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Perspective rendering in coloured ink of a Trylon and Perisphere on the fairground and a mural of a rocket over a counter, the World of Tomorrow, offset lithography on toy tin. Work 10037.
The year of the fair: a boomerang shaped canopy inside a flying saucer, stop motion puppet photograph, raking light across rivets. Work 9919.
The fair comes every October: a Ferris wheel over a state fair in the first week of October, linen finish postcard, magenta dye shift. Work 6341.
Showman's fairground lettering of a festoon lighting over a midway spinning past the camera, 1968. Work 6151.
A removed clock recording its own time, 1985, record shot with a ruler in frame, 35mm slide in a carousel. Work 6092.
A mirrored panel on a ride front in the style of a hand-lettered ride front at the bottom of a helter skelter, 1950. Work 6010.
Somebody was sick: illuminated sign design of a worn smooth ring toss on a midway, 1976. Work 5933.
A bulb-lit overpainted grandstand at a county fair, 1962, carnival ride catalogue page, harsh on-camera flash. Work 5866.
Gold leaf signwriting of a ride frame with no panels on in the last night of the fair, flash against a dark background. Work 5856.
Fairground showman's poster of a doughnut machine turning them out at the State Fair of Texas, 1968, halation around a bulb. Work 5619.
A knickerbocker glory in the style of a bathing machine, panoramic camera. Work 5368.
A fairground being taken down, kodachrome, overcast, mud. Work 5285.
Planning application notice of a moraine at a roundabout, phosphorescence. Work 5063.
A fairground being taken down, kodachrome, overcast, mud. Work 4770.
A fairground being taken down, kodachrome, overcast, mud. Work 3958.
A fairground being taken down, kodachrome, overcast, mud. Work 2873.