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The Historical Sketch and Description of the Pageant Held at Cape Town on the Occasion of the Opening of the First Parliament of the Union of South Africa was a souvenir booklet describing published published on 1910 by the Pageant Committee. The book includes more than 100 pages of text and illustrations, plus over 40 pages of advertisements.

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 The ''[[Historical Sketch and Description of the Pageant Held at Cape Town on the Occasion of the Opening of the First Parliament of the Union of South Africa]]'' was a souvenir booklet describing published published on 1910 by the [[Pageant Committee]]. The book includes more than 100 pages of text and illustrations,  plus over 40 pages of advertisements.
-[[Frank Lascelles]], an Englishman, born Frank Stevens, was appointed Master of the Pageant
+The booklet also had the title ''[[Souvenir of the Pageant in Commemoration of the Union of South Africa]]''
-The original schedule was a six day event, Saturday to Saturday, excluding a Sunday & Tuesday from 29 October to 5 November 1910
- This elaborate plan was rescheduled to two days, each with eight Episodes including a Finale on the last day
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-http://www.southafricacollector.com/11_Collect_Southern_Africa/03_1910_Cape_Town_Pageant.htm
+See the full discussion on the ''Collect Southern Africa'' website (http://www.southafricacollector.com/11_Collect_Southern_Africa/03_1910_Cape_Town_Pageant.htm)
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