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Ward and Payne sheep shears Sheffield 19th cent
The opening ceremony of the South Africa and International Exhibition, Kimberley, South Africa was reported in the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent on 9 September 1892. Reports of awards appeared on 14 December 1892.
Ward and Payne’s ‘Argentine’ sheep shearing machines won two gold medals, one at the Kimberley Exhibition and one at an adjacent agricultural show.
Sheffield Local Studies Library: Picture Sheffield y0004.
To find out more about Sheffield’s involvement in international industrial exhibitions from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the Festival of Britain in 1951 download our research guide: www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-local-studies...
More images are available from www.picturesheffield.com
Ward and Payne sheep shears Sheffield 19th cent
The opening ceremony of the South Africa and International Exhibition, Kimberley, South Africa was reported in the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent on 9 September 1892. Reports of awards appeared on 14 December 1892.
Ward and Payne’s ‘Argentine’ sheep shearing machines won two gold medals, one at the Kimberley Exhibition and one at an adjacent agricultural show.
Sheffield Local Studies Library: Picture Sheffield y0004.
To find out more about Sheffield’s involvement in international industrial exhibitions from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the Festival of Britain in 1951 download our research guide: www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-local-studies...
More images are available from www.picturesheffield.com