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'File 29/28 British Industrial Fair' [207r] (413/512)
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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SCHEDULE OF TRADES REPRESENTED AT THE B.I.F.
GROUP 18 (O) STATIONERY, PAPER, SALES {E.C. only) SERVICES
Stationers’ Sundries (including artists' supplies) Export Trade Journals
Insurance
GROUP I9 (E.C.) TEXTILES AND CLOTH- ' , .
ING Packing
Yarns and Fabrics Signs
Made-up Goods, Men’s, Women’s and Children’s Trade Journ als catering for trades represented in
Wear the London Section of the Fair
Domestic and Decorative Textiles 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.
In 1951, the year of the Festival of Britain, the British Industries
Fair will be held from 30th April to 18th May. Trade buyers may wish
to note that hotel accommodation should be reserved considerably
earlier as a great increase is expected in the number of visitors to
Britain at that time.
An advance information centre for the Festival of Britain 1951 will
be open from approximately the second week of April, 1950, in the
Tourist Information Centre, 47 Leicester Square, London, W.C.2.
The centre will provide overseas visitors with details of the programme
of Festival events throughout Great Britain planned for 1951 ; all
other tourist inquiries can be dealt with at this address. In addition,
information about the Festival of Britain 1951 will be available at the
Overseas Clubs of the British Industries Fair in London and Birmingham
during 1950.
GROUP 17 (O) SPORTS GOODS
Sports Goods (including fishing tackle, camp
GROUP 20 (0) TOYS AND GAMES ; BABY
CARRIAGES
equipment, tents, etc.)
Sports Clothing
GROUP 21 GENERAL (E.C. and O) AND
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING
Advertising and Publicity
Banking
Coin-operated Automatic Machines
Commercial Photography
Stationery
British InilustrieK Fair. 1!)5I
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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).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (256 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/R/15/2/1755
- Title
- 'File 29/28 British Industrial Fair'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:19v, 23r:36v, 40r, 41r:41v, 40v, 42r:63v, 67r:72v, 76r:76v, 80r:82v, 84r:95v, 97r:134v, 136r:210v, 212r:222v, 224r:233v, 235r:255v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence