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Black watch and fusiliers in spectacle of roya
Black watch and fusiliers in spectacle of roya

Black watch and fusiliers in spectacle of roya

Date5/18/1939
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Original Toronto Star caption: Black watch and fusiliers in spectacle of roya. The thousands who had waited since six a.m.; many of them bundled in blankets; saw the King and Queen arrive aboard the royal train in Montreal's Park Avenue station at 2.15 this afternoon. As the ear-splitting cracks of a 21-gun salute crashed out. Premier King presented Mayor Camilien Houde and Mrs. Houde to their majesties. Then the King took the salute of a of the Black Watch; Royal Regimer wore the undress uniform of an ad he seemed to give personal atten with each of the officers; with [Incomplete]
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0122560F
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