- Title:
- Postcard showing the Clifton Suspension Bridge illuminated for the visit of King Edward VII in 1908
- Object name(s):
- Postcard
- Brief description:
- Addressed to Miss W. Valentine with a written message. The message includes that the bridge was lit up "on the night of the Kings visit. It looked so pretty, it was a grand day and I had a good view of them." King Edward VII visited Bristol to open the new dock at Avonmouth on 9 July 1908. In the evening, after the opening celebrations, the King "had a motor drive from Avonmouth to Bristol, and inspected the Clifton Suspension Bridge". (*Western Somerset Free Press*, Saturday 11 July 1908, p. 8).
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated concept:
- lighting
- Current reproduction location:
- http://archives.cliftonbridge.org.uk/postcard-showing-the-clifton-suspension-bridge-illuminated-for-the-visit-of-king-edward-vii-in-1908
- Number of objects:
- 1 black and white postcard
- Object name:
- Postcard
- Object number:
- GB 3493 PC/247
- Object production date:
- Postmarked [26 July 1908]
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 01/01/1908
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1908
- Object production person:
- Stanley
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f3f1537e-a6b9-32f7-8b32-1ecc4a12f331
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f3f1537e-a6b9-32f7-8b32-1ecc4a12f331, Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum, CC BY
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