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Editorial No. 6 October 1986.

Many thanks for the kind letters in reply to the last newsletter, it is always nice to hear from those on the list.

In this issue we have an article from Stanley Hunter, this time on the 1886 International Exhibition held in Edinburgh. Stanley informs me that the Huntly House Museum, 142, Canongate, Edinburgh are presenting an Exhibition of material from this event. It is called 'The Show in the Meadow' and will remain open until the 10th. January, 1987. Admission is free. Monday-Saturday 10a.m.-5p.m.

I have also to thank Stanley for his index to the newsletter which is reproduced in this issue. The second part of Graham Hall’s article on Alfred Coe, a publisher for the Bradford Exhibition (1904) completes the story of this postcard pioneer for the moment.

My contribution is an update of the printed ephemera I have collected over the years plus a reprint of an article for those members who do not receive Picture Postcard Monthly. I would recommend to all members to subscribe a modest sum to Inch Books, 3 St. Pauls Square, York, Y02 4BD, England. 0904 29770. This year they produced a super catalogue on World’s Fair and Exposition items. One lot of British Empire Ex. 1924-25 ran to over 37 items and sold for £300.

Also A & D Books, 38, Westleigh Road, Leicester, LE30HH, England, who sent me an interesting list some months ago.

Now that I have kept to my promise of two newsletters per year, keep me busy! All articles, large or small are very welcome. Also please send 40p to cover the cost of this issue.Regards Fred and Andrew.

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Alfred Coe Part 2by

Graham Hall

When the Coe company ventured into printing is not known precisely, nor do we know exactly when their first postcards appeared. A reasonable assumption for the former would at about the turn of the century, whilst we believe the first Coe postcards appeared in 1903 with the issue of the well known “Old Bradford” series. The company’s renown as collotype printers especially had reached to great heights by 1904 with the award of a medal at the international Printing, Stationery & Allied Trades Exhibition held in London. The wording on it reads, “Awarded to the Coe Collotype Co., Bradford, for Collotype Postcards”.

Evidence seems to show that the printing business was run entirely separate to the photographic business, and it is the former which seems to have expanded rapidly. In 1901 they occupied premises at 13, Chapel Street, Leeds Road, the following year they were established at much larger premises situated at 44, Vicar Lane. Information about the company from this point becomes very hazy and rapidly reaches a dead end. The post office trade directory for 1906 lists a company called Coe & Beaumont of 7, Little Horten Lane. It seems more than a coincidence that these premises were occupied by Appleton & Co., well known Bradford photographers, as ear]y as 1861. We have learned from the reminiscences of Margaret Petyt that the Appleton family were undoubtedly close friends of the Coe family, some of the photographs depict them. Another strange fact is that a Charles Judson is also listed in the 1906 post office directory as a photographer at 7. Little Horton Lane, but the Judson connection will become more apparent later in our story.

Whilst it appears the Coe Company seems to have come to a sudden, though unknown, end we do know more about Alfred, and through that information it perhaps gives us an insight into why the company disappeared so suddenly. There were two tragic events in his life, within a relatively short time; on the 13th. of April, 1901, his son, Albert, died only 25 years old. We know little about this young man, apart from the fact that he was artistically gifted like his father. We know that he went to art school but whether or not he gave assistance to Alfred in the business is not known. Five years later Alfred's wife, Mary, died on the 25th. of October, 1906. Shortly after this second tragedy in his life he emigrated to America with his eldest unmarried daughter, Clara. He lived for various periods in the Catskill Mountains and Florida where, seemingly, he just lived a quiet retired life letting the world drift by. We do not know where in America Alfred died, although we do know when, 3rd. of November, 1917. An unsung pioneer of photography and the world of postcards.

What of Alfred’s remaining children; the three daughters, Clara, Violet and Emily? Information is a. little sparse but Clara certainly spent the rest of her life in America where she became deeply involved with the Salvation Army and married a Captain Edwin Bunnell.

It seems they had no children, Edwin died on the 25th. of June, 1929, Clara passed away some years after; possibly in the 1940’s or early 1950’s. We probably know more about Violet than any of Alfred’s other children. Her date of birth is known precisely - unlike any of the others - and she was undoubtedly far more involved in Alfred’s business than her sisters or brother. She helped to develop the photographs and in fact is known to have complained about the chemicals affecting her skin. Although we do not know if any of the surviving Coe photographs were taken by Violet she was certainly skilled in the art. At the age of 13 she won first prise in amateur photography at Sunday school in 1892. A handsome prize it was too; a small portable writing desk. When Violet married on the 9th. of September, 1903, her profession was given as photographers assistant on the marriage certificate. Her husband was Harry Petyt who was e millinery warehouseman at the time.

