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Background imageLyon Collection: Duchess of York (Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother) De Laszlo

Duchess of York (Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother) De Laszlo
Portrait by Philip de Laszlo of the Duchess of York (1900-2002), formerly Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

Background imageLyon Collection: Les Laines Bisanne wool company poster

Les Laines Bisanne wool company poster
Advertising poster for Les Laines Bisanne, a French wool company from Lyon-Megeve, showing a young man in ski clothing including a geometrically patterned jumper

Background imageLyon Collection: Grand Hotel, Chowringhee Road, Calcutta, India

Grand Hotel, Chowringhee Road, Calcutta, India
Grand Hotel, Chowringhee Road, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Date: circa 1905

Background imageLyon Collection: Duke of York - Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Engagement Photo

Duke of York - Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Engagement Photo
January 1923 -The official Engagement photograph of the Duke of York (later King George VI 1895-1952) and his fiancee Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother - 1900-2002)

Background imageLyon Collection: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon marries Albert, Duke of York

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon marries Albert, Duke of York
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Albert, Duke of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (then the Queen Mother) pictured together on their wedding day on 26th April 1923. Date: 1923

Background imageLyon Collection: George VI Weds Elizabeth

George VI Weds Elizabeth
The wedding day of George VI (when Duke of York) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, with the Earl and Countess of Strathmore, and George V and Queen Mary. Date: 26 April 1923

Background imageLyon Collection: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), later Duchess of York, Queen Elizabeth and then Queen Mother (to Queen Elizabeth II). Wife of King George VI. Pictured at the age of seven

Background imageLyon Collection: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1948

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1948
King George VI (1895 - 1952) and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900 - 2002), pictured on the terrace in the gardens of Buckingham Palace in one of a series of pictures to mark their silver

Background imageLyon Collection: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - later Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - later Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (1900-2002). Date: circa 1920

Background imageLyon Collection: Duke and Duchess of York on honeymoon

Duke and Duchess of York on honeymoon
The Duke and Duchess of York (the future King George VI, and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) pictured together during their honeymoon in 1923. Date: 1923

Background imageLyon Collection: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons wedding shoes

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons wedding shoes
Close up photograph showing the elegant, embroidered T-bar shoes worn by Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon for her wedding to Prince Albert, Duke of York on 26 April 1923. Date: 1923

Background imageLyon Collection: Royal Wedding 1923 - Strathmore family tree

Royal Wedding 1923 - Strathmore family tree
Page from The Sphere showing the joint descent of Prince Albert, Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon who married at Westminster Abbey on 26 April 1923

Background imageLyon Collection: 1937 Coronation: the Royal Family in their robes

1937 Coronation: the Royal Family in their robes
King George VI with his wife and daughters Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret in their coronation robes. Date: 1937

Background imageLyon Collection: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons marries Albert, Duke of York

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons marries Albert, Duke of York
Wedding group photograph on the occasion of the marriage of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons (later Duchess of York, Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mother) to Albert, Duke of York on 26th April

Background imageLyon Collection: Mediumship / Table Turning

Mediumship / Table Turning
A table turning seance gets out of hand in Lyon, France

Background imageLyon Collection: Marriage of Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 1923

Marriage of Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 1923
Marriage of Duke of York (later George VI) and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey, London. Archbishop of Canterbury performing the ceremony the King and Queen standing behind

Background imageLyon Collection: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyonweds Albert, Duke of York

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyonweds Albert, Duke of York
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Albert, Duke of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, pictured together at Buckingham Palace on their wedding day on 26th April 1923. Date: 1923

Background imageLyon Collection: Bystander Royal Wedding Number front cover - George VI

Bystander Royal Wedding Number front cover - George VI
Front cover of The Bystander magazines Royal Wedding Number, celebrating the marriage of Prince Albert of York (the future King George VI) to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 26 April 1923

Background imageLyon Collection: Lyon - France

Lyon - France - Bridges over the River Saone Date: circa 1910s

Background imageLyon Collection: Queen Mother visiting London evacuees at Horsted Keynes, 1939

Queen Mother visiting London evacuees at Horsted Keynes, 1939
The Queen Mother(1900-2002) with evacuated children from Battersea. A little four year old girl called Shirely here is playing " mothers"

Background imageLyon Collection: Sultan Visits France

Sultan Visits France
Abdul-Aziz, Sultan of Turkey, visits France : he is welcomed at Paris by Napoleon at the gare de Lyon though soon he will be deposed and kill himself

