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VINTAGE

PHOTOGRAPH

NOT SURE OF YEAR?

NOT SURE IF ORIGINAL?

MIGHT BE A REPRINT?

THE QUALITY OF IMAGE IS NOT GOOD!

FROM UNITED KINGDOM



AI SAYS REPRINT!

HERE'S WHAT AI SAID:


This item is a reprint, produced approximately between 1970 and 1990, adding another fascinating piece to your UK fairground archive collection.
Why It Is a Reprint
  • Modern Inventory Labeling: The back features a strip of yellow paper tape with the handwritten pencil code "MAC 32". Self-adhesive tape labeling systems like this were widely used by private collectors and archive curators in the late 20th century to categorize photographs without writing directly on the photo emulsion.
  • Additional Catalog Codes: The top left corner is marked with the pencil code "4/33" and the right with "40", indicating this print was shifted through a couple of different hobbyist collections or sale stock lists over the years.
  • Resin-Coated (RC) Photo Paper: The reverse side has the signature flawless, smooth, bright white surface of modern commercial darkroom paper. It completely lacks the matte, fibrous texture or publisher postcards frameworks of a genuine 120-year-old print.
Historical Context of the Image
The photograph documents an incredibly important era in entertainment history: the traveling bioscope shows of the early 1900s.
  • The Show: The ornate facade reads "CRIGHTON'S ELECTRIC PAVILION". This belonged to James Crighton, a pioneering traveling showman who operated highly successful bioscope and electrograph shows across the UK (including famous stops at Boston, Lincolnshire, and Norwich).
  • The Forerunner to Cinema: Before permanent movie theaters existed, showmen like Crighton brought "living pictures" to the public. To draw a crowd, they built massive, spectacular facades packed with early electric lightbulbs (visible hanging from the canopy) and a massive mechanical fairground organ built by Gavioli in 1904. Showmen would stand on the front stage, introduce the "latest marvel of the age," have dancing girls perform to the organ music, and then charge a penny for the crowd to step inside the tent and watch primitive, short films.
  • The Portrait: The framed portrait prominently displayed at the top center of the facade depicts James Crighton himself, branding his traveling entertainment empire.


" VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH MERRY-GO-ROUND RIDE CIRCUS FAIR CARNIVAL IN ENGLAND OLD PHOTO "


THE PHOTO IS HAZY-FUZZY UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS!

IT'S NOT A GOOD QUALITY PRINT!

PHOTO VIEWS CLEAR HOLDING 1-2 FEET AWAY



THE PHOTO IS CLEAR 1-2 FEET AWAY, THE PHOTO IS HAZY-FUZZY UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS, BUT VIEWS CLEAR HOLDING 1-2 FEET AWAY, BIT DARK.


CAPTION ON ALBUM

" NONE "


CAPTION ON BACK:

" READ "


OLD 

PHOTO


THIS IS A PHOTO

NOT A POSTCARD


SHADES & COLORS

CAN VARY



JUST IN CASE ANY OF MY LISTINGS 

HAVE WRONG INFO, I CANNOT ID PHOTO OR POSTCARD,

SEND INFO, I WILL INSERT CORRECT INTO INTO LISTING, TIA. 



LISTING 200 PHOTOS STARTING ON 5/9/26


THERE IS NOT MUCH INFO, THE PHOTOS APPEAR TO BE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, MOST OF THEM SEEM TO BE REPRINTS OF THE ORIGINALS AND A FEW MIGHT BE ORIGINAL?, MOST SEEM TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN THE 1950'S, 1960'S AND A FEW 1970'S AND 1980'S ERA, A LOT CAME FROM MUSEUMS, LOTS OF INFO ON SOME BACKS, MOST ARE POSTCARD SIZE AND MADE FROM CARDBOARD, BUT ARE NOT POSTCARDS!, ALL ARE CIRCUS RELATED.

I BELIEVE MOST ARE NOT ORIGINAL AND ARE REPRINTS, SOME I COULD NOT TELL AND MIGHT BE ORIGINAL?



SELLER INFO ONLY ON THIS LINE ( 1100 - CIRCUS - 464 ) 205-06

THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY AUCTION!


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

PLEASE LOOK AT PHOTO FOR DAMAGE:

DAMAGE RATINGS:

RANKING TO EDGES ( 2 )

( 1 )-LITE DAMAGE TO EDGES HARDLY ANY DAMAGE

( 2 )-MILD DAMAGE TO EDGES, SOME MINOR DINGS, CHIPPING & WEAR.

( 3 )-HEAVY DAMAGE TO EDGES, LOTS OF CREASES AND OR RIPS & TEARS.

RANKING TO CORNER TIPS ( 2 )

( 1 )-LITE DAMAGE TO CORNER TIPS, HARDLY ANY DAMAGE

( 2 )-MILD DAMAGE TO CORNER TIPS, SOME MINOR DINGS & WEAR.

( 3 )-HEAVY DAMAGE TO CORNER TIPS, BAD CREASES, BAD WEAR, MISSING TIPS.

CLARITY RANKING TO PHOTO ( 3 )

( 1 )-VERY CLEAR, LOTS OF DETAIL

( 2 )-PRETTY CLEAR SOME DETAIL

( 3 )-CLEAR 1-2 FEET AWAY, HAZY-FUZZY UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS

( 4 )-HAZY-FUZZY 1-2 FEET AWAY AND UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS

CLARITY FROM 2 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, WILL BE RATED YES OR NO

CLARITY GOOD HOLDING 1-2 FEET AWAY ( YES ) BIT DARK

HAZY-FUZZY UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS ( YES ) 

CLEAR UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS ( NO ) 

HAZY-FUZZY IN BACKGROUND ( YES ) 

HAZY-FUZZY ON SIDE EDGES ( YES ) 

WRINKLE/CREASE/WAVINESS TO PHOTO FROM SHRINKAGE ( YES-LITE )

WRINKLE/CREASE/WAVINESS FROM BEING PULLED/SCRAPED OFF ALBUM PAGE ( NO )

DEPRESSED CORNER MARKS IN CORNERS FROM CORNER HANGERS ( YES-MILD )

DEPRESSED GLUE DIMPLE MARKS IN PHOTO FROM GLUE ON BACKSIDE ( NO )

RUBS FROM BEING IN AN ALBUM FOR YEARS ( YES-LITE )

OVERALL CONDITION OF PHOTO, WHICH INCLUDES DAMAGE AND CLARITY IN RATING, WILL BE RATED ON A ( 1-10 ) SCALE.

( 1 ) BEING VERY BAD & ( 10 ) BEING VERY GOOD

OVERALL CONDITION OF PHOTO ( 3-4 )

MADE OF PHOTO TYPE PAPER

BACK SOME DISCOLOR, FEW MARKS

FRONT FEW MARKS, SOME DISCOLOR

OTHER DAMAGE NOTED HERE: 

ALSO HAS USUAL SCRATCHES, MARS, DINGS, ETC.

DAMAGE A FEW SCRATCHES, DINGS & CREASES, LITE WAVINESS THROUGHOUT OUT FROM SHRINKAGE, ALL TIPS HAVE DEPRESSED MARKS FROM HANGERS, ALL TIPS SHOW WEAR, DINGS OR TIP CREASES.

PHOTO SIZE SMALL 5-3/8 BY 3-3/8 INCHES



 

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