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125 x 205 mm. The caption on the reverse reads: 'Largest of the six British entries and runner-up in class A: M. D. N. Wyatt's 64 foot yawl Bloodhound. Blue Water Classic 1952 No. 4)

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138 x 88 mm. Showing these three people seated on the deck of HMS 'Cornwall'. Captain Hall was the commanding officer of HMS 'Cornwall' and later, in the First World War, Director of Military Intelligence. Captain Dene was an army officer stationed in Bermuda with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

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A view of Castle Island from the sea. On the reverse of the print is the reference: ' Castle Island, Bermudians August 53, p18.' (August 1953). The print is also stamped with the photographers name.

Scope and Contents The collection comprises twenty-three boxes of photographs and thirty boxes plus one file of negatives. The majority of photographs are of Heads of Government, meetings and other conferences held in the U.K; conferences leading to constitutional progress and, in most cases, independence, of individual countries; visitors from overseas including those training in the U.K; and organisations, exhibitions etc., in the U.K. relating to the Commonwealth. Most were taken by COI...

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244 x 170mm. Showing a group of young children standing among growing lilies, one of Bermuda's main seasonal exports.

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86 x 138 mm. Showing Mrs Popham - Lobb seated on the deck of the HMS 'Cornwall', with Commander Macrorie beside her and two dogs. Commander Macrorie is only partially visible in the picture.

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The principal part of the collection is a set of programmes and guides prepared for the different legs of the Royal Tour. These are supplemented by related correspondence and papers compiled by the Royal Empire Society and others. The collection is in English with the exception of one item in English and Arabic.

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245 x 172mm. A beach scene with a young couple walking beneath a coral arch.

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115 x 90 mm. Showing a group of small dinghies sailing in Hamilton Harbour.

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131 x 32 mm. An aerial postcard view (original print) looking down on Ely's Harbour. Published by Walter Rutherford and A. J. Gorham, Bermuda.

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195 x 241 mm. Showing the Queen, Prince Philip and Sir Alexander Hood leaving the Sessions House.

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191x 244mm. Showing two tourists standing in front of the St. George Historical Society building, a pink stone house with a white roof.

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245 x 170mm. Showing two children watching the flamingos at the Bermuda Aquarium.

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244 x 191mm. Showing 'Lazy Corner' in Flatts Village, a palm-lined street with an antique shop at the far end.

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245 x 194 mm. A close up of the floating docks on Ireland Island with HMS 'Dominion' secured inside.

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85 x 138 mm. A view taken in the same cabin as the previous plate and showing Lieutenant Commander Frederick Talbot - Ponsonby seated with the dog Phyllis on his lap and a woman's hat on his head.

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170 x 245mm. Showing some of the shops and other buildings in Front Street, with cars (first introduced to Bermuda in 1946), bicycles and horse drawn carriages on the road.

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186 x 244mm. Showing the waterfront at Hamilton with a liner moored at the quayside. Front Street runs along the dockside.

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135 x 84 mm. Showing a group seated on the lawn of Government House. The only figures identified are Lieutenant Commander Talbot - Ponsonby, standing at the right, and (possibly) Commander Green, seated in front of him.

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137 x 79 mm. A similar view to Y3070A/63, but with no figures identifiable.

Scope and Contents Arranged by area, then by country (including a few which are not members of the Commonwealth):The Mediterranean 30Cyprus 11Gibraltar 3Malta 16Middle East 3Jordan 1Palestine 2Indian Sub-Continent 81General 1Bangladesh 4Bhutan 2India 51Nepal 1Pakistan 16Sri Lanka 6South East Asia 58Brunei 5Indonesia 1Malaysia 43Singapore 9East Asia 33China 3Hong Kong 29Korea ...

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This lighthouse stands on a hill 245 feet above sea level and is itself 117 feet high. A caption on the face of the print reads: '4712-12. Framed by the white-washed roof and chimney of a typical Bermuda farmhouse is Gibb's Hill Lighthouse, highest point in Bermuda. From the observation platform, one commands a superb view of the entire western end of the colony. Bermuda News Bureau, 620 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. Columbus 5-3965. Hamilton, Bermuda, Cable 'Newsbur''.

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245 x 193 mm. Showing the front façade of Government House. This, the second Government House, was first occupied in 1892.

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102 x 78 mm. Showing two cruisers steaming into Hamilton Harbour. The headland visible behind the ships is the northernmost point of Ireland Island which lies to the north-west of Hamilton and contains a dockyard with access into Grassy Bay.

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152 x 102 mm. Showing the two teams posing for a snapshot at half - time