| Main Performers | The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor - speaker,
Mr Spanner - organ |
| Set List | Opening of the Bazaar (The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor),
Selection (Band of Grenadier Guards
Organ Recital (Mr Spanner)
15:30 Afternoon Mannequin Parade ('dresses by all the leading costumier of the day')
17:00 Auction Sale,
Art Exhibition: The Chelsea Art Union [in the Gallery] |
| Performance Notes | A British Pathe film of the event (Film ID 1874.45) is available (duration 1min 46 secs).
Additional event, The 'Candian Matinee', was held on 11 May 1917 at His Majesty's Theatre.
"At the recent Albert Hall Bazaar in aid of St Dunstan's, the Duchess of Somerset raffled a damask table cloth which belonged to Napoleon the Great, being authenticated by Lady Harlech, in whose family it was kept, and by the Countess of Bessborough."
(The Times, 14 July 1917)
At the auction goods for sale included a Stradivarious violin, a Daimler or Ford car, rare chemicals given by the British Cyanide Co., and the Cross of the Legion of Honour worn by Prince Lucien Bonaparte. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1917/19),
Digital Poster |