Photograph Album No 102: The Glasgow Exhibition Album
PA 102
Description Photograph Album No 102: The Glasgow Exhibition Album
Date c. 1901
Collection General Collection. Photograph Albums.
Catalogue Number PA 102
Category All Other
Copies PA 102/1, PA 102/1V, PA 102/2, PA 102/2V, PA 102/3, PA 102/4, PA 102/4V, PA 102/5, PA 102/5V, PA 102/6, PA 102/6V, PA 102/7, PA 102/7V, PA 102/8, PA 102/8V, PA 102/9, PA 102/9V, PA 102/10, PA 102/10V, PA 102/3V
Scope and Content Olive green cloth-coloured album embossed in gold 'Photographs', with heavy card pages. Small album including many photos from the 1901 Exhibition in Kelvingrove Park; these were later labelled in ballpoint incorrectly as '1887 Glasgow Exhibition'. First photograph of Glasgow City Centre looking South (Renfield Street crossing Sauchiehall Street? Could be part of a procession opening 1901 Exhibition), with Exhibition photographs including the Industrial Hall, Miss Cranston's Tea House, the Canadian Pavilion, the Grand Concert Hall, the Royal Bungalow Restaurant, the Russian Village, and the Entrance; the photos also incorporate the Main Building of Glasgow University, Kelvingrove Park including the Museum, Fountain, River Kelvin and Park Terrace. Family photos at back
Accession Number 1990/38
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