The
Crystal Palace
Foundation

It is very well known that The Ideal Home Exhibition (IHE) has been held in at Earls Court or Olympia in London since 1908 but what is less well known is that South London had it's very own version of the exhibition and was held in the Crystal Palace and grounds from 1931 to 1938.

Catalogues and brochures for the 1933, 1934, 1938, 1947 and 1953 Ideal Home Exhibitions and the 1933 and 1938 South London Exhibition (the last one held) have been methodically scanned in high resolution.

* 1934 Ideal Home Exhibition catalogue & review:
256 pages
* 1939 Ideal Home Exhibition catalogue & review:
232 pages
* 1947 Ideal Home Exhibition catalogue & review:
272 pages
* 1953 Ideal Home Exhibition catalogue & review:
244 pages

1935 Ideal Home Exhibition Attendants Ticket for Mr Shepherd, of W.H.Smith & Son Ltd

* 1933 South London Exhibition Exhibitor's Prospectus 6 pages (held in the grounds of Crystal Palace)
* 1938 South London Exhibition catalogue & programme: 60 pages (held in Crystal Palace Park)

The catalogue & brochures contain in total over one thousand pages of details and advertisements of hundreds of manufacturers and suppliers of pre and post war products and clearly illustrate the technological innovations and the mood of the nation both before and after World War 2.

All of the catalogues and brochures are very rare at any price and we have made them all available on DVD or memory stick. (Please advise which is required on your order)