Exhibition postcards
Written by admin on 17 November, 2009 – 8:52 pm -From the Paris Exhibition of 1889 when the Eiffel Tower was first shown to the world we have had postcards showcasing exhibitions. The first UK exhibition to have postcards printed was the 1891 Royal Navy Exhibition, when the first British picture postcard - a vignette of the Eddystone Lighthouse - was produced by the Post Office.
After 1891 there was a rash of exhibitions - all of which appeared in some form or another, or were commemorated, on postcards. We had the Colombian Exhibition in Chicago in 1893, then in 1896 there were exhibitions in Berlin, Geneva and Nuremberg. 1897 saw Brussels, Hamburg and Leipzig take their turn, followed in 1898 by Turin. From 1900, when the next Paris Exhibition took place, to the beginning of WWI there were exhibitions every year - all recorded for posterity on the back of the humble postcard.
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FRANCO BRITISH EXHIBITION 1908 Wood Lane entrance |  |
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£1.99 | 8h 21m |
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Imperial International Exhibition London1909Pavillion | |
0 Bid | £.99 | 11h 10m |
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BELGIUM 1913 EXHIBITION 3 X USED POSTCARDS | |
0 Bid | £.99 | 12h 22m |
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MILAN 1906 EXHIBITION 2 X USED POSTCARDS | |
0 Bid | £.99 | 12h 24m |
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RARE ANIMATED POSTCARD FRANCO BRITISH EXHIBITION 1908 | |
0 Bid | £.99 | 14h 55m |
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BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION 1924 INDIA PAVILION INDIAN | |
0 Bid | £.99 | 15h 27m |
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BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION 1924 CANADA PAVILION EXPO | |
0 Bid | £.99 | 15h 27m |
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1908 OFFICIAL FRANCO BRITISH EXHIBITION POSTCARD | |
0 Bid | £.99 | 15h 44m |
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MELBOURNE EXHIBITION St Kilda 1904 used p card to GB | |
1 Bid | £.99 | 18h 12m |
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12 View Photo Postcards Britsh Empire Exhibition 1924 | |
1 Bid | £4.99 | 18h 48m |
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British Empire Exhibition Wembley 1924 Bengal Section | |
0 Bid | £1.99 | 18h 50m |
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The Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hide Park U173 | |
0 Bid | £.99 | 19h 33m |
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