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Royal Girl Guides in London c.1943

Gelatin silver print | 14.5 x 20.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2002188

Royal Girl Guides in London

Unknown Person

Royal Girl Guides in London c.1943

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Description

Photograph showing Princess Elizabeth writing out a message on a pad next to Princess Margaret, who is wearing a hat and holding a carrier pigeon box, containing a pigeon. Both Princesses were part of the Buckingham Palace Girl Guide Troop.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Unknown Person
(photographer)

Search the collection Thomson Picture Service : 200 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1
(photographic agency)

Subject(s)

Search the collection View the person page Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1926-2022)

Search the collection Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930-2002)

Search the collection House of Windsor

Search the collection Girl Guides Association
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Gelatin silver print

gelatin silver print

Measurements

14.5 x 20.0 cm (image)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
photographs
news photographs
Subject(s)
Organisation
Organizations and other types of cooperation
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Biological sciences
Zoology
Animals
Birds
Pigeons & doves
History
History of Europe
Second World War (1939-1945)
Europe-History (History from 1919. Twentieth century in general)
General medieval and modern history (European history)

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