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Alnwick Mechanics' Institute Ephemera
réf. 004873Alnwick: H. H. Blair Four pieces of ephemera and three photographs relating to the Alnwick Mechanics' Institute dated between 1869 and 1878. All are lightly worn with evidence of being removed from a scrapbook one of the photographs has a small surface abrasion and tear leading to slight loss of image towards lower right hand corner. The ephemera includes a broadside dated 1869 with list of prize winners for various subjects including chemistry art and mathematics; two handbills about the fiftieth and fifty-fourth anniversary of the Institute; and a handbill about an extension to the building as the class sizes have grown with a list of subscribers. The three photographs are probably c.1874 and probably show the interior of the building during the fiftieth anniversary exhibition. The building still stands is now a Grade 2 listed building and is possibly the oldest surviving purpose-built Mechanics' Institute. Though famously dismissed by Engels in 'The Condition of the Working Class in England' as where "all education is tame flabby subservient to the ruling politics and religion so that for the working-man it is merely a constant sermon upon quiet obedience passivity and resignation to his fate" the Mechanics' Institutes did provide an introduction to education for many who otherwise would not have had any access. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Various. Ephemera. H. H. Blair Paperback
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