Little is known about Harry other than he died in 1929 relatively young. Violet .lived until she was 77 and died in 1956,

Emily, the youngest of Alfred's children, seems to have had no connection with his business but she was certainly artistically gifted like most of the family. She was a keen musician In her youth and became a very, proficient violinist. Eventually she married a Charles Judson who at one period of his life became head of the art department at the Telegraph & Argus. Charles, it appears, is the same Charles Judson listed in the 1906 Post Office Directory as a photographer at 7, Little Horton Lane. Emily and Charles lived at Guiseley for a time and had two children, Sybil and

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Alan. Alan died fairly young but Sybil eventually resided in Kenya for a time along with her mother. When the troubles began in Kenya during the 1950‘s they both returned to England and lived in Oxford for a time. Eventually they both went to live in the Isle of Man where Emily died over ninety years old.

What indeed was the business connection between the Coe's, Appleton's and Judson’s? The single, vague mention of a Coe & Beaumont, photographers, who were they? It seems odd that so little is known about the Coe family.

We do know that in the latter part of the 19th century some emmigrated to Australia and at least one member of this antipodean branch also became an early pioneer of photography. Were these connections coincidence? We are left with a frustrating enigma but perhaps someday, these and many other puzzles to the story will be solved.

A word or two about collotype printing which Alfred Coe improved upon. He may well have patented a special type of printer he developed but he did not invent the process. Photographs exist depicting the printer and it seems Alfred was justly proud of his work going by the information given on the photograph.

Basically a photo-mechanical process for printing illustrations with fine detail, practical only for runs of limited number. It's a process derived from the application of photography to lithographic printing.

First developed on a practical scale in France about 1865. From the original copy is made a continuous tone photographic negative with the image reversed by a prism. From the negatives are made blue print proofs. Printing areas are cut from a mask of opaque paper and the negatives mounted in position on this mask.

The printing plate for flat-bed printing is a sheet of plate glass about half an inch thick which is first coated with a solution having a high affinity for glass.

The plates are dried in an oven, levelled and preheated to the temperature of the sensitized coating solution; this made up of gelatin water and a bichromate sensitizer. The plate is then heated to a higher temperature in the oven to dry out any surplus moisture. As the coating dries it becomes sensitive to light. The negatives are then printed down on the plate, light coming through the negatives reduces the capacity of the gelatin film to absorb moisture. After exposure to light, the plate is washed to remove the remaining sensitizing agent, the surface hardened with an alum solution, and then soaked in a water and glycerine solution. The gelatin film absorbs this solution selectively in proportion to the exposure, which causes the plate to accept or reject printing ink in proportion to the amount of solution absorbed.

The speed of flat-bed collotype printing is slow, about 200 impressions per hour. An average days production will be about one thousand sheets only but the cost of platemaking is low therefore making the process economical for relatively short runs of fine illustrations. Other names by which the process is known are, Albertype; Autotype; Phototype; Hellotype; Lichtdruck; Photocollotype; Photogelatin; and Gelatin Printing.

A B C


A Silhouette by Sarhig at the British Empire ExhibitionB Silhouette by unknown cutter at Earls Court in 1903C Silhouette by unknown cutter at the Golden West Exhibition at Earls Court in 1909

Centenaries of the Exhibitionsby

Stanley K. Hunter

1986 marks the centenary of the first major International Exhibition staged in Scotland. To celebrate the event in Edinburgh, a display is to be staged at the Huntly House Museum in the Canongate, which forms part of the Royal Mile. Huntly House holds a number of souvenirs from the major Edinburgh exhibitions and I have offered material from my own collection.

After display at Huntly House - a 16th century merchant's house - it is planned to show the souvenirs at the Central Public Library in George IV Bridge.

An interesting article by Kathleen Ingham - "A Capital Exhibition" - appeared in the May 1986 issue of "The Scots Magazine" (55p) recalling the 1886 International. Much ephemera has survived from this major Exhibition. It was too early for postcards, but around 1902-03, the official Exhibition photographer started releasing picture postcards employing photographs taken of one of the principal exhibits of 1886. This was "The Old Edinburgh Street", which recreated buildings removed in the late 19th century "improvements" of Edinburgh.

Marshall Wane & Co. produced sets of postcards in sets of eight. Serials one to eight have been noted in both matt and glossy format, The matt cards are in the "faded" style favoured by early photographers and are either numbered or unnumbered. The numbered cards are either in sepia or are hand-tinted and vary in the style of titling, one set omits reference to copyright.

A second series is numbered 51 to 58. So far I have only noted these cards as either glossy (unnumbered and none too common) or matt "Copyright" sepia or sepia hand-tinted. Marshall Wane & Co. occupied No. 8 "Old Edinburgh" and had a stand in the N.E. transept of the Main Building. They therefore had an ideal opportunity to record these fascinating "repros" such as the French Ambassador's Chapel and House, the Scottish Mint, the Nether Bow and Ye Old Town Gaird. A modern Huntly House card shows a man wearing the uniform of the Old Town Guard.

