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Model in Gown for Peeress opens Sandwich Bag Coronation Ensemble is in red velvet and Ermine, Canadian visitors to Queen Elizabeth's coronation may be(...)
Model in Gown for Peeress opens Sandwich Bag Coronation Ensemble is in red velvet and Ermine, Canadian visitors to Queen Elizabeth's coronation may be(...)

Model in Gown for Peeress opens Sandwich Bag Coronation Ensemble is in red velvet and Ermine, Canadian visitors to Queen Elizabeth's coronation may be(...)

Date2/26/1953
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Original Toronto Star caption: Model in Gown for Peeress opens Sandwich Bag Coronation Ensemble is in red velvet and Ermine; Canadian visitors to Queen Elizabeth's coronation may be shocked to see a crimson-robed peeress reach into a matching red bag and draw forth a sandwich to munc
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object NumberTSPA_0123984F
The robes to be worn at the coronation by a peeress, worn by a model at a recent London fashion show
The robes to be worn at the coronation by a peeress, worn by a model at a recent London fashion show
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Home for The Coronation, Last of the coronation visitors to leave London was the Prince of the Yemen
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Queen's attire in which silk and ermine, velvet, lace and flowered damask combine with a long trailing train in gorgeous effect
Queen's attire in which silk and ermine, velvet, lace and flowered damask combine with a long trailing train in gorgeous effect
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8/11/1945
Princess Elizabeth's wedding gown in replica to be shown at the C
Princess Elizabeth's wedding gown in replica to be shown at the C
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7/22/1948
The form and order of the service that is to be performed and the ceremonies that are to be observed in the coronation of their majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the Abbey Church of S. Peter Westminster on Wednesday the 12th day of May 1937
The form and order of the service that is to be performed and the ceremonies that are to be observed in the coronation of their majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the Abbey Church of S. Peter Westminster on Wednesday the 12th day of May 1937
The Musson book co., limited
1937
Coronation May 12 1937 H.M. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
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George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
1937
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7/7/1970
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Dunlop, Alan
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It's all bread and honey. Mississauga's official salute to Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee was included in Streetville Founders' Bread and Honey Fest(...)
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McConnell, Colin
6/5/1977
Queen Elizabeth's barge (Foreground right) about to pass
Queen Elizabeth's barge (Foreground right) about to pass
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
6/9/1977
She's just another people as far as this Basset hound, decked out in a spring bonnet, is concerned, and he blithely ignores Queen Elizabeth's approach(...)
She's just another people as far as this Basset hound, decked out in a spring bonnet, is concerned, and he blithely ignores Queen Elizabeth's approach(...)
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