Background imageLyon Collection: The Hon. Mrs Bowes-Lyon and her children

The Hon. Mrs Bowes-Lyon and her children
Mrs Bowes-Lyon, formerly Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, Lord Clintons younger daughter and wife of John Bowes-Lyon, Lord Strathmore younger son and brother to Queen Elizabeth

Background imageLyon Collection: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on her wedding day

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on her wedding day
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), later Duchess of York, then Queen Elizabeth, then Queen Mother, pictured leaving her parents house in Bruton Street

Background imageLyon Collection: Prince Albert and Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Marriage Certificate

Prince Albert and Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Marriage Certificate
The Marriage Certificate for the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) (later King George VI) to Elizabeth Bowes Lyon (1900-2002) (later Elizabeth)

Background imageLyon Collection: Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon - Prince Paul of Yugoslavia

Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon - Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
An interesting group portrait taken at the Hertfordshire home of the Earl of Strathmore in 1920: (left) Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) (1900-2002)

Background imageLyon Collection: CGT/PLM Poster, Paris to Marseille and North Africa

CGT/PLM Poster, Paris to Marseille and North Africa. Compagnie Gnrale Transatlantique and its joint venture with the PLM railway

Background imageLyon Collection: We're Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line

We're Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for (We're Gonna Hang Out) The Washing On The Siegfried Line, by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr

Background imageLyon Collection: Lyon, France - Le Pont de la Guillotiere

Lyon, France - Le Pont de la Guillotiere. Date: 1904

Background imageLyon Collection: Le Pont Morand, Lyon, France

Le Pont Morand, Lyon, France. Date: 1906

Background imageLyon Collection: Poster, Paris to Marseille to North Africa by rail and sea

Poster, Paris to Marseille to North Africa by rail and sea
Travel poster, Paris to Marseille by rail, Marseille to North Africa in 37 hours by steamer, CGT Compagnie Generale Transatlantique and PLM

Background imageLyon Collection: Pair of Dancers

Pair of Dancers
A painting of a pair of dancers, male and female, posed elegantly together. She is standing on tiptoes beside the man, who is wearing black and white diamond patterned clothes. Date: circa 1915

Background imageLyon Collection: Thatched Cottages

Thatched Cottages
This painting shows a row of thatched cottages in a countryside settlement, with a foreground well. Date: circa 1915

Background imageLyon Collection: The Lane

The Lane
Artwork of a bumpy lane between two grassy banks with trees. Date: circa 1930

Background imageLyon Collection: Ken Wood

Ken Wood
Artwork of Ken Wood with a bridge spanning a river. Date: circa 1930

Background imageLyon Collection: Prime Minister of Canada

Prime Minister of Canada
The Prime Minister of Canada, the Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) with his dog Pat (aged 17). Date: circa 1940

Background imageLyon Collection: Poster, PLM railway route to the Cote d'Azur, France

Poster, PLM railway route to the Cote d'Azur, France - one night in Paris, luxury high-speed trains. Date: 1926

Background imageLyon Collection: Poster, PLM railway route to Cannes, France

Poster, PLM railway route to Cannes, France Date: circa 1910

Background imageLyon Collection: Poster, PLM railway route to Menton, France

Poster, PLM railway route to Menton, France Date: 1922

Background imageLyon Collection: Poster, Dunlop Tyres

Poster, Dunlop Tyres Date: circa 1900

Background imageLyon Collection: Music cover, Botch-A-Me, Barbara and Richard Lyon

Music cover, Botch-A-Me, Barbara and Richard Lyon
Music cover, Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina), sung by BBC artists Barbara and Richard Lyon, The Young Lyons. Date: 1952

Background imageLyon Collection: Front cover of The Sketch featuring King George VI (1895 - 1952), with his wife and consort

Front cover of The Sketch featuring King George VI (1895 - 1952), with his wife and consort, Queen Elizabeth (1900 - 2002), and one of their pet dog Corgis. Date: 1941

Background imageLyon Collection: INSURRECTION AT LYON

INSURRECTION AT LYON
Insurrection at Lyon : Live working or die fighting is the workers battle-cry. Date: November 1831

Background imageLyon Collection: MARIE-JOSEPH CHALIER

MARIE-JOSEPH CHALIER
MARIE JOSEPH CHALIER French revolutionary at Lyon, condemned to death. with his autograph Date: 1747 - 1793

