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Gomp-Ertz Grand Diorama Programme, c1882

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.14

Scope and Contents

Philarmonic Hall, Southampton, War in Egypt, Mr Owen Vauguard and Miss Marie Coulson, musical act, Fred Medex, Central and Southern Africa, Mr H.M. Stanley's encounter with the natives of the Congo River, Discovery of Livingstone, Tarn Bend, Victoria Falls, Pandanus or screw palm, Horrors of the slave system, Slave market at Zanzibar, Source of the Nile, Victoria Nyanza, Abon Simbel, Second cataract of the Nile, Throne of Pharoah, Nubian water wheel, The sitting statues, Sphynx, Sir Garnet Wolseley visiting the great Pyramid, City of Thebes, Cairo, Grand Mosque of Mecca, The grand bazaar, The Suez Canal at Port Said, Bombardment of the Forts of Alexandria, Storming of Tel-El-Kebir, A band and celebrated vocalists. Black type on light yellow background with black and yellow illustrations of a float of ship and various monuments and cityscapes on the front cover, inside and on back cover programme with foliage border. Printed by Paul Bros, Steam Printers, 77 High Street, Southampton, 2p.p.

Dates

  • Creation: c1882

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material

Extent

1 Item(s) ; 210mm x 263mm

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Catalogued according to type

Repository Details

Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository

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