Franco-British Exhibition 1908 Court of Honour ppc RP

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  The Franco-British Exhibition, the Court of Honour by night. Maybe real photo.
• Publisher:  The Rapid Photo Printing Co. Ltd, London
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Edward VII ½d yellowish-green
• Postmark(s):  Reading Oct 6 1908 cds + Birmingham Oct 6 1908 cds
• Sent to:  R. H. Lloyd, Edgbaston Road, Birmingham forwarded to Hill West, West Malvern
• Notes & Key words: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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The Franco-British Exhibition (1908) was a large public fair which took place in London, United Kingdom in the early years of the 20th Century. The exhibition celebrated the Entente Cordiale which had been signed by the United Kingdom and France in 1904 and attracted 8 million visitors.

It was held in an area of West London near to Shepherd's Bush which is now called White City - the area acquired its name from the exhibition buildings which were all painted white. The Olympic Games were held in the district alongside the festivities.

The fair was the largest exhibition of its kind in Britain, and the first international exhibition co-organised and sponsored by two countries. It covered an area of some 140 acres, including an artificial lake, surrounded by an immense network of white buildings in elaborate (often Oriental) styles.

The most popular attractions at the exhibition were the two so-called "colonial villages", an "Irish village" and a "Senegalese village", which were designed to communicate the success of imperialism. The Irish village ("Ballymaclinton") was inhabited by 150 "colleens" (Irish girls) who demonstrated various forms of domestic industry, as well as displays of manufacturing and even an art gallery. The "Senegalese village" was a so-called "native village" displaying day-to-day life, as well as various artefacts. Press reports commented on the "surprising cleanliness" of the Irish, while readers were reminded that the Senegalese were "cleaner than they looked".