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This is the simple, beautiful Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, where their majesties will be entertained on Thursday
This is the simple, beautiful Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, where their majesties will be entertained on Thursday

This is the simple, beautiful Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, where their majesties will be entertained on Thursday

Date6/6/1939
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Original Toronto Star caption: This is the simple, beautiful Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, where their majesties will be entertained on Thursday. Quite English is the thick, clinging ivy, quite international the smooth, broad expanse of lawn and the low, swaying ferns
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0077313F
An usher of St. James Episcopal, the Roosevelts' church points out the pew in which their majesties will sit during the special service
An usher of St. James Episcopal, the Roosevelts' church points out the pew in which their majesties will sit during the special service
6/6/1939
Car for king's visit painted color he chooses, Built at Windsor for use by their majesties during their visit to Canada this beautiful, custom-built C(...)
Car for king's visit painted color he chooses, Built at Windsor for use by their majesties during their visit to Canada this beautiful, custom-built C(...)
5/1/1939
Provincial Parliament Buildings Charlottetown where then majesties were welcomed on behalf of the city and Province Chairs remained dinning ceremony
Provincial Parliament Buildings Charlottetown where then majesties were welcomed on behalf of the city and Province Chairs remained dinning ceremony
6/1/1939
Ready for their Majesties, On a raised dais in the legislative chamber at Queen's Park now stand the two chairs, specially upholstered and decorated f(...)
Ready for their Majesties, On a raised dais in the legislative chamber at Queen's Park now stand the two chairs, specially upholstered and decorated f(...)
5/10/1939
Will meet their majesties. During the rest period in the late afternoon of their majesties' visit to Toronto next Monday, Mrs. Albert Matthews, right,(...)
Will meet their majesties. During the rest period in the late afternoon of their majesties' visit to Toronto next Monday, Mrs. Albert Matthews, right,(...)
2/1/1938
Edmonton regiment was lined up when their majesties came along
Edmonton regiment was lined up when their majesties came along
7/13/1940
In a familiar pose the King and Queen are seen here on their west country visit, inspecting a Beaufort aircraft at Bristol. Their majesties celebrate their 17th wedding anniversary on April 26
In a familiar pose the King and Queen are seen here on their west country visit, inspecting a Beaufort aircraft at Bristol. Their majesties celebrate their 17th wedding anniversary on April 26
3/16/1940
It was an informal visit, their majesties seeing some of the soldiers at exercise in shirt sleeves
It was an informal visit, their majesties seeing some of the soldiers at exercise in shirt sleeves
7/13/1940
Queenly comfort - This is the tastefully appointed bedroom of the Queen's suite aboard the Empress of Australia, which is now bearing their majesties up the St. Lawrence
Queenly comfort - This is the tastefully appointed bedroom of the Queen's suite aboard the Empress of Australia, which is now bearing their majesties up the St. Lawrence
5/16/1939
Prime minister Mackenzie King, trans-Canada companion to their majesties, has left them to themselves for a time
Prime minister Mackenzie King, trans-Canada companion to their majesties, has left them to themselves for a time
6/5/1939
Only Canadian Mayor to greet their majesties in ceremonial robes reminiscent of British chief magistrates was Mayor J
Only Canadian Mayor to greet their majesties in ceremonial robes reminiscent of British chief magistrates was Mayor J
5/31/1939
In the lower picture, their majesties are seen driving through a line-up of war veterans on their visit to Quebec
In the lower picture, their majesties are seen driving through a line-up of war veterans on their visit to Quebec
6/3/1939