W. H. Grant, of Coventry, produced a series of Silk Pictures of the Exhibition and the Old Edinburgh Street. Two Multi-views have been noted (2/- each) while individuals views were offered at sixpence or a shilling.

Orniston & Glass, 8 Elder Street, Edinburgh (No. 7 Old Edinburgh") produced cabinet views of "Old Edinburgh" in their rather crude style. Amended views, in the same style, also appeared in their souvenir album of the Exhibition.

Thomas Stevens, Coventry, issued multi-view silk pictures of the Exhibition and a single view "Woven in the Edinburgh Exhibition 1886 " has been recorded.

Raphael Tuck & Sons issued some chromograph postcards of "Old Edinburgh" utilising scenes of the Exhibition. So far, only cards numbered 164 - 67 have been recorded. Correspondence on these cards appeared in Picture Post Card Monthly in March & April 1982.

Plans for the centenary of the 1888 International Exhibition, Glasgow are now underway.I understand from the Director of the Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries that it is proposed to recreate the Royal Reception Rooms provided for Queen Victoria on her State Visit to Glasgow in August 1888, for the International Exhibition, Glasgow.

On display will be the huge oil painting by Sir John Lavery recalling the Royal Visit to the Exhibition at Kelvingrove, along with a few of Lavery's sketches of leading personages who were present at the Exhibition. Included, will be a few items of memorabilia such as the Doulton vase. This was made in the presence of the Queen at the Doulton stand in the Exhibition. It is suitabily inscribed and was recently purchased by the District Council at Auction. Purchased for £400 by Glasgow Art Gallery & Museums Association and presented to the Glasgow District Council.

The 1888 Exhibition was the largest held outside London and the proceeds went towards the erection of the present Art Galleries at Kelvingrove. This building was one of the principal erections of the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition, and has been shown on countless postcards since.


1988 also marks the 50th anniversary of the Empire Exhibition, Scotland, staged at Bellahouston, Glasgow. This was the largest exhibition ever staged in Scotland. It is expected that this anniversary, coinciding with the Garden Festival of 1988 and the reopening of the Kelvin Hall, will be duly marked by the District Council.

If you have any material of interest, either of the 1886 Edinburgh International Exhibition, or the 1888 International Exhibition, Glasgow (or the 1938 Empire Exhibition) please let me know. It may be possible to incorporate such material in the anniversary exhibitions. I would also appreciate details of all Glasgow Exhibition postcards held by members, for my check-list.

Index to Newsletters No. 1 to 5by

Stanley K. Hunter

N.B. Pages of the Newsletter are unnumbered, or irregularly numbered. For the purpose of this Index, the Newsletter has been numbered consecutively throughout the year, with the issue number being retained as a prefix.

All pages containing text or illustrations have been numbered, and blank pages ignored. The page numbering begins at No. 1 at the start of each year and carries on until the end of the year, when it starts at No. 1 again.The cover is not numbered e.g., Page 1 of first issue is shown as 1 - 1, Page 14 of Newsletter No. 5 is shown as 5 - l4 etc.

For the purpose of the Index, Exhibitions are principally listed by City, with the venue in the case of London.General Editorial and features, etc.

Editorial 1 - 3, 2 - 3, 3 - 2, 4 - 2, 5 - 2Letters 1 - 10Members listing 1 - 4, 2 - 4, 3 - 2, 4 - 3, 5 - 14Coe, Alfred (Bradford 1904 Publisher by Graham Hall 5 - 8Collecting Exhibition Post cards by Fletcher & Brooks 5 - 10Concerning Exhibitions 1851-1900 by Harold Mcfarland 1 - 4E. C. H. O. U. S. A. Exhibitions Blub 1 - 8Exhibitions list of 1851-87 by Prof P. L. Simmonds 1 - 8Masefield John Bradford 1904 Fine Arts Sec. by G. Hall 3 - 5National & Inter. Exhib. 1851-87 by P. L. Simmonds 5 - 4Printing Processes by H. G. Morgan 1 - 10

Exhibitions see also under British IslesCrystal Palace Matters 1981 magazine & plan 3 - 10Festival of Empire 1911, Rotary 6799 list 1 - 14

Earl’s CourtGreat Wheel by Terry Hougham 4 - 12

WembleySorting out the official post cards 1924-25 1 - 11

White CityFranco-British 1908 E. Alexander R - Photo checklist 11 - 141908-63 by Don Knight 2 - 7

Miscellaneous LondonAlly Pally (Alexandra Palace) by John Allwood 2 - 9International 1862 South Kensington by John Allwood 2 - 10Orient in London 1908 Islington Guide 5 - 7

