photographs, postcards andnegatives of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs,fairground shows and transport taken by Rowland Scott and otherfairground enthusiasts including Jack Mellor, includes 4 photographicalbums1910-1990Various sizesRowland Scott CollectionBilly Bellhouse Collection 178C59178C59247 black and white photographed relating to Billy Bellhouse Wall ofDeath and dirt-track rider 1930-1960Largely identified and datedBilly Bellhouse CollectionHarry Poole Collection 178C60178C60881 black and white photographs relating to fairgrounds and fairgroundtransport 1900-1960. Includes 4 albumsLargely identified and dated.Harry Poole CollectionPhilip Swindlehurst Collection 178C61178C61516 black and white photographs relating to early fairgrounds and PhilipSwindlehurst’s preservation work 1900-1970. Includes 1 albumLargely identified and datedPhilip Swindlehurst Collection
Percy Jackson Collection 178C62178C62459 black and white photographs relating to fairgrounds and transport1900-1970Largely identified and datedPercy Jackson CollectionGeorge Dawson Collection 178C63178C63223 black and white and colour photographs relating to circuses, circustransport and circus model making 1930-1980Largely identified and dated.George Dawson CollectionStuart Johnstone Collection 178C64178C64201 black and white photographs relating to fairs, fairground transportand the social activities of Friendship Circle of Showland Fans 19301960Largely identified and datedStuart Johnstone CollectionHarder Jonsson Collection 178C66178C661 album consisting of 245 black and white photographs of animal trainerHarder Jonsson 1930-1950Largely identified and datedHarder Jonsson CollectionLionel Bathe Collection 178C67178C672247 black and white and colour negatives relating to fairs, circus andsteam rallies in the Gloucester, South West and South Wales areas1930-1965Largely identified and datedLionel Bathe CollectionFrank Larkworthy Collection 178C68178C68192 black and white and colour photographs relating to fairgroundtransportLargely identified and datedFrank Larkworthy Collection
Alma Johnson And Skid Skinner Collection 178C69178C69633 black and white and sepia copies relating to Alma Skinnernee.Johnson and Skid Skinner and their Wall of Death activities 19301950Largely identified and datedCopy from facsimile albumsAlma Johnson and Skid Skinner CollectionRon White Collection 178C70178C701244 black and white and colour photographs relating to fairs andfairground transport with emphasis on Scotland and the North Westareas 1950-1980Largely identified and datedRon White CollectionHarold Dever Collection 178C71178C71305 black and white and colour photographs relating to fairs andfairground transport from the United Kingdom 1900-1980Largely identified and dated.Donated Freda Dever via Graham DownieHarold Dever CollectionArthur Jones Collection 178C72178C72997 black and white negatives and photographs relating to fairs andfairground transport in the East and West Midlands 1930-1970. Includes10 bound albums donated to the Friendship Circle of Showland Fanslibrary which Arthur Jones loaned to members. These albums, compiledby members, include regional photographsLargely identified and datedArthur Jones CollectionRon Kinder Collection 178C74178C742295 colour slides relating to fairs, fairground transport, preservation,organs and circus in the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire areas 19601980All identified and datedRon Kinder CollectionDavid Braithwaite Collection 178C75
178C75702 black and white and colour photographs and negatives taken byDavid Braithwaite as part of his research into fairground architectureand history 1950-1970Largely identified and datedDavid Braithwaite CollectionOrton and Spooner Collection 178C76178C761084 black and white photographs and negatives collected by DavidBraithwaite from the Orton and Spooner fairground manufacturingcompany 1880-1950Largely identified and datedOrton and Spooner CollectionWilliam Keating Collection 178C77178C771231 black and white photographs, postcards and negatives collected byDavid Braithwaite as the William Keating collection. Many originalpostcards and copy negatives of postcards 1900-1960Largely identified and datedWilliam Keating CollectionHarry Lee Collection 178C78178C78613 black and white and colour photographs and negatives collected byHarry Lee covering his life and times operating the Steam Yachts 19301990. Includes 1 albumLargely identified and datedHarry Lee CollectionTesto Family Collection 178C79178C79.1-661 Black and white photographs, postcards and negatives of the Testofamily, performers, side shows, animals, fairgrounds and circusesincluding Angela Rabbets ‘Jungle Girl’ female snake act, Sonya Alan ‘Ladyof Lions’, men and women in WWI and WWII uniforms, Golga Testosnake act with Bertram Mills Circus, Pauline Testo, Alf Testo, Nora andBilly Kayes, Jack Lemm and his Troupe at Testo’s show, members of theChipperfield family, members of the Dobson family, members of thePinder family including Eddie Pinder Wild West act and Rosetia Pinder,Betty Jackson, other sideshow acts including midgets, giants, strongwomen such as Herculine, sharp shooters such as Bonita Dash, Flo Felix,the Headless Woman show, Peter Gotz ‘Lightweight Wrestler Championof the World’, The Dyers, mice circuses, flea circuses, Rood Fair atDumfries, Barnstaple Fair, Kings Lynn, Hull Fair, fairground show fronts,freak show performers including ‘The Queen of the Ocean’, MadamHoward ‘The Lion Face Lady’, Alice Bounds ‘The Bear Lady’, Days
