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- 1943-05-04
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
On May 4, 1943, the Earl of Athlone and his wife, Princess Alice, visited the escort airplane carrier U.S.S. Pybus which was under construction at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding yard in Tacoma. Before she boarded the ship, Princess Alice was presented an orchid corsage by welders Crystal Fender and Gladys Price, and burner Frances Miller (order in photo unknown). The Earl of Athlone was Governor-General of Canada and an uncle of King George VI. Princess Alice was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Honorary Commandant of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service. Mrs. Harold Swan, wife of the British Consul in Seattle and Vera Grenfell, the Princess' Lady in Waiting, look on. (T. Times 5-5-43, p. 1) ALBUM 3.
Visits of state--Tacoma; Nobility--England; HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone; Grenfell, Vera; Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);