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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARD: CORONATION PROCESSION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II - 'NOW SHE IS QUEEN INDEED'

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1953

Overview

Postcard showing Queen Elizabeth II in her coach with Beefeaters and a footman walking next to it. Crowds of people in the background. From the caption it is clear that the Coronation procession is returning to Buckingham Palace after the ceremony in Westminster Abbey. This Coronation Day Postcard is part of a series published by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd. to commemorate the event.

Historical information

A postcard donated by a local resident, Dr. W.B. Muston who was working in London at the time of the Coronation.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1992.77

Item type

Material

Width

90 mm

Height or length

140 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Raphael Tuck and Sons

Keywords

WINDSOR, Queen Elizabeth II

MUSTON W B (Bill)

Postcards, Other Than Subiaco

Year

Statement of significance

A postcard from a resident Dr. W.B. Muston who was in London during the Queen's Coronation.

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