Portrait of Lt -Cdr. Carpenter
A portrait of 36-year-old Lt. Cdr. Scott Carpenter who has been selected America's next spaceman for orbital flight of the earth which is expected to take place late next month or early in May. Scott Carpenter who was reserve for Lt.-Col. Glenn re...
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President Kennedy Talking With Astronaut Walter Schirra
President Kennedy talking with Walter Schirra, next American to go into space. The President was on a visit to Cape Canaveral recently with Mr. Peter Thorneycroft, British Defence Minister. They are on a tour of Military and Civil Space installati...
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President Nasser and the Duchess of Harar
Emperor Selassie Pays His First Official Visit to Egypt. 26.6.59.
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is paying a short State visit to Egypt and even though their two countries are such close neighbours, this is the Emperor's first official visit....
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Prince Carl Gustav Arrives in London
Today Prince Carl Gustaf, heir to the Swedish throne, arrived at London airport as an ordinary passenger to spend a short visit as a guest of the Queen's. He will spend most of his holiday with Prince Charles at Balmoral.
Photo shows: The Prince i...
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Prince Desiree of Sweden and Ex-King of Bulgaria
Rumours of a romance are flying around the Baltic island of Oeland, off Sweden, where Princess Desiree, 20-year-old daughter of King Gustav IV of Sweden, and ex-King Simeon of Bulgaria, also 20, have been seen in constant company, during an elk hu...
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Princess Margaretha Works in Stockholm Hospital
Princess Margaretha, whose much speculated romance with night-club pianist nephew of Lord Home, Robin Douglas-Home, has come to an end, is now working as an assistant in the therapeutic section of a Stockholm hospital.
Her Royal Highness is report...
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Princess Margaretha of Sweden
"What a charming girl" say the Swedes about their 20-year-old Princess Margaretha, whose intelligence and kindheartedness has endeared her to old and young. This is a picture of the Princess taken recently.
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Princess Tsahai Becomes a Nurse
Princess Tsahai, daughter of the Emperor of Ethiopia, photographed with other probationers she made her first appearance at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London. She is to be trained as a nurse. The princess is in the centre.
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