An Exhibition of Photographs. Flying over the Empire. IMPERIAL AIRWAYS.

Rare ephemeral catalogue for a photographic exhibition organized by Imperial Airways, the British Empire's commercial airline from 1924 to 1939, and The Times. This show at the R. T. Holtman gallery on Prince Edward Island, between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, was one of several stops in its world tour, spanning Canada, Palestine, and New Zealand. The photographs, described by title, author, and context, were taken during Imperial Airways flights over British territories, including Gaza, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Sharjah, Saudi Arabia, Delhi, Calcutta, Singapore, Malaya, and Africa. Some long-distance infra-red photographs were taken by a photographer of The Times; the rest came from the archives of several companies including General Electric and Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co. "The show comprised a large folding screen on which was mounted a map of Empire airways, models of Imperial aircraft and photograph depicting imperial scenes. One of the several dioramas featured an outsize airliner in front of Sharjah rest house" (Pirie, p. 184). G. Pirie, Cultures and Caricatures of British Imperial Aviation, 2017. Octavo. Original printed brown wrappers, wire-stitched. A fine copy.