Pageant of Transport exhibition, Stafford

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Date:May 1937

Description:Visitors in a Russian Sleigh lent by the Earl of Shrewsbury as part of the 'Pageant of Transport' exhibition held at the Borough Hall, Stafford in May and June 1937. The exhibition was organised by Stafford Borough Council's Public Library and Museum Committee.

The sleigh was later acquired by Staffordshire County Museum in 1964.


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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire County Record Office

Donor ref:7673-1 Sleigh in Pageant of Transport 1938 (201/45249)

Source: Staffordshire County Record Office

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