Friday, 9 November 1888 - Glasgow Scotland
This is the next to the last day of the International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art here in Glasgow. It's been open since last May. Since the Great Exhibition in London on 1851, Victorians have fallen in love with these sort of affairs. They are part trade show, part culture exchange, part county fair and part shopping mall. So grab a guide book (they are only three pennies) and come along. Thought I would show you some photos of this particular Exhibit. (Click on any of them to enlarge and get a better look.)
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| This is the entrance to the main building |
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Interior showing the Main Avenue East
That's Osler's display of cut glass in front |
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| Indian Court |
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| Viennese bric-a-brac from Ernest Wahliss |
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the entrance of the Machinery Court
ornamental ironwork by Walter Macfarlane's Saracen Foundry at Possilpark |
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| Sugar machinery from Mirrlees, Watson & Co., Glasgow |
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Nobel's Explosives Co. Ltd, Glasgow Branch
(no smoking please) |
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| The Bodega Bar in the Main Building |
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| Sporrans from Kirkwood of Edinburgh |
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| Doulton's terracotta "Indian Pavilion" |
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Fairfield's stand showing 30 ship models
along with a model of a triple expansion engine |
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George Cradock of Wakefield
manufacturer of Lang's patent steel wire |
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Brown and Polson's cornflour and starch
The arches are made of corn cobs. |
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| Robin and Houston, with soapworks at Paisley and candleworks in Glasgow |
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Andrew and James Stewart's Clyde Tube Works at Coatbridge
exhibit in the Machinery Section |
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| Campbell Achnach & Co., rubber manufacturers |
My thanks to the
the Univeristy of Glasgow
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