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Parisians Awaiting Royal Train carrying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, June 7, 1939

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Creator

Smith, Donald A., Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This photograph shows Paris residents waiting by the train tracks to welcome King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on their 1939 royal visit of Canada. Their train was scheduled to make a brief stop on the outskirts of Paris.

This image was printed on the forty-fifth page of photographs in At the Forks of the Grand: Volume II by D. A. Smith.

Inscriptions

(On original matting)

Waiting for the royal train to arrive. June 7, '39.
By D.A. Smith

Date of Original

7 June 1939

Dimensions

Width: 23.4 cm
Height: 19.4 cm

Subject(s)

Children
Railroad tracks
Visits of state
Bands (Music)
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
Paris, Ontario

Local identifier

1999.1221.01

Collection

D.A. Smith Photograph Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Paris

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2 Longitude: -80.38333

Recommended Citation

Parisians Awaiting Royal Train carrying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, June 7, 1939, D.A. Smith Photograph Collection, 1999.1221.01, Paris Museum and Historical Society

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