Britain Crowns George VI Amid Scenes of Matchless Splendor, May 12, 1937
Entry/Object ID
AM1987.1.149
Scope and Content
Britain Crowns George VI Amid Scenes Of Matchless Splendor. Wednesday. May 12 1937.
News photo of George VI wearing the uniform of an admiral of the fleet. The ruler was the Duke of York until his brother, King Edward VIII, gave up the throne for the love of an American woman, Mrs. Wallis Warfield.
News photo of Westminster Abbey. Photo of eleven year-old Princess Elizabeth who today gravely watches the ceremony which some day may make her Britain's first reigning queen since Victoria. Dated
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Newspaper
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Serial
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
British Royalty, King George VI Coronation, 1937, Queen Elizabeth, King Edward VII
