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The British Government aimed to strengthen national identity through the display of Britain’s technological advancement at the British Empire Exhibition. This stereograph recorded a group of young visitors overseeing the Palace of Engineering. Sir Robert Hotung sponsored the British Government to offer some free tickets to school children in Britain to visit the Exhibition. The British Government aimed to strengthen national identity through the display of Britain’s technological advancement at the British Empire Exhibition. This stereograph recorded a group of young visitors overseeing the Palace of Engineering.

Young boys looking at the Palace of Engineering by the artificial lake

SKU: CA009
  • 1924-1925

Two Exhibitions between Two Strikes:

Exhibiting Hong Kong at the British Empire Exhibition 1924 and 1925

Principal investigator:

Dr. Gary Pui-fung Wong

Lecturer

School of Sociology and Social Policy

The University of Leeds

 

Contact methods: G.P.F.Wong@leeds.ac.uk

This project is funded by the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust. 

 

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