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'File 29/28 British Industrial Fair' [‎193v] (386/512)

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The record is made up of 1 file (256 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1934-24 Dec 1950. It was written in English, Arabic, French, Spanish and Portuguese. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Optical Instruments.
Ophthalmic Instruments.
Spectacle Ware and Opticians’ Supplies.
Photographic and Cinematographic Apparatus,
and Supplies.
Scientific Instruments and Apparatus.
Group 17 .—Sports Goods.
Sports Goods (including fishing tackle, camp
equipment, tents, etc.).
Sports Clothing.
Group 18.— Stationery, Paper, Printing and Publishing.
Paper.
Publishing } Printin 8 Machinery- see above.
Stationery.
Stationers’ Sundries (including artists’ supplies).
Group 19 .—Textiles and Clothing.
Yams and Fabrics.
Made-up Goods. Men’s. Women’s and Children’s
Wear.
Domestic and Decorative Textiles.
Group 20 .—Toys and Games ; Baby Carriages.
Group 21 .—General and Sales Services.
Advertising and Publicity.
Banking.
Coin-operated Automatic Machines.
Commercial Photography.
Export Trade Journals.
Insurance.
Packing.
Signs.
Trade Journals catering for trades represented in
the London Section of the Fair.
Transport.
Special machinery solely employed in the manufacture or production of the articles included in the Schedule is
eligible for exhibition in the appropriate group. General machinery and machinery common to several trades is not
eligible for inclusion in the London Section of the Fair.
ENGINEERING AND HARDWARE SECTION
BIRMINGHAM (CASTLE BROMWICH)
SCHEDULE
Group A. — Hardware.
(a) Hardware, ironmongery and brass-foundry.
Military, naval, cabinet, domestic and general
brassfoundry. General hardware, safes, locks,
hinges, handles, bolts, springs, staples, nails.
Sheet metal work, cash and deed boxes and
trunks of all descriptions. Hearth furniture.
General Hollow-ware, copper and bronze goods
(excluding fancy goods). General wire work
and wire goods. Domestic washing and labour-
saving appliances, knife cleaning machines, etc.
Household woodware, string, cord and twine.
Preserving bottles and jars. Weighing machines,
including automatic. Industrial Transfers.
(b) Farm and garden equipment. Dairy utensils*
milk separators, chums, cowhouse equipment,
poultry equipment, stable fitments and appoint
ments, cart gear. Farm and garden tools and
fitments, barrows, ladders, sprayers, lawn
mowers and rollers. Wire netting and fencing.
Guns and rifles, including sporting.
Group B. — Building.
Bricks, tiles, terracotta, slates, chimneys, drain
pipes. Timber, joinery, mouldings, castings.
Rainwater and soil goods. Plumbers’ brass-
foundry, cisterns and tanks. Lead goods,
wrought iron, art metal work and steel equip
ment. Builders’ ironmongery (also in Group
A). Central heating and ventilation. Sanitary
water supply, baths, bathroom, shop, restaurant
and bar fittings. Plate glass. Decorators’
materials, paints, distempers, varnishes, wall
papers. Roof and roofing material. Stoves
ranges, boilers, grates, fireplaces, mantels and
surrounds of all descriptions, tiles, etc.
Group C. — Electricity.
Generators, motors, transformers, rectifiers, con
densers, accumulators, switchgear, cables, meters
and all accessories. Industrial and domestic
application for heating, cooking, lighting and
power and accessories. Telephone and telegraph
equipment.
Group D. — Engineering.
(a) Engineering.
Foundry and steelworks equipment. Mechanical
handling of materials. Prime movers, water
turbines, steam boilers, steam, gas and oil
engines and associated equipment. Engineering
instruments for indicating, recording and control
purposes. Industrial filters. Tools and acces
sories for metal, wood, etc. Lubricating, cutting
and fuel oils. Plant for industrial purposes ;
cement, rubber, textiles, paper, leather, footwear,
laundries, food-stuff's, brewing, distilling, plastics,
chemicals, etc.
(b) Metals {excluding precious metals).
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys, bars,
sections, plates, castings, forgings, stampings,
pressings, wire, tubes and fittings. Tool steels.
(c) Quarry, Mining, Colliery, Road and Oil Field.
Machinery and equipment. Compressors, drills,
excavators, trench pumps, stone breakers,
screens, rollers, concrete mixers, tar boilers and
sprayers. Pipes, culverts, manhole and drain
covers, kerbs, pavings. Cement, road metal,
asphalt, tar. Sign-posts and automatic signals.
Sewage and refuse disposal plants. Structural
steel, ferro-concrete. Hoists, derricks, cranes,
lifts.
{d) Transport.
Locomotives, rolling stock and equipment. Air
craft, shipping and accessories. Motor cycles,
cycles and accessories. Works trucks. Com
ponents and accessories of mechanically-
driven road vehicles with the exception of
specialised units which are solely for use in such
vehicles.
(e) Gas.
Retorts and carbonising plant; exhausters;
scrubbers, washers and purifiers; holders,
governors and station meters ; coke screening
plant; paints and jointing material. Boosters ;
valves, meters, gauges. Gas engines ; industrial
furnaces and heating appliances ; cocks, gover
nors and fittings ; street lamps, lighting burners
and mantles ; fires, cookers, water heaters and
domestic appliances.
Services.
Export journals, trade journals, transport services, publicity services, trade organisations, industrial welfare
associations, packing materials and cardboard boxes for all trades represented in the Birmingham Section of the Fair.
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This file contains correspondence, promotional material and other documents related to the British Industries Fair (BIF) in London and other similar events in London, including a mechanical handling conference (1948) and an engineering and marine exhibition (1949).

The file contains a number of invitations to attend the fair that were sent to prominent merchants in Bahrain by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain as well as replies sent back by these merchants. Much of this correspondence is in Arabic (with English translations).

The file also contains promotional material related to the BIF and other events including the following:

  • a pamphlet written by Malcolm Logan entitled 'Story of the B.I.F.' The pamphlet is in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese (folios 142-149);
  • two posters for the Mechanical Handling Conference in London 1948, one in French (folio 151) and one in English (folio 152);
  • a pamphlet entitled 'Background to the B.I.F.' (folios 203-210).
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1 file (256 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 256; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 4-117; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled (except for a few circled numbers which have been crossed out).

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English, Arabic, French, Spanish and Portuguese in Latin and Arabic script
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