Procession, Queen Carnival Campaign
Production date
08 Nov 1952
Current rights
All Rights Reserved
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About this object
A photograph of Rex Hagenson and Dale Porteous taken at Windsor Park in Hastings on 8 November 1952. The two boys were responsible for carrying the train of the Country Queen, Mrs Gladys Elizabeth Jane Hudson. 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 following the crowning ceremony. The boys are shown forming part of the Country Queen's entourage during a guard of honour by The Blue Wheel Boys. Her flower girls, Juliet Barker and Sally Stead, and three Maids of Honour, Kathleen Beamish, Josephine Glazebrook, and Marian Stead, can be seen following behind.
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: 159 x 104mm
Height x Width x Depth/Length: 224 x 312 x 40mm
Height x Width x Depth/Length: 224 x 312 x 40mm
Signature/Inscription
The royal pages, 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, 17074, 85724
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