E.V. ABLETT (DATES UNKNOWN) THE WHEEL OF INDUSTRY REVOVLES ROUND LADYSMITH. 40x25 inches, 101 1/2x63 1/2 cm. E. P. & Commercial PTG. Co., Ltd. Condition B+: repaired tears and creases in margins and image; overpainting and restoration in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds. Ladysmith, South Africa, was a coal-mining town, with a coal-fired power plant providing electricity to the city. This poster was likely created to encourage businesses to move to Ladysmith, with a depiction of the impressive infrastructure, vibrant industrial skyline and mighty, allegorical "wheel of industry."
