The Archive · 1939

Copy of Magna Carta One

Exhibits SPECIAL TO Tub "Nenn." b New York, May 11.

The British Pavilion, the largest snd one of the most striking of the many costly foreign exhibits at the New York World's Fair, will be formally opened tomorrow.

To mark the occasion Mr. R. S. Hudson, the Secretary for Overseas Trade, on behalf of the City of Lon-Jon, will present a silver-gilt rose leaf bowl to Mr. LaGuardia, the Mayor of New York. which bene-"Whenever it has "The Pavilion, the largest Great Britain has ever contributed to an international Exhibition, occupies a dominating position. It contains a copy of the Magna Carta enclosed in have remained in|? bullet-proof, burglar-proof, fireproof case, which is guarded day and the only authority night and insured for £100,000. The Pavilion also contains a docu-is Chinese ment on George Washington's family-ree, showing that he descended from King John, and replicas of the Crown jewels besides models of British towns and photographs showing the life and work of the peoples of the re had been mañy such cases

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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