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Royal Locomotive Arriving in Paris, June 7, 1939

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Creator

Smith, Donald A., Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This photograph depicts the arrival in Paris of the royal locomotive carrying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during their 1939 tour of Canada. Their train made a brief stop on the outskirts of Paris on June 7, 1939.

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)

THE ROYAL LOCOMOTIVE GLIDING INTO PARIS, JUNE, 1939
Negative and enlargement by D.A. Smith

Date of Original

7 June 1939

Dimensions

Width: 23.3 cm
Height: 18.7 cm

Subject(s)

Children
Visits of state
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
Paris, Ontario

Local identifier

1999.1218.01

Collection

D.A. Smith Photograph Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Paris

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2 Longitude: -80.38333

Recommended Citation

Royal Locomotive Arriving in Paris, June 7, 1939, D.A. Smith Photograph Collection, 1999.1218.01, Paris Museum and Historical Society

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