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[005061] [Lord Mayor’s Show and Pageant] Souvenir and Programme of the Lord Mayor’s Show and Pageant November 9, 1907. London: Mrs S. Burgess, 1907. First Edition. Folio. Unbound. Tissue. Good. Printed tissue, approximately 370mm x 375mm in size

A couple of spots of foxing, lightly creased, small tear to right hand margin, otherwise fairly bright

Tissue for the Lord Mayor’s show, participants included the City Boys’ Shooting Club, the Freeman’s Orphan School, the maids of honour, and a procession representing the English kings, with each monarch attended by the “most prominent men of his reign”

The Lord Mayor was Sir George Truscott, who was a businessman, and whose father had also been Lord Mayor

The tissues were imported from Japan, pre-printed with decorative borders, with the central portion left blank to be filled in with the event to be commemorated. These were often (poorly) printed by Mrs. S.[arah] Burgess, who printed many of these items. They were then sold, generally for a penny, at the events as souvenirs

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