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Chairs in crimson and gold for King and Queen at city hall, When the father and mother of King George VI visited Toronto in 1901, they were seated at (...)
Chairs in crimson and gold for King and Queen at city hall, When the father and mother of King George VI visited Toronto in 1901, they were seated at (...)

Chairs in crimson and gold for King and Queen at city hall, When the father and mother of King George VI visited Toronto in 1901, they were seated at (...)

Date5/16/1939
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Original Toronto Star caption: Chairs in crimson and gold for King and Queen at city hall; When the father and mother of King George VI visited Toronto in 1901; they were seated at civic functions in the same chairs which the present King and Queen will occupy on the canopied dais before the city hall next Monday.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0111408F
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Three great leaders appear in portraits in front of the Administration building, with King George VI in the middle and Roosevelt and Churchill on eith(...)
n.d.
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The other $50 first prize winner, for his story of the days when he knew King George VI as his shipmate aboard H
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Royal Tours - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (Canada May 1939) Quebec
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n.d.
Royal Tours - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (Canada May 1939) Alberta
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