250 x 122 mm. Framed and glazed photograph. In May-June 1939 H.M. King George VI and H.M. Queen Elizabeth visited Canada, and included a four-day visit to the U.S.A. This photograph, taken after Divine Service at St. James Church, Hyde Park shows Rev. A.R. Smith, Rev. G. Kidd, Queen Elizabeth, King George VI, President Roosevelt (unusually, standing) with his eldest son, his mother, and his wife, and Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, who accompanied the King during his visit to the U.S.A.
King George VI and President Roosevelt 1939
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- Dates of Creation1939-05-1939-06
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish .
- Physical Description1 item(s) 1 image
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Administrative / Biographical History
Based in Poughkeepsie, New York State. No further information is available.
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CN 1427.
Bibliography
This photograph featured in the Commonwealth in Focus exhibition: see Commonwealth in focus: 130 years of photographic history (1982), Sydney: International Cultural Corporation of Australia, p. 101.
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