Menagerie, Tommy Day ‘Captain Bartlett’, Captain Pizarro lion tamerand others1900s-1968671 items (including duplicates)Testo Family CollectionJohn F. C. Heather Collection 178C82178C8248 black and white photographs and postcard relating to GeorgeSanger’s circus, showing performers, family members and animalsc.1897-1898John F. C. Heather CollectionLulu Adams Collection 178C38178C83392 black and white photographs dating between 1880s and 1950sincluding a small amount of negatives containing a mixture of businessand family archive showing performers, animals, circuses, familymembers such as Joe Craston and the Crastonians and Lulu, also 4additional photo albums and 2 postcards of Joe CrastonLulu Adams CollectionPaul Angel Collection 178C84 and 178C86178C847958 colour photographs with a selection of black and white taken byPaul Angel between 1973 and 2000. Scanned from negatives andordered chronologicallyAll identified and datedPaul Angel Collection178C86753 colour and black and white photographs collected by Paul Angel. Allcreated by other photographersLargely identified and datedPaul Angel CollectionDick Scott-Stewart Collection 178C85178C85.1-1223 Colour slides taken by Dick Scott-Stewart in 1973 with a smallselection of later imagesLargely identified and dated1223 itemsDick Scott-Stewart Collection178C85.1224-1417 Colour slides of tattooed people posing for the camera anddisplaying themselves at the 1985 Tattoo Club of Great Britain’s annualconvention in Newcastle taken by Dick Scott-Stewart1985
194 itemsDick Scott-Stewart Collection178C85.1418-1438 Black and white photographs of boxers, wrestlers, the ChineseCircus and tattooed people taken by Dick Scott-StewartNo date21 itemsVarious sizesDick Scott-Stewart Collection178C85.1439-1533 Miscellaneous colour slides by Dick Scott-Stewart showingsculptures, paintings and a performance art event, also full bodyportraits of peopleNo date95 itemsDick Scott-Stewart Collection178C85.1534-1572 Colour slides of festival fools by Dick Scott-Stewart showing streetparade and performances198039Dick Scott-Stewart Collection178C85.1573-1602 Colour slides of Notting Hill carnival by Dick Scott-Stewart197530 itemsDick Scott-Stewart CollectionJack Stephens Collection 178C87178C87881 Colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, organs andtransport taken by Jack Stephens1970-2006Jack Stephens CollectionDavid Harris Collection 178C88178C88549 colour photographs of circus scenes, performers and performinganimals as well as circus transport taken by David Harris1960-1999David Harris CollectionDave Skidmore Collection 178C89178C891003 colour photographs and negatives of fairgrounds, fairground ridesand transport taken by Dave Skidmore between 1975 and 1985Dave Skidmore Collection
Peter Wellen Collection 178C90178C90250 photographs from the late 1960s and 2000s showing fairs andpreservation events. Includes some images of American amusementparksLargely identified and datedPeter Wellen CollectionDavid Cheverill Collection 178C91178C91309 photographs and negatives by David Cheverill from the 1960s offairground scenes and artefactsDavid Cheverill CollectionJohn Bramwell Taylor Collection 178C95178C95.1circa 100 black and white personal, family and holiday photographsJohn Bramwell Taylor CollectionChris Russell Collection 178C96178C965 boxes of colour photographs, negatives and slides of fairgrounds,fairground rides and transportChris Russell CollectionTim Holmes Collection 178C98178C98.1-306306 digital colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground ridesand transport taken at Nottingham Goose Fair, Hucknall Fair andBlackpool amongst other placesTim Holmes CollectionIan Cawthorne Collection 178C99178C99.1-173173 colour photographs of fairgrounds1974-1992Ian Cawthorne CollectionHal Fisher Collection 178C102178C102.117 colour slides of letters, documents and artistesHal Fisher Collection
178C102.23 photo albums containing black and white
Photographs and Postcards 178C Important Notice! Viewing Restrictions: Most of our photographic collection is digitised and can be viewed on NFA digital. We don't normally facilitate the viewing of photographic material in our reading room for conservation reasons, except when copyright restrictions prevent us from providing digital access to it.