Background imageLyon Collection: FUNERALS/JEHAN DE LYON

FUNERALS/JEHAN DE LYON
Jehan de Lyon, a Flemish noble, is buried at Ghent Date: circa 1380

Background imageLyon Collection: Reviews Troops Lyon Napoleon I Scenes Events

Reviews Troops Lyon Napoleon I Scenes Events
reviews, troops, lyon, napoleon, i, scenes, events, 1815, returning, elba, army, before, leading, defeat, death, waterloo, history, historical, 10034890

Background imageLyon Collection: CHALIER

CHALIER
MARIE JOSEPH CHALIER (1747 - 1793), Italian-French revolutionary, of Lyon, condemned to death 29 May 1793

Background imageLyon Collection: The Wedding of The Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the future King George VI)

The Wedding of The Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the future King George VI)
The Wedding of The Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth - herself later The Queen Mother)

Background imageLyon Collection: Pigeons on the Place des Terreaux, Lyon, France

Pigeons on the Place des Terreaux, Lyon, France. The square belongs to the zone classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO

Background imageLyon Collection: Gates Learjet 24D F-BVEC

Gates Learjet 24D F-BVEC (msn 24-271), of Air Affaires. Lyon (msn 23-024). Date: circa 1978

Background imageLyon Collection: Page from The Sphere showing the newly married Princess Elizabeth

Page from The Sphere showing the newly married Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh setting off from Buckingham Palace in a landau carriage for Waterloo Station from where they would depart

Background imageLyon Collection: Page from The Sphere featuring photographs of the best man

Page from The Sphere featuring photographs of the best man, bridesmaids and page boys at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in November 1947

Background imageLyon Collection: Le Salon Royal - Lyon Exposition Internationale

Le Salon Royal - Lyon Exposition Internationale (Belgian Section). The Exposition internationale urbaine de Lyon was the 1914 Worlds Fair in the French city of Lyon

Background imageLyon Collection: Jean Froissart and Sir Espaing de Lyon

Jean Froissart and Sir Espaing de Lyon on their way to the court of Gaston de Foix at Orthez, south-west France. 1388

Background imageLyon Collection: Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus

Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus
Le Mufle de Lyon. Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Background imageLyon Collection: Nichols Ranch, near Yerington, Nevada, USA

Nichols Ranch, near Yerington, Nevada, USA
Nichols Ranch, near Yerington, Lyon County, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageLyon Collection: (insert)

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Helen Mary Grace Rospigliosi, nee Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (left) (1910-2001) and her sister Hon. Margaret Mary Teresa Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (right) (1919-1997) on the front cover of The Sketch magazine

Background imageLyon Collection: ROMANIAN JEWS EMIGRATE

ROMANIAN JEWS EMIGRATE
Romanian Jews at the Gare de Lyon, Paris, on their way to Le Havre where they will embark for America where, they feel sure, there will be no discrimination against Jews. Date: 1892

Background imageLyon Collection: Betrothal of Duke of York later King George VI and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Betrothal of Duke of York later King George VI and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (The Queen Mother) at Glamis Castle

Background imageLyon Collection: Advertisement for the 10ft high royal wedding of the Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth

Advertisement for the 10ft high royal wedding of the Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, placed by McVitie and Price of Edinburgh, who strangely, call themselves biscuit makers

Background imageLyon Collection: Inundations in France 1856

Inundations in France 1856
The Great Flood of 1856, Sudden and massive rise in the water levels coursed floods in Southern France, engraving showing the city of Lyon under-water

Background imageLyon Collection: Lecture at the Museum of Practical Geology, London, 1852

Lecture at the Museum of Practical Geology, London, 1852
Engraving showing Dr. Lyon Playfairs lecture on Glass at the Museum of Practical Geology, London, 1852. Date: 21 February 1852

Background imageLyon Collection: AERODYNAMIC PLM TRAIN

AERODYNAMIC PLM TRAIN
Futuristic aerodynamic train planned for the Paris-Lyon- Marseille route. Date: 1937

Background imageLyon Collection: FRANCE / LYON / ST DIDIER

FRANCE / LYON / ST DIDIER
The church of St Dizier (= Saint-Didier ?) Date: 17th century

