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Description: | This souvenir paper napkin or handkerchief is printed with a programme of the celebrations marking the return of the City Imperial Volunteers to London from fighting in the Boer War in 1902. The war was fought between the British Empire and the South African Republic and the Orange Free State over access to gold mines in Transvaal.
This example is one of many similar napkins sold on London's streets during ceremonial and processional occasions. The napkins were imported into London from Japan with a pre-printed border. Printers in London added details of the relevant ceremony or event to the blank central section. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Museum of London | Subjects: | Power and Politics Art and Design | Temporal: | 1901-1903 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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