Polytechnic Exhibition, Argyll Street, January 1867
An article on page four of The Glasgow Herald, on Monday the 28th of January, 1867, reads:
“POLYTECHNIC EXHIBITION. – As will be noticed from advertisement, this institution, in its present
form, closes in a few weeks. In order, however, that the working class population of the city and
neighbourhood may have no difficulty in visiting the galleries, the managers have arranged to reduce the
evening admission to threepence. On Saturday every corner of the building was crowded, hundreds
being unable to obtain admission to the Concert Hall. The artistes were Madam Haigh, Mr. J. S. Palmyre,
and Mr. J. B. Clark. The exhibition of dissolving views, with a set of brilliant chromatropes, was also
given to a highly appreciative audience.”
(A chromatrope is a type of magic lantern slide that produces dazzling, colourful geometric patterns
set in motion by rotating two painted glass discs in opposite directions, originally with a double pulley
mechanism but later usually with a rackwork mechanism.)
The advertisement referred to in the article, is on the front page of the Herald.