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Scott Carpenter with His Family
U.S. ASTRONAUT RESCUED — AFTER SPACE AND SEA ORDEAL. Lieut. Com. Scott Carpenter, the American astronaut, was rescued in good health after making three orbits of the earth and then spending three hours in the sea due to overshooting the recovery z...
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Swedish Princess at School in Switzerland
"Swedish Princess at School in Switzerland" Photo shows: Charming Princess Birgitta (left), 17-year-old daughter of King Gustaf Adolf, off for a game of tennis with a friend. Princess Birgitta has just arrived as a pupil at the Institute Clos des ...
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Swedish Royal Children on Holiday
"Swedish Royal Children on Holiday" Prince Carl Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden, who celebrates his 12th birthday on 30th April, has been spending his Easter holidays with his sisters at the Royal Lodge at Storlien, in the Swedish Alps. Photo shows...
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The 22 Runners Coming Round Tattenham Corner
(Top): The 22 runners coming round the famous Tottenham Corner in last Wednesday's Epsom Derby.
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The Cesarewitch Stakes was won at Newmarket "French Design" owned by Mr. S. C. Banks and ridden by D. Smith. "Earlswood" was second and "Mixed Vermouth" third. Photo shows the finish with "French Design" (on right) winning from "Earlswood" (left o...
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Half a million people including their Royal Highnesses; the Duke ad Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke and Duchess of Kent saw the Derby today - The hottest day of the year. Lord Rosebery's "Blue Peter" the favourite, won by four lengths from "Fox...
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The Final for the Duke of Sutherland Cup
The final for the Duke of Sutherland Cup between Cowdrey Park and The Greyhounds provided thrilling polo. Here Rao Raja Hanut Singh (right) scores for Cowdrey Park. C. Ryland Smith of the Greyhounds is too idle to stop him.
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The 1961 Derby, was won by a 66 to 1 outsider Psidium, owned by Mrs. Airpad Plesch and ridden by R. Poincelet, the French jockey. The cpiture shows the finish of the race with Psidium winning from Dicta Drake, Pardao Sovrango and Cipriani.
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"A Happy Royal Occasion!" Photo shows: A charming picture from Stockholm, showing the four Swedish Princesses L to R: Princess Margaretha, aged 22: Desiree, aged 18: Birgitta, aged 20: and Christina, aged 13, with their young brother the Crown Pri...
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The Italian challenger, Boticelli, owned by the Marchese Incisa della Rochetta, and ridden by E. Camici, winning the Ascot Gold Cup from Blue Prince II and Eleanor.
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