IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/261
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SHAW, George (fl 1884)
Date(s): 1884
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 production units.
Name of creator(s): Shaw | George | fl 1884
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The International Health Exhibition was opened in London on May 8th 1884. It was held at the new exhibition centre in Kensington (on the site currently occupied by the Science Museum and Imperial College). The focus of the exhibition was hygiene and public health and exhibits were included on food, dress, dwellings, water supply, heating, lighting, ventilation, ambulances, schools, workshops and technical education.
The exhibition included a section on 'Old London' which included a replica of a pre-1666 London street. The Times newspaper described it as a "picturesquely built up row of houses representing a lane and street in old London" (Friday May 09 1884, pg 4).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Miscellanea, or scraps and correspondence relating to 'Old London', as represented at the International Health Exhibition in 1884, arranged by George Shaw.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Two volumes.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.