Country Queen, Queen Carnival Campaign
Production date
08 Nov 1952
Current rights
All Rights Reserved
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About this object
A photograph of the Country Queen, Mrs Gladys Elizabeth Jane Hudson, taken at Windsor Park in Hastings on 8 November 1952. One of four carnival queens, the Country Queen was crowned the winner of the Hastings and District War Memorial Appeal, Queen Carnival Campaign. The photograph was taken after the announcement as she made her way back to the stage to be crowned. She wears a long velvet cloak trimmed with white fur. The train of the cloak is carried by two boys, thought to be Rex Hagenson and Dale Porteous.
Photographer, unknown.
Photographer, unknown.
Production date
08 Nov 1952
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued to an album page.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 101 x 158mm
Height x Width x Depth/Length: 224 x 312 x 40mm
Height x Width x Depth/Length: 224 x 312 x 40mm
Signature/Inscription
Return of the Queen, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
08 Nov 1952
Current rights
Credit Line
gifted by Mrs Louise Ross
Other number(s)
m2003/82, 17060, 85705
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