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Seats for king and queen in legislature await

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Seats for king and queen in legislature await

Date5/6/1939

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Seats for king and queen in legislature await. Planned many weeks ago; in process of careful construction ever since; the special chairs upon which King George and Queen Elizabeth will sit in the Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park; are now completed. Hon. Norman Hipel thought of the idea-that the Speaker's chair which; by tradition; would be his property when he finally retired from that office; and the new one being built for his successor; James Clarke; be appropriately upholstered and decorated for the use of their majestics. A royal blue drape; emblazened with crowns of gold; from Westminister Abbey; covers the panels and seats of the 300-pound mahogany chairs; each intricately carved. The chairs were made by the Rawlinson Furniture Co.

Subject

Parliament buildings

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0107481F

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