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It is with some trepidation that I am putting ‘pen to paper’ for this, my first attempt at an editorial for the ESG Journal, or any publication for that matter
Some items frm the Karl Illingsworth Collection displayed at the British Empire Exhibition Centenerary meeting
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The 101 Ranch was one of the attractions at the 1914 Anglo-American
Exposition at the White City. More than this the 101 Ranch actually
existed, and in America a book has just been published on the subject.
Many exhibitions had timber framed Tudor type houses built as an exhibit,
these were sold at the end of the exhibition and re-erected on a new site.
This was almost a standard procedure at the Ideal Home Exhibition, in fact
a few roads away in West Wickham is a beautiful timbered house from the
1912 Ideal Home Exhibition.
Rapid ‘Conundrums’ postcard with the back overprinted for use as a Christmas Card.
Mr William Phelps maker of the Model Coal Mine at the British Empire Exhibition 1924 with a model Caledonian Express Locomotive “Dunlastair No. 3”
W H Grant had a machine at the 1904 Bradford Exhibition producing woven silk
pictures and had on sale a range of woven silk post cards of the exhibition.
The colours even today after 95 years are absolutely brilliant
A Visit on August 17 1920 by the ladies of the Bible class to the Great Victory Exhibition at the Crystal Palace which was to become the Imperial War Museum
A Valentine & Sons 1908 Franco-British Exhibition Christmas
George Simner talking to Peter Mandelson who opened the ‘Remember 1951 The Festival of Britain Exhibition’ at Greenwich Museum. In the background can be seen Beverly Burford Curator of the museum and John Austen MP.
Coloured picture pasted on the front of a Franco-British Official Souvenir
A Valentine & Sons 1908 Franco-British Exhibition Christmas card.
A 1908 Franco-British Artist’s card with the title in capitals and non-capitals
One of the pictures used as part of a display in the
Franco-British Exhibition 1908 featuring views, and objects
made in the school workshops by pupils of the
North Surrey District School at Anerley
A 1908 Franco-British Exhibition Advert card illustrating
the BAT Expanding Beadstead invented by Mrs Keightley
“to meet a universal want”
A 1908 Franco-British Exhibition Christmas Card
Published by Davidson Bros.
Henry Coxwell's Mammoth Balloon over the Crystal Palace