Object number
2010/64
Title
Village Industries Exhibition,
Collection
Description
A four page programme for the Village Industries Exhibition held at the Corn Exchange in Maidstone on 8–9 October 1918.
This is a four page programme, costing six pence, for the Village Industries Exhibition held at the Corn Exchange in Maidstone on 8–9 October 1918. The cover shows a drawing of Ceres and a ploughman. The Exhibition was organised by the West Kent Women’s Agricultural Committee and the Horticultural Sub-Committee for West Kent. It featured two sections – handicrafts and food production – as well as an opening ceremony and various demonstrations. The programme gives details of the exhibits, the committee and the judges.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Description: 4-page programme with soft cover: ‘Village Industries Exhibition, Corn Exchange, Maidstone, October 8th & 9th, 1918.’ // Pictorial representation of Ceres and a ploughman on the cover. // Dimensions: 16.7 x 21.2 cm. // Associated information: Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // References: …'
Production place
Maidstone
Production date
1918 - 1918
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