South African International Exhibition

EXPO Cape Town, Cape Colony 1877
Overview
BIE-class Unrecognized exposition
Name South African International Exhibition'
Location
Country Cape Colony
City Cape Town, Cape Colony
Coordinates 33°55′42″S 18°25′07″E / 33.9282485°S 18.41851°E / -33.9282485; 18.41851Coordinates: 33°55′42″S 18°25′07″E / 33.9282485°S 18.41851°E / -33.9282485; 18.41851
Timeline
Opening 15 February 1877

The South African International Exhibition held in Cape Town, Cape Colony was a world's fair held in 1877[1] which opened on 15 February.[2][3]

Location

The exhibition was held in the grounds of the Lodge de Goede Hoop which was being used for the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope,[4] in a building erected for the exhibition.[5]

Exhibits

During 1876 Signor Cagli had canvassed American and European industries to exhibit “manufactures of all kinds”[4] which were to be grouped in 10 classes: "alimentation", chemicals (perfume, medicine and surgical equipment), furniture, fabric and jewellery, transport, hardware, machinery, agriculture, science and education and miscellany.[5]

Exhibitors included Wertheim safes;[6] Taylor's sewing machines, who won a medal;[7] Sheffield based Samuel Marshall who showed hooks, hay knives, scythes and sheep shears[8] and linen manufacturers Rylands & Sons who won a prize (and another a year later at the Paris exhibition).[9]

References

  1. ↑ Pelle, Findling, ed. (2008). "Appendix D:Fairs Not Included". Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 424. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.
  2. ↑ "Cape Colony: South African International Exhibition, Cape Town". Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "iziko south african museum: exhibitions". Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Lodge de Goede Hoop and the Cape House of Assembly | Grand Lodge of South Africa - Southern Division". Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  5. 1 2 Chemical News, Manufacturing chemists, 20 October 1776, p. 169
  6. ↑ "Biography of the founder - Wertheim". Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "WILLIAM TAYLOR SEWING MACHINE, SEWALOT". Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Exhibitions Study Guide v1-0 PDF.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Rylands & Sons Ltd | Science Museum Group Collection". Retrieved 16 June 2017.
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