Festival of Empire, Crystal Palace, 1911; Canadian Parliament House (LOC)

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    Festival of Empire, Crystal Palace, 1911; Canadian Parliament House

    1911 (date created or published later by Bain)

    1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Notes:
     Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
    Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

    Format: Glass negatives.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.10199

    Call Number: LC-B2- 2373-6

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      NailaJ and sonolisto added this photo to their favorites.

    2. lvroberts (60 months ago | reply)

      from 1911 Festival of Empire in London. The Crystal Palace is visible in the background and burned down in 1936.

    3. stumblng.tumblr (59 months ago | reply)

      You will find here another photo on the same subject matter:
      www.hood.de/auction/29186434/crystal-palace-f estival-of-e...

      In fact, they both seem pretty plainly to be part of the one set of postcards.

      Here is yet a further postcard that "shows the model buildings erected for the Festival of Empire in the grounds south of the Palace, with the ornamental fountain in the centre.":

      www.ideal-homes.org.uk/lambeth/crystal-palace /festival-of...

    4. swanq (59 months ago | reply)

      Typo (Candian needs an 'a') in title.

    5. The Library of Congress (58 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for the comments and for finding the typo. We'll take care of it.

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      aburinho, fras1977, and mystroh added this photo to their favorites.

    7. Bruce R (50 months ago | reply)

      The Crystal Palace was moved to Sydenham before it burned down. My mother who lived in Norwood could remember it burning down, she was 11 at the time. She saw the reflection of the flames in the windows of her home and thought that was on fire, but the flames were behind her on Sydenham Hill.
      you can still see the outline of the building here ...
      maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Sy denham+Hill,...

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    9. wiggiewormdog (43 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called why canada is best, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    10. wiggiewormdog (43 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called piece of heaven, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    11. wiggiewormdog (43 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called a new world, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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      Tripp L. Seven added this photo to his favorites. (41 months ago)

    13. artolog (34 months ago | reply)

      L of C still needs to fix the typo pointed out by swang.

    14. Ryan (LOC P&P) (34 months ago | reply)

      I'll submit the request again, and we'll get to it as soon as we can.

    15. m.gifford (31 months ago | reply)

      Looks like that might be behind the East Block.

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      opalpetal, smith of smiths, taylorboren, Anna Krentz, and 2 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    17. GregHausM.D. (6 months ago | reply)

      I'm confused...what happened to the original one in London in the mid-1800's? Well, obviously it was gone by now, being in Hyde Park, but why is there another?

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      GregHausM.D. added this photo to his favorites. (6 months ago)

    19. swanq (5 months ago | reply)

      @ GregHausM.D.: www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2004/07 /27/history_... is a history of the Crystal Palace.

      Also, sydenham.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10& t=2006 shows other pictures from Rotary Photo of the Festival of Empire.

    20. artolog (5 months ago | reply)

      Stumbling.Tumbler's second link is now at:

      www.ideal-homes.org.uk/lambeth/lambeth-assets /galleries/c...

    21. GregHausM.D. (5 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for the links! I will definitely check them out.

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