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Carrying a parasol the Queen, right, watched the impressive ceremony as sailors from Canada's fighting ships formed a hollow square about the traditio(...)
Carrying a parasol the Queen, right, watched the impressive ceremony as sailors from Canada's fighting ships formed a hollow square about the traditio(...)

Carrying a parasol the Queen, right, watched the impressive ceremony as sailors from Canada's fighting ships formed a hollow square about the traditio(...)

Date5/31/1939
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Original Toronto Star caption: Carrying a parasol the Queen; right; watched the impressive ceremony as sailors from Canada's fighting ships formed a hollow square about the traditional drumhead; draped with the new colors which the King presented.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0122471F
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