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PE001577 - Photo album: [Images of the 1939 royal tour of Canada]
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1939 (Creation)
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Album (30 x 38 cm.) bound by string between brown covers. Contains [ca.260] predominantly b/w photographs and postcards (includes 4 col. cards) inserted in mounting corners. The images are accompanied by manuscript annotations. Some images contain copyright marks identifying the photographer, and several annotations provide similar information. A commemorative booklet - The royal tour of Canada and United States, May-June 1939 - is laid in.
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The album documents the 1939 visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Canada and the United States. Approximately 100 of the images were taken during the Alberta portion of the tour, including pictures of events in Calgary, Banff, Bassano, Edmonton, Medicine Hat, and Lethbridge. The remaining images capture the Royal Couple in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and the United States.
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