Slide, Dressed for the Royal Ball 1959, 1959

Historical information

Slide photographs of two Stanhope residents prepared to go to the ball held in honour of Princess Alexandra's visit to Melbourne in 1959. The ball was held at the Melbourne Town Hall.
Elizabeth Brown (on the right) was a resident at Stanhope after her father died in 1953 and she came to Melbourne from Seymour to compete further studies at Toorak Teachers College. She was chosen to present a bouquet to Princess Alexandra at the Royal Ball. Elizabeth wore a pink taffeta gown and was accompanied by a Legacy boy, Julian Hyde.
The handwritten note implies it is the visit of the Queen Mother, but it was a ball held to welcome Princess Alexandra in September 1959.
The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image is the best available.

Significance

A record of of a Legacy girl being chosen to participate at an important event.

Physical description

Colour slide x 4 of two Stanhope ladies in ballgowns, in a beige Anscochrome mount.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten on reverse 'Stanhope girls. Visit of Queen Mother' in blue pen.

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