British IslesBradford 1904 John Masefield, Fine Arts Secretary by G. Hall 3 - 5Coe, Alfred (Bradford 1904 Publisher by Graham Hall 5 - 8British Exhibition post cards List by Fletcher & Brooks 5 - 6Newcastle on Tyne Jubilee 1887 5 - 2Wolverhampton Art & Industrial 1902 2 - 5


Other ExhibitionsAustralian Exhibitions from 1851 by Percy Oliver 3 - 8, 4 - 8Paris World’s Fair Michael Field 5 - 13

Publishers excluding Trade cardsAlexander E. Franco-British 1908 R - Photo check list 1 - 14Allen David, Irish International 1907 illustration 5 - 6All-British Touring Industrial Exhibition Ltd Query 2 - 13C. C. Series Coe Collotype Bradford 1904 5 - 8Fleetway Press British Empire Exhibition 1924-25 1 - 11Garden Life Press Ideal Home 1910 Illustration 2 - 1Millar & Lang Ltd. Franco-British Exhibition 1908 Illustrated 1 - 1Mosinger R. Zagreb Earl’s Court 1910 Illustration 2 - 1National Series, see Millar & Lang Ltd.Rotary Photographic Co. Festival of Empire 6799 list 1 - 14J. Valentine Various 5 - 1, 7 - 1Scott Russell & Co. Scott Series 4 - 13,

Various publishers including aboveAlberti J. Manchester Plasterer for exhibition query 2 - 6Flexible Metallic Tubing Co., Ltd. 1908 1 - 2Berger Zagreb 1908 2 - 1Gross Sherwood & Heald Ltd 1925Mather & Platt Ltd 1908 1 - 1Oetzmann & Co., Ltd. 1924-25 3 - 3OXO 1911 2 - 1John Mackintosh & Sons Ltd. 1924 5 - 10Price’s Patent Candle Co. 1905 4 - 12Webb Thos., & sons Ltd. 1908 1 - 2

Illustrations. Any items with text are also listed above. Unless stated, illustration is of a post card.Exhibitions, London.Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace Matters 1981 magazine & plan 3 - 10Earl’s Court

Croatian Home Industries 1908 2 - 1Dinka Village 1900 2 - 2Great Wheel 1905 4 - 12Italian 1904 Season ticket 4 - 1

OlympiaIdeal Home 1910 2 - 10Motor Show 1905 2 - 4

WembleyEmpire Exhibition 1924-25 3 - 3, 4 - 1, 5 - 10, Pageant of Empire 1924 Programme 4 - 10

White City:Franco-British 1908 1 - 1, 2 - 7

Imperial International 1911 5 - 11Japan-British 191C 5 - 6, ? ,11

Miscellaneous London:A1exandra Palace (Ally Pally) 1873 Fire 2 - 9Leonardo Cartoon 1962 postmark 5 - 1Orient in London, Islington 1908 guide & map 4 - 5

British IslesAll-British Touring Industrial Exhibition query 2 - 13Edinburgh, Scottish National 1908 5 - 7, 5 - 11Dublin, Irish International 1907 5 - 6


Glasgow, Empire 1938 cigarette cards 4 - 1Scottish 1911 Silk post card 5 - 11Newcastle, N. E. Coast 1929 guide 3 - 1Newcastle, N. E. Coast 1929 label 4 - 1Prismatic Fairy Fountain query 4 - 13

ExhibitionsBarcelona 1929 label 4 - 1Bern, Swiss National 1914 postmark (1912) 5 - 1Chicago, World’s Columbian 1893 4 - 1,Chicago, World’s Columbian 1893 ticket 5 - 10Czechoslovakia 1903 query (Horicich, Bohemia) 2 - 8Dusseldorf l904 postmark 5 - 1La Rochelle Colonial 1927 label 4 - 1Leipzig Indus trial 18 97 5 - 11International 1914 postmark 5 - 1Liege International 1905 4 - 13Mannheim Jubilee 1907 label 4 - 1New York’s World Fair 1964 - 65 postage stamp 4 - 1Paris Arts Deco 1925 postage stamp 4 - 1, 3 - 4Colonial & International 1931 postmark 5 - 1Quebec Provincial 1912 postmark 5 - 1Rome International 1911 label 4 - 1San Francisco Golden Gate 1939 souvenir ticket 4 - 1Toronto, Canadian National 1914 postmark 5 - 1Venice International Art 1914 postmark 5 - 1Edmonton 1913 Post mark 5 - 1Brussels International Horticultural post mark 1927 5 - 1

North of England Exhibition of Model Cottages 1908by

Andy Brooks & Fred Fletcher

Most collectors would agree that the discovery of a postcard for a local event, be it a spectacular tram smash or in our case, an unknown exhibition, always manages to quicken the pulse. We have many cards relating to events held in the City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne but when we realised that the site and exhibits of this Edwardian exhibition were still extant, we were keen to find out more details. Fortunately a contemporary catalogue of the event turned up in an antiquarian bookshop, further cards were purchased and the remaining gaps in our knowledge were filled in by newspaper accounts in the local library.

