July's item of the month: Pictures of Greenwich Night Pageant, 1933

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Location	National Maritime Museum

09 Jul 2010

July's item of the month is a souvenir pamphlet produced in 1933 for the 'Greenwich Night Pageant', arranged by the historian and journalist Arthur Bryant as self-styled 'Pageant Master'. Set against the illuminated background of the (now Old) Royal Naval College, it recreated great moments of Greenwich's naval and maritime history, albeit with some poetic license.

Richard (Assistant Librarian)