This striking vase is one of the Carlton Ware pieces made to commemorate the Empire Exhibition, Scotland, 1938, held at Bellahouston Park. These pieces were sold only at Treron’s, Glasgow.

Another postcard of a building from the 1938 Empire Exhibition held in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. Great central tower, nice curved frontage. The full length flag standards have nice detailing halfway up the building.

For some reason postcards with a blue tint were produced in the 1920 and 1930s.

This one shows off some of the elaborate fountainry at the Empire Exhibition, Scotland, 1938.

This is a slightly different angle of the same fountain as in the previous picture but in a black and white (sepia) postcard.

A nice contrast of old and new at the Empire Exhibition, Scotland, 1938 via another Brian Gerald drawn postcard.

The Clachan was a “traditional” Highland village. Like everything else at the 1938 Empire Exhibition it was in the shadow of Tait’s Tower of Empire.

When an Empire Exhibition in Glasgow was first suggested Glaswegians immediately asked that a clachan be one of the exhibits. This is because a previous clachan was one of the great successes at the Scottish National Exhibition held in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow in 1911.

Another Brian Gerald drawn art postcard from the Empire Exhibition, Scotland, 1938. This time of the Scottish Avenue. It shows both Scottish Pavilions (the ones with the towers) and the BBC Pavilion in the foreground. At the other end of the avenue is the Palace of Arts, the only building from the Exhibition still standing in Bellahouston Park.

Another sepia postcard from the Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938; this time of the Palace of Engineering. Lovely rounded walls with murals.

In the foreground you can see a railodok car, a means of getting around the Exhibition more quickly than on foot.

The Empire Exhibition of 1938 was well endowed with fountains. The one in this postcard was at the foot of the North Cascade. The Tower of Empire (seen here in the background) was never far from any view in the Exhibition.

This is a sepia postcard showing a general view of the Empire Exhibition, Scotland, 1938 held in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow.

And this one shows a close-up of the bandstand. Brilliant curve on the shelter part!

Another black and white photographic postcard of the Empire Exhibition, Scotland, 1938. The United Kingdom Pavilion.

Another black and white postcard of the Empire Exhibition, Scotland, 1938, held in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. This time, the entrance to the UK Pavilion.

Lovely Deco features; rounded columns with banding at the flagpole supports, vertical dividers, sculptured figures – which, like the lions flanking the steps, were gold painted.