The exhibition was one of a series held throughout Great Britain in the early part of the present century and hopefully this article will stimulate the interest of other topographical collectors. At this time the three most famous Model Villages were all in England. Bournville and Port Sunlight were household names, whilst the third, Earswick, was not so well-known but in its own way was just as important. Joseph Rowntree had recently placed into trusteeship the ownership of 120 acres of land about three miles from the centre of the city of York, on which had been built 43 cottages. This was Earswick. George Cadbury had established his village at Bournville and in common with Earswick and Port Sunlight the main characteristics were wide roads, numerous open spaces, ample gardens and plenty of room between the houses to ensure sunlight and plenty of air to every inhabitant.

Benefactors such as Rowntree, Cadbury and Lever were not to be found in every town and thankfully the rest of the country did not have to rely on wealthy industrialists to improve their living conditions. An early pioneer in the area of better housing was Ebenezar Howard, the founder of the Garden City movement which in 1903 purchased the Letchworth Estate and immediately organised the Letchworth Cheap Cottages Exhibition (1905), with prizes of up to £100. In 1909 the Housing and Town Planning Bill was being introduced into Parliament with the aim of creating


better housing and if further evidence were needed of the desire to improve the conditions of the working man, a body called the National Housing Reform Council organised an exhibition at Firth Park, Sheffield (1907), also the 1908 exhibition at Newcastle, of which more later, and planned a 1909 exhibition in Swansea. (We have no postcards of the 1907 & 1909 events).

Postcards of Port Sunlight, Earswick and Boumville are well known, but scarcer for the actual housing exhibitions. The illustrated card of the Letchworth exhibition is the only card in our possession and at the end of the article we have listed the few cards recorded for the Newcastle event. Cards must have been produced for the Opening Ceremony but none have turned up. Our experience, however, makes us very optimistic that further cards will appear if we keep looking.

The initial steps in the organisation of the 1908 Newcastle exhibition took place in the Connaught Hall. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in 1906, where the conference passed a resolution that a ‘Mode! Cottage Exhibition for the North of England be held in Newcastle in 1907’. The Council had praiseworthy aims and at the time many of their ideas would have seemed revolutionary. They intended to provide examples of model suburb planning and hoped to stimulate local architects and builders into producing well-designed and comfortable houses capable of being let at rents within the means of working men living in the community. Cheap public transport at this time was also opening up the suburbs to more and more people.

It is interesting to note how the organisers controlled the cost of the houses. They decided on three classes of cottages, with a maximum price of £300 for class C. A fourth class (D) had to be added when, some builders strayed over the £300 limit. Although it was the Council’s intention to provide prizes for a type of house designed specifically for young married couples and one for the aged, no entries are recorded for either of these classes. (Perhaps we had to wait until today for ‘Starter Homes’ and ‘Sheltered Accommodation”. The conditions of entry were simple. The builder had to sell on demand to the local authority his exhibit at the stated price and be prepared to build two further houses on an adjoining piece of land, for the same price, if asked to do so! Newcastle profited by the experience of the Letchworth Exhibition in 1905 when builders declined to duplicate their houses at the original price.

Special prizes were given for planning this 16-acre exhibition and the Gold Medal went to Messrs. Watson & Scott, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Newcastle City Council Estates Committee made available the land and today it can be seen unchanged, on the Shields Road (A193) east of the Walker Gate railway station. The site comprised the three roads - Briarwood Crescent, Holme Avenue and Rosewood Crescent.

Various reasons have been given for the delay in opening but the 1907 date had to be altered owing to industrial disputes and major problems with a new sewer. The 23rd June, 1908, is the date to be remembered and in fact the late opening was a blessing in disguise because the number of entries had increased considerably in the interval. A report in the Newcastle Daily Chronicle (15th June) records that the opening date had been put forward by three days so that the Lord Mayor could fulfil an important engagement at Windsor The weather was fine if dull, and the Lord Mayor (Mr. W. J. Sanderson) was able to go ahead as planned and open the exhibition out of doors. He had arrived with his entourage in robes and chains of office and with sword and mace bearers present he declared the exhibition open at 3 p.m. After the speeches, the official party and guests retired to the small exhibition hall for afternoon tea.

The site was set out with eighty houses, all semi-detached. It was first intended that they should be built as blocks of four but the City by-laws did not permit the building of a block of four without a back street, so the organisers had to settle for the semi! They also chose to limit the average number of houses to twelve per acre and stated that each one should be at least twenty feet from the pavement and eighty feet between the houses. Outbuildings had been dispensed with, railings were uniform in character and copied from those used at Bournville.

