British Information Services Duke of Edinburgh & Royal Family Photographs, 1948-1961

26 total photographs: eleven 8” x 10” black and white photos and ten 6” x 8” black and white photos, all with “British Information Services: An Agency of the British Government” stamp on verso—most also contain handwritten notations and markings, taped printed descriptions, and seven contain Harper & Row Publishers paper tags. The remaining five photos are 6” x 8” with other markings on versos (some Harper & Row, others Sport & General Press Agency in London, one Air Ministry stamp). Overall about VG+.
 
Images include Prince Philip posing with Winston Churchill and General Matthew Ridgway, the Prince with a young Prince Charles wearing kilts in Scotland, the Prince with penguins in Antarctica, the Prince presenting a medal to track and field athlete Miss Thompson of Jamaica, the Prince at the controls of a Vickers Viscount 700, the Prince sailing in his yacht with King Faisal of Iraq, the Prince joking with the Prime Minister of Ghana, the Prince playing cricket, and others including Queen Elizabeth II touring a supermarket in Washington, D.C., Queen Elizabeth and her sister Margaret, and Princess Margaret and husband Antony Armstrong-Jones arriving in London. Item #824

Price: $250.00