Queen Concludes Chicago Visit

Queen Concludes Chicago Visit

Queen Concludes Chicago Visit

Name/Title

Queen Concludes Chicago Visit

Entry/Object ID

2000.23.25

Description

"Fifth U.S. Army Band, Armed Forces Honor Guard, and U.S. Army Bandsmen participate in night ceremony at Lake Michigan pier which marked departure of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip of Great Britain after first-tome visit to Chicago on July 6, 1959. They boarded the royal yacht, Britannica, which has traversed St. Lawrence Senway. In front row (from left) on pier dais are Queen Elizabeth, William G. Stratton, Governor or Illinois, and Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago. In second row, Prince Philip, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker of Canada and Wiley Buchanan, Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State."

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

b/w glossy

Made/Created

Artist

Sgt. Joseph S. Moros, Jr.

Date made

Jul 6, 1959