Canon Moore Ede. the Chairman, commented in his address at the Opening Ceremony that over , twenty people had not erected cottages and therefore their target of over one hundred had not been reached. He was quite satisfied with the final number and noted that this doubled the figure reached at a similar exhibition. The Lord Mayor had a few words to say and expressed the opinion that ‘any man who earned a reasonable wage need no longer stay in the slums when trams run past the door of this healthy suburb’.

After bouquets of flowers had been presented to the Lady Mayoress and the Sheriff’s wife


(Mrs. Walter Lee) by two small girls, a Miss Adams and a Miss May Robertson. Councillor Adams gave a vote of thanks where he made the comment that Newcastle had eight hundred acres in Walker and Willington and that when the lease for the exhibition site fell to the Council it would be a valuable asset.

On the 28th July the Judges awards were made known to the public and examples of the Gold Awards are shown in the photographs. (The comparison between the 1908 house and the present day can be made). At this ceremony Councillor Adams forcibly stated that certain members of the City Council had been none too generous with respect to the allowances of ground for gardens. They had asked “What right do we have to demand certain privileges for certain people who may come to live in Walker over and above privileges granted to other people” He said that if £25 per acre was lost by bigger gardens it would be recouped in other ways, for example, by the abolition of back lanes, less street lighting and the fact that everyone would enjoy better health. Canon Ede also rounded on critics within the local Council. He admitted that if the houses had been laid out in the old, insanitary way, the Council could have had a higher income, but he went on to make the point that the Walker Estate had been ‘hanging in the wind’ for many years and had not brought in anything at all except for mere agricultural rents.

On a final comment made by the Sheriff at the opening, perhaps we in 1986 can give the answer. He said that he expected that even this type of house would be out of date in the course of the century. Canon Ede replied that he would like to revisit the earth when the houses from this exhibition were out of date. Judging by the photographs it will be a few years before we see the second coming of Canon Ede!

Above, North of England Cottage Exhibition Gold Medal cottage, at Newcastle, on a card published by Gladstone Adams of Whitley Bay, and posted at Wallsend in November 1906. Along side the same semi, detached houses today, from a photograph.

Miscellaneous Printed Ephemera.by

Andrew Brooks

Crystal Palace 1911 Festival of Empire.

Pageant Programme. 12pp. Pageant Daily Programme July 1st. 36pp.

Earls Court, London.1894 £5 Share Certificate Giant Wheel & Recreation Towers Co.1895 Empire of India Exhibition. Official Catalogue 54pp

Daily Programme 10pp.1898 International Universal Exhibition.

Official Catalogue 72pp.District Railway Guide 59pp.

1899 The Greater Britain ExhibitionSouvenir of the Greater Britain Exhibition ( 11 colour plates )Official Cat. 150pp.


Daily Programme 3 July 16pp (Xerox copy)1899 Women’s Exhibition.

Official Cat. 132pp.1902 Paris in London Exhibition

Daily Programme 3 July 16pp (Xerox copy)1904 Italian Exhibition

Daily Programme June 23rd. 16pp.1904 Naval, Shipping and Fisheries.

Daily Programme June 24th. 16pp.Official Catalogue 192pp.

1904 Imperial Royal Austrian Catalogue (Text in German) 80pp.

1905 Naval, Shipping S. Fisheries.Menu 29 June.

1909 Golden West & American Exposition. Daily Programme June 17th. 16pp.

1912 Shakespear’s England Daily Programme June 18th. 24pp.

1912 Imperial Services Exhibition Official Catalogue, Published by Gale & Polden 96pp.Daily Programme. June 23rd. 16pp.

Admission TicketSeason Tickets. 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911.

1951 Festival of Britain.Festival Gardens Photo Memories.London, Festival of Britain Souvenir. Pub. Valentine 33pp.Sculpture Exhibition. Battersea Park. Official Catalogue. Approx. 50pp.The Official Book of Published by H.M.S.0. 72pp.

London Exhibitions1883 International Fisheries Exhibition. South Kensington

Daily Programme. Aug. 22nd.1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition. Albert Hall

Catalogue 96 pp.Catalogue 500 pp.

1890 Account of the Celebration of the Jubilee of Uniform Penny Post. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

1887 Royal Jubilee Exhibition. Royal Jubilee Exhibition. Published by Reids. 70 pp

1908 North East England Model Cottage Exhibition.Official Catalogue 104 pp

1929 North East Coast Exhibition.Season Ticket.Exhibition Souvenir. National Publishing Co. 225pp.Women’s Section Prospectus.Official Souvenir Programme. Opening Ceremony.Official Catalogue. Artisans Section. 24pp.Woman’s Section Catalogue. 28pp.Daily Programme. Oct. 3rd. 24pp.Official Guide 40pp.Publicity Booklet. 24pp. (English)Publicity Booklet. 24pp. (Spanish)Publicity Booklet. 24pp. (French)Pull-out illustrated leaflet. 8pp.Palace of Arts. Official Illustrated Catalogue. 80pp.Catalogue of Exhibition of Modern Prints and Drawings.


