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Includes a chronological history of Coventry up to the manufacture of the first television sets in Coventry in 1936, advertisements from local companies, and information about city facilities and City Council departments. Illustrations and photographs include the following:- illustrations of Humber Snipe Saloon and Hillman Hawk Safety Saloon; photographs of interior of King's Head Hotel; photograph of exterior of Standard Motor Company building (with photograph of the building and a car in 1903); illustrations of products of Rotherham and Sons Ltd; illustrations of car, aero engine and aircraft of Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd and Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd; illustration of Owen Owen store in Broadgate; schedule of bus services; illustration of gas showrooms, Corporation Street; photograph of pit head of Coventry Colliery; illustration of products of Sterling Metals Ltd.; photograph of Alderman AH Barnacle, Mayor of Coventry; photographs of Bablake Hospital, Priory Row, interior of St Mary's, civic regalia, Bayley Lane, Whitefriar's, Council House, Lady Godiva Statue in St Mary's Hall, interior of Cathedral Church of St Michael's, Ford's Hospital, exterior of St Mary's Hall, Peeping Tom figure, Pepper Lane, view of Coventry from the air. sketches of the Coventry gates; illustration of Coventry Radiator and Presswork Co Ltd factory at Canley; photograph of Coventry skyline; photographs of interior of Coventry Eagle Cycle factory and unnamed car factory; photograph of aeroplane and illustration of factory of Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth; photographs of interiors of erecting department at Messrs Alfred Herbert Ltd. and aero magneto assembly department at British Thomson Houston; illustration of the new Technical College; photographs of interior of General Electric Company's telephone factory, Broadgate, an unnamed Coventry housing estate, the War Memorial and Allesley Hall; photographs of Frederick Smith, Town Clerk; Sidney Larkin, City Treasurer; EH Ford, City Engineer and Surveyor; A Massey, Medical Officer of Health; Frank H Harrod, Director of Education; WJ Marston, Electricity Department Engineer and Manager; PN Langford, Gas Department Engineer and Manager; Ronald A Fearnley, Transport Department Engineer and Manager; EJ Pugh, Water Department Manager, E Austin Hinton, City Librarian; EA Evans, Public Assistance Officer; AF Underhill, Housing Director; WH Cartwright, Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade; G Talbot, Superintendent of the Public Baths; PWH Conn, Superintendent of the Parks Department; R Yeadon, General Manager, Markets Department; and RG White, Chief Inspector of the Weights and Measures Department; photographs of Coventry Eagle bicycles and motor bicycles, bus belonging to Bunty Motorways; and illustration of products of Hey Engineering Co Ltd., aerial view of GEC Telephone Works, products of Coventry Gauge and Tool Co Ltd.