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  • Title
    Official Programme - Centenary Celebrations at Liverpool
  • Reference
    YA2007.56
  • Production date
    13-09-1930 - 20-09-1930
  • Creator
    • Liverpool Organization LtdBiography
  • Scope and Content
    One printed 124 page programme containing details of events to be held during the celebrations of the centenary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, as well as many advertisements of the period. The volume includes a history of Manchester in 1830, a front cover colour engraving of “Rocket”, and a number of illustrations in photogravure, or line drawings, locomotives, portraits of the organising committee, pageant artists and others involved in the events. The programme is divided into sections: Short History of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, Liverpool in 1830, Manchester in 1830, Liverpool & its Transport Facilities, Railway Exhibition in St George’s Hall, Street Decorations, Railway Fair at Wavertree Playground, with list of Exhibits, Programme of Amusements and Fireworks, Centenary Celebrations Hour by Hour, Book of the Pageant of Transport, with Programme of Incidental Music and Descriptive Notes.
  • Physical description
    The volumes is in a fair condition.
  • Language
    English
  • Archival history
    Purchased from eBay, provenance unknown.
  • Level of description
    ITEM
  • Repository name
    Science and Industry Museum
  • Associated people and organisations
    • Liverpool & Manchester Railway CoBiography
  • Subject
  • Conditions governing access
    Open access.
  • Conditions governing Reproduction
    Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.
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