Illustrated Catalogue of Exhibits of Pictorial Photography.The Evening Chronicle Miniature edition.The N. E. C. Exhibition. N. U. T. by Christopher Baglee.Northumbria’s Spacious Year 1929. by Sir Arthur W. Lambert.N. E. C. Exhibition. Official Catalogue, Robinson & Co. Ltd. 320pp.Season Ticket No.4411Season Ticket Contribution Card Valentines Picture Panels 12 Real Photos (2)

Olympia. London.1891 - 2 Venice Official Catalogue. 88pp.1895 The Orient Exhibition

District Railway Guide 62pp.The Orient Exhibition. (Colour Plates) 1895.

1913 The Ideal Home ExhibitionOfficial Catalogue. 112pp.

1905 The Yachtsman Olympia Automobile Show Number. Vol 24 No.722 Feb.16th.

Wembley British Empire Exhibition.1924 B.E.E. Folded Map.1924 B.E.E. New Testament. British & Foreign Bible Society.1924 Official Cat.126pp.1924 Official Programme. Closing Ceremony.B.E.E. Pageant of Empire Programme. Part 1,2 &.3.B.E.E. Wembley History Society. 20pp.Exhibitions and the Arts of Display by Sir L. Weaver. Country Life Ltd. Fiftieth Anniversary Wembley History Society 24pp.Great Torchlight and Searchlight Tattoo, Official Programme. 16pp.London and the British Empire Exhibition. Ward Lock & Co.London Illustrated News Wembley Emp. Ex. No 4448 Vol. 165.Nobel Industries Exhibit at the B.E.E. 66pp.Official Guide Edited by G. C. Lawrence. (Blue front)128pp. Official Guide Edited by G. C. Lawrence. (Plain front)128pp. Two copiesThe Lion Roars at Wembley by Don Knight & Alan Sabey.The Pavilion of H. M .G. - B.E.E. 1924 Published H. M. S. O.The Times Wed 16 April, and Thursday 17 April.Complimentary Ticket to London Defended Wembley Stadium May 12th 1925.Torchlight and Searchlight Tattoo Sept lst-13th 1924. Official programme,16pp. Wembley Guide Daily News Souvenir & Guide 80pp.

White City1908 Franco-British Exhibition White City, London.

Sanatorium at Franco-British Exhibition Leaflet.Paper Serviette Franco-British Exhibition. (col)Official Catalogue. 104pp.Daily Programme July 1st. 16pp.Daily Programme May 29th. 16pp.The Ceylon Village 16pp.Black and White Souvenir. 96pp.’The Franco-British Exhibition. Illustrated Review. Edited by F.G.Dumas. Pub.

Chatto & WindusFranco-British Exhibition. Official Souvenir. Hudson S. Kearns, London 32pp.Official Souvenir of Franco-British Exhibition. 90 views H. E. Randall Ltd.Souvenir Album of the Franco-British Exhibition. Moet & Chandon.Souvenir of the Fine Art Section 350pp.

1910 Japan-British ExhibitionOfficial Cat. 132pp.


Daily Programme. Aug 24th. 24pp.Autograph of Hikojiro Wada Commissioner Japan-British Exhibition & Letter.

1911 Coronation ExhibitionOfficial Cat. 264pp.

1912 Latin-British Exhibition.Daily Programme Aug 9th. 23pp.

Irish Exhibitions1902?

Advert Leaflet E. Finn (Boots and Shoes)Scottish Exhibitions

1908 Scottish National Exhibition. 17 Daily Programmes, (each 8pp.)Cotton Embroidered Handkerchief.

1901 Glasgow International ExhibitionViews of Glasgow International Exhibition. (24 plates)

1911 Scottish National Exhibition.Palace of History Cat. of Exhibits. Vols. 1 & 11 Souvenir Album. Published. by T. S. R. Annan.

1938 Empire Exhibition Scotland.Official Guide 230pp.Calling the World. 10pp. Pre-publicity.

Miscellaneous Printed Ephemera Foreign.1939 N.Y.W.F. Licensed Poster Stamps.1893 Printed Silk Souvenir of Women at the Worlds Columbia Exposition.1893 Admission Ticket. Worlds Columbia Exposition.1939 Golden Gate Admission Ticket.1958 Esso Map of Brussels World’s Fair.1958 Britain in Brussels Booklet.1937 L’Expo. Paris 12 Photos.

