item details
Name'The Queen in Nigeria'
ProductionIllustrated; publisher; 18 February 1956
Classificationtear sheets, magazines
Materialsprinting paper, printing ink
Materials Summarypaper & ink
Techniquescolour printing
Registration NumberCA000837/001/0002/0053
Overview
Captionsread:
- Page 23: 'The Queen in Nigeria Illustrated's Royal tour souvenir section The happiest shot of the Queen's tour... makes Illustrated's Shot of the Week. Brian Brake, whose exciting pictures make up this unique souvenir section, waited for just the moment to take this most delightful of all tour shots of the Queen, as she acknowledged the welcome of the gold-crownded Oba, in Lagos.'
- Page 24: 'Five Pictures'
- Page 25:'that spell one word - EXCITEMENT'
- Page 26: 'The queen meets her people... The picture that went round the world... The Queen comes among her people. It is a happy day for all, but for one little Folassade Lawson, it is a golden milestone in life. On bended knee, at Lagos, she hands the Queen a bouquet - a country's handshake.'
- Page 27: '... and the people greet their Queen The picture speaks of welcome... In the shimmering heat, along every dusty road, people wait in their thousands... the flags wave, the children cheer,shinning in their Sunday best. They glimpse the Queen for a moment, they remember for a lifetime'
- Page 28: 'The small fry slant on the'
- Page 29: 'big occasion'
- Page 30: 'The world watches as they watch'