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WITH traditional pomp and historic pageantry and amid the loyal acclamations of her peoples, Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Elizabeth was crowned in the Abbey of Westminster this 2nd day of June, 1953, of which this is a memento.
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H.M. THE QUEEN ARRIVING AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
WITH traditional pomp and historic pageantry and amid the loyal acclamations of her peoples, Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Elizabeth was crowned in the Abbey of Westminster this 2nd day of June, 1953, of which this is a memento.
Publisher: Valentine & Son, Ltd., Dundee and London (1851–1963)
British
1953
Medium/Technique
Sepia tone Real photograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Vertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.7965
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: C.18.
Back: divided. Mint.
Valentine's CORONATION SOUVENIR Post Card
[Prints flown to Dundee by aeroplane on Coronation Day, June 2nd, 1953. Post Cards on sale in London by 11 o'clock on June 3rd.]
THIS IS A REAL PHOTOGRAPH - PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
Back: divided. Mint.
Valentine's CORONATION SOUVENIR Post Card
[Prints flown to Dundee by aeroplane on Coronation Day, June 2nd, 1953. Post Cards on sale in London by 11 o'clock on June 3rd.]
THIS IS A REAL PHOTOGRAPH - PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)