Queen Mother Goes Sightseeing 1950-1959

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Washington, D.C., United States of America USA.

Documentation on file.

Queen Mother Elizabeth accompanied by Mrs. Eisenhower goes to the Library of Congress then to the Pentagon Building, where she sees a drug store. At Library of Congress she stops to talk to Suzanne Levine who showed...

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
79043
Sort Number:
UN 2690 C
Time in/Out:
01:05:30:00 / 01:06:24:00
Canister:
UN 2690 C
Film ID:
2658.03
Issue Date:
1950 - 1959

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