Foreign Exhibition Catalogues-Programmes-Books.1900 Album de L’ Exposition. 120 views, 7 plans.1900 Souvenir de L’Exposition Universalle de Paris Sunlight Soap.1900 L’Exposition Universalle de (G. R. Marshall-Bookbinder) 400pp.1893 Memorial of the Worlds Columbian. Joint Comm, of Cerem. 320pp. The Dream

City. Prof. Halsey C. Ives. 1893, Chicago.1893 The Illustrated World’s Fair. Vol. IV No.19.

World’s Fair Sculpture Spec. Brush & Penci1. December 1903 Vol. 3 No.3.1902 Austellung Dusseldorf (col. plates in folder)1910 Exposition Brussels Universalle Official Plan (in booklet)1929 Seville Spanish-American Expo. Booklet.1925 Canadian National Ex. Booklet 24pp.1935 Official Guide Brussels Ex. 300pp approx.1931 Epos. Colonial International Paris. Official Guide 205pp.1893 Official. Catalogue W. Col. Ex. Fine Arts Dept. Pub. W. Conkey.196pp. 1915 Pan Pacific, San Francisco’s Enchanted Palace by Ruth Newall 104 pp1939 San Francisco Official Guide Book 116pp

General books on Exhibitions.British & Foreign Exhibitions and their Picture Post Cards 1915 - 79. Fletcher & Brooks.British Exhibitions and their Picture Post Cards. 1900 - 14. Fletcher & Brooks.Catalogue of the International Exhibition of 1862 Reprint by E. P. Pub.Crystal Palace by Henry James Buckland. 24pp.Earls Court by Claude Langdon. Publisher Stanley Paul. 223pp.Exhibitions Universal Marketing Tools. Alfred Alles. Cassell Pub.


The Crystal Palace by Patrick Beaver. Publisher Evelyn. 152pp.The Great Exhibitions by John Allwood. Publisher Studio Vista.The Great White City by Don Knight. 2, Crescent Rd. New Barnet, Herts.The Royal Agricultural Hall. Publisher Islington Library.The Story of Ballymaclinton Village by G. E. R. Ithell.

Postcard. Postmark &. Stamp Catalogues (useful for Exhibition information)A Priced Catalogue of British Exhibitions by Stitt Dibden. (Postmarks & other

information.) Bildpostkarten. Bernhard.Cartes Postals Neudin. Most years.Cat. dello Cartoline. Sec. Edition 1982. Mario Mordente.Cat. des Cartes Postal$s. Argus Fildier. Most years.I. P. M. Catalogue of Picture Postcards.( Most years from 1975.)Pictons Priced Cat. of British Picture Postcards - Postmarks.R. F. Postcard Cat. Mead & Venman.Slogan Postmarks of the U.K. 1917-69. Parsons, Peachey and Pearson.Standard Postcard Catalogue. James Lowe. (U.S.A.)Stanley Gibbons Picture Postcard Catalogue. T.& V. Holt. 1st Ed.1981.Wembley & Olympic Issues (Stamps & Associated Postmarks) by Stitt Dibden.

Postcard books containing information on Exhibitions.Silk Postcards by Chris Radley.(4 books between 1976-78) Ex. section. Picture Postcards of The Golden Age by T. &. V. Holt Publisher MacGibbon & Kee. Picture Postcard Annual 1980 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6. B. & M. Lund.Picture Postcard Monthly (as above) 15 Debdale Lane, Keyworth, Notts. NG12 5HL Picture Postcards and their Publishers. T. Byatt.Picture Postcards in the U.S.A. by Miller Pub. Potter. Good Chapter on U S A ExhibitionsStevengraphs by G. A. Godden. Publisher. Barrie & Jenkins.The Book of Postcard Collecting by T. R. Range. Publisher Dutton. New York.The Dictionary of Picture Post Cards in Britain, by A. U. Coysh. Publisher Antique Coll.

Club.1901 Wolverhampton Art and Industry Exhibition. (24 plates) Publisher H. Whitlock & Son.1904 Bradford Exhibition. Official Catalogue, 399pp.1902 Wolverhampton Exhibition. Opening Ceremony Programme. May 1st. (Xerox copy)1913 Liverpool Exhibition. Daily Programme. Saturday Oct.4th. (Xerox copy)London Exhibitions1890 Account of the Celebration of the Jubilee of Uniform Penny Post. 1951 London, Festival of Britain Souvenir. Publisher Valentine 33pp.1951 Sculpture Exhibition Battersea Park. Official Catalogue. Approx. 50pp.1951 Festival of Britain. The Official Book of Publisher H. M. S. O. 72pp. 1911 Crystal Palace Festival of Empire. Pageant Programme. 12pp.1911 Crystal Palace Festival of Empire. “Daily Programme. July 1st. 36pp.1883 International Fisheries Exhibition. South. Kensington. Daily Programme. August 22nd.


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