Handkerchief, commemorative handkerchief

A cotton handkerchief produced for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, this souvenir shows the ferro-concrete Palace of Industry and pavilions of Britain's dominions, colonies and dependencies erected for the exhibition on the 216 acre site in north London.

Dyed indigo with discharged areas, photolighographic printed in black ink and block printed in three\ colours with central motif of British Empire Exhibition surmounted with flags, remainder printed with framed scenes from all over the Empire, in a montage superimposed on black ground, with border all round of red, white and blue design. Two edges selvedge, two edges turned under and hemmed. Scenes include: Malaya, New Zealand Pavilion, Palace of Industry, Palace of India, Palace of Burma, India Courtyard, Hong Kong, Australian Pavilion, Union of South Africa, Bridge Across Lake Newfoundland, The Ceylon Pavilion, H.K. Govt. "British Empire Exhibition, Wembley 1924".