Festival Collection (page 26)

Blackpool Rail Excurs
Flyer issued by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway announcing Excursion Trains to the Musical Festival at Blackpool, and Lytham St. Annes

New Year, Ancient Peru
ANCIENT PERU To the Incas, the new year - which commences in June - is a solar festival, the solar disc is honoured as the giver of life and prosperity

New Year, Ancient Greece
ANCIENT GREECE The new year is celebrated with a three-day festival of Dionysos, revelry intended to stimulate the rebirth of nature and fertility

Russian New Year
RUSSIAN LAPPS New years day is a solar festival here : the sun is encouraged to spend longer in the sky by games and ceremonies

Turkish New Year
TURKEY The Islamic New Year festival of Bairam is the occasion for swings and roundabouts in which young and old participate

Japanese New Year
JAPAN A feature of the Japanese New Year is the Festival of the Children - dressing-up and flying kites are traditional activities

Mohurrum Festival, Iran
MOSLEM FANATICS At the Mohurrum Festival, Iran, devotees mutilate themselves while in a state of ecstasy

Chinese New Year Boats
CHINESE NEW YEAR A Dragon-headed boat is the centre-piece of the New Years water festival Date: 1848

Ramadan / Madagascar
Crowd celebrating Ramadan festival at Madagascar

Car in Festival
The motor car replaces the old floats in the Corso fieri (procession of flowers) at Bordhigera, Italy

Dome of Discovery
The Dome of Discovery, one of the big attractions of the exhibition

New Schools Pavilion
The People : " New Schools" section of the South Bank Exhibition - the " latest tools and environment for school boys and girls to get the best out of contemporary education"

Transport Exhibition
The Land: Transport pavilion of the South Bank (Festival of Britain) Exhibition, celebrating British achievements in Rail, Road, Sea, Air transport etc

Power & Production 1951
The " Power and Production" section of the Festival of Britain exhibition, showing the influence the success of British industry has had upon the whole world

South Bank Promenade
The South Bank Promenade and Pier, which was directly in front of the brand new Royal Festival Hall, overlooking the River Thames, with a fine view of the City of London

Festival Radio Telescope
The huge " Radio Telescope", visible for miles, a futuristic lighthouse for projecting messages to the moon. It was actually the Shot Tower, an old London landmark

Crimean Peace Festival
The Peace Festival held at Salisbury, Wiltshire, to celebrate the end of the Crimean War. To Abraham Jackson, Esq. Mayor of Salisbury this is inscribed

Church Altar
Harvest Festival in Bicknoller church, Somerset. The carved screen and bench ends are 500 years old

God of Happiness
Children celebrate Chinese new year in Chinatown, New York. They touch the god of happiness to bring them good luck in year 4884 of the Chinese calendar

Harvest Festival Service
A Harvest Festival service in an English country church - the church decorated with fruit, vegetables and corn sheaves

Luther Festival
A bible stand at the Luther Festival at Worms (scene of his defiant stand before emperor Carl V at the Diet of Worms, 1521)

Vietnam Custom
The Maqui Festival in which Annamese children of Vietnam wear grotesque masks to scare away demons and spirits, but they will prove ineffective against Americans

Japan Soul Festival - 2
The Festival of the Souls : Having offered food and drink to the souls of their ancestors, they conduct them out of the city and take their leave in an amicable manner

Montenegro Fish Fest
Fishing festival, Montenegro Date: 1820

Science & Art Honoured
SCIENCES ET ARTS Festival honouring the sciences and the arts : the triumphal procession

Edward Vii / Concert / 1866
The Prince and Princess of Wales, along with her mother, the Queen of Denmark, and the Duke of Edinburgh, attend the Norwich Music Festival at St Andrews Hall

Imperial Theatre, Moscow
Festival performance at the Grand Imperial Theatre, Moscow

Handel Festival 1865
A Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham (London)

Customs / May Day / Maypole
May-Day festival, with portable maypole, at Eastington, Gloucestershire

Inca High Festival of the Sun
The first day of the High Festival of the Sun -- the Incas offer a bowl of liquor for the Sun to drink

Futuristic flower festival held in the air
A futuristic flower festival held in the air

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