Background imageLyon Collection: Parapluie-Revel Advert

Parapluie-Revel Advert
Publicity for Parapluie-Revel, of Lyon, France Date: 1930s

Background imageLyon Collection: ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK

ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK
Sophisticated astronomical clock in Lyon Cathedral Date: 1895

Background imageLyon Collection: Train on the Paris to Lyons railway, France

Train on the Paris to Lyons railway, France. Date: circa 1900

Background imageLyon Collection: Madame Fillioux - Lyon, France - The Queen of Chickens

Madame Fillioux - Lyon, France - The Queen of Chickens
Madame Fillioux (1865-?) working at her sons (D. Frechin) establishment where she appears to specialise in the sale of wine, asparagus and chickens! 73, Rue Duquesne, Lyon, France

Background imageLyon Collection: Swindon Town Football Club 1907-8 season

Swindon Town Football Club 1907-8 season. Swindons exploits at this time owed a lot to the skilful forward Harold John Fleming (1887-1955)

Background imageLyon Collection: Lyon, France - Le Pont Lafayette

Lyon, France - Le Pont Lafayette. View over the River Rhone toward Fourviere Hill and Basilique Notre Dame de Fourviere in the distance. Date: circa 1908

Background imageLyon Collection: The Duchess of York presents an award to Nippy of the Year

The Duchess of York presents an award to Nippy of the Year, Miss Ethel Roberts of Birmingham, during a visit to the bakeries of J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. at Caby Hall, Hammersmith, London in May, 1931

Background imageLyon Collection: Horatio Nelson and Emma meeting during the Napoleonic war

Horatio Nelson and Emma meeting during the Napoleonic war
Admiral Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton, famous for their love affair, pictured holding hands. However, Emma refused to divorce her husband, Hamilton

Background imageLyon Collection: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Portrait of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Photo: Claude Harris Date: circa 1922

Background imageLyon Collection: Wedding of Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Wedding of Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth consort), on their wedding day at Westminster Abbey, London

Background imageLyon Collection: Lady Rose Bowes-Lyon

Lady Rose Bowes-Lyon
Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville, GCVO (n饠 Lady Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon, 6 May 1890 17 November 1967), the third daughter of 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne by his wife

Background imageLyon Collection: Queen Elizabeth, 1942

Queen Elizabeth, 1942
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900 -2002), wife and consort of King George VI photographed in 1942 at Buckingham Palace. Date: 1942

Background imageLyon Collection: Mrs. John Bowes Lyon

Mrs. John Bowes Lyon
Fenella Bowes Lyon(1917-1980), second daughter of Lord and Lady Clinton, pictured shortly after her marriage to John Bowes Lyon

Background imageLyon Collection: A miniature of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

A miniature of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
A miniature of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon by Mabel Hankey in a finely wrought frame of gold and silver, a wedding gift to Prince Albert, Duke of York from his future mother-in-law, Lady Strathmore

Background imageLyon Collection: Royal Wedding 1923 - Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Royal Wedding 1923 - Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), later Duchess of York, later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, pictured in a fancy dress costume at the age of six

Background imageLyon Collection: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and family

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and family
An informal group taken at Glamis Castle, the home of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the future Duchess of York and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

Background imageLyon Collection: Royal Wedding 1923 - The Bride by Frederick Parker

Royal Wedding 1923 - The Bride by Frederick Parker
Illustration showing a crowd of onlookers, desperate for a glimpse of the bride at the royal wedding of 1923 between the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Background imageLyon Collection: Royal bridesmaid - Hon. Diamond Hardinge

Royal bridesmaid - Hon. Diamond Hardinge
Diamond Evelyn Violet Hardinge (1900 - 1927), daughter of Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, married name Abercromby

Background imageLyon Collection: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon with her parents

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon with her parents
Lady Elizabeth Angela Margeurite Bowes-Lyon (1900 -2002), Duchess of York, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, pictured with her parents the Earl

Background imageLyon Collection: Princess Margaret arrives in Westminster Abbey (Coronation)

Princess Margaret arrives in Westminster Abbey (Coronation)
The sister of Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, enters the Coronation Theatre in Westminster Abbey. Her train is carried by Miss Iris Peake, and she is followed by her page

Background imageLyon Collection: Pyroscaphe Steamboat

Pyroscaphe Steamboat
Jouffroys steamboat proves its capability by steaming against the current on the Saone at Lyon, but the French government refuse to adopt the new technology



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