Thank you, TMN Raugravine, on behalf of the Library of Congress. It has a nice newspaper collection from which I can find such neat pictures (and stories, too) to post here. Only one problem with it (other than only a number of selected states from which newspapers came) is that it only is up to 1922 from the late 1690s. I wish it has some newspapers beyond 1922 because then I could find some more pictures and such about later royals such as the current British queen, who was born in 1926.
Hopefully, it will put more newspapers beyond that year one of these days soon.
One of the neat things about the Library of Congress collection is (through the historic photo collection)...I could find some older pictures of my family hometown or maybe some old mentions in newspapers about my family hometown or the county in which the family hometown is located (for genealogical purposes) or I even found the 1930s or 1940s pictures of the original house on the original land (and its nearby family cemetery & its gravestones) in Virginia (later West Virginia) where my ancestor and his family once lived. This ancestor dated back to the mid-to-late 1600s. That house is still standing today and so is the family cemetery. I have never visited these places (but hopefully will do one day) so it's nice to find them on-line at the Library of Congress while still sitting over here in my home!
So I usually find interesting pictures (and stories, of course) of various royals there (both through the newspaper and historic photo collections).
--Previous Message-- : I almostfainted from the stunning beauty of : these photos !!!!!!!! : : What an incredible post!!!! : : --Previous Message-- : Source: all from the Library of Congress : collection. : : Comments are welcome about any of these : pictures which are posted here. : : Left: (from 'The Times Dispatch' [Richmond, : VA], dated Oct. 9, 1904) PRINCESS BEATRICE : (Princess Henry of Battenberg). : Right: (from 'The New York Tribune' [NYC, : NY], dated Jan. 28, 1906) Then-PRINCESS : VICTORIA EUGENIE OF BATTENBERG (later Queen : of Spain) : : Both mother and daughter appeared to have : the same necklace, so if that is so, : Victoria Ena inherited that from her mother. : Does the Spanish royal family still have : that one today? : : : Already identified here. (from 'The Saint : Paul Globe' [St. Paul, MN], dated Sept. 27, : 1903). : : : QUEEN ALEXANDRINE OF DENMARK : (from 'The Sun' [NYC, NY], dated May 16, : 1912) : Which member of the Danish royal family or : someone else entirely has that choker which : the queen in photo wore? : : : Was this PRINCESS DAGMAR (as according to : the caption above the picture, the one who : wed Lieut. Castenskjold) the daughter of the : above? The Danish queen and this lady below : looked a lot alike to be mother and : daughter. : [from 'The Evening World' (NYC, NY), dated : Nov. 23, 1922] : : : (from 'The Washington Herald' [D.C., dated : Aug. 17, 1913]) PRINCESS PATRICIA OF : CONNAUGHT.. : : That nice tiara and necklaces probably were : passed down into Patricia's family and owned : by that family today, I suppose. : : : This lovely tiara (similar to the one once : owned by Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia : and now owned by the British Queen except : for the pearls or emeralds) was worn by : ROMANIA'S QUEEN MARIE (formerly Princess of : Edinburgh). This is from 'The Washington : Times' (D.C.), dated June 22, 1918. What : happened to this tiara? : : : Once again, it's QUEEN MARIE OF ROMANIA but : this time with a different tiara. Also, what : had happened to this tiara? It's from 'The : North Platte Semi-Weekly Tribune' (North : Platte, NE), dated Feb. 12, 1915. : : : The well-known tiara worn by GRAND DUCHESS : VLADIMIR OF RUSSIA (along with a pretty pair : of earrings and necklaces and choker and a : brooch....who owns these pieces of jewels : now?) is from 'The Saint Paul Globe' (St. : Paul, MN), dated April 17, 1904. The tiara : is of course in the possession of the : British royal family now. Also, the Grand : Duchess had on at least two or three : bracelets but they were out of the picture. : : : Britain's QUEEN MARY is shown here in 'The : National Tribune' (D.C.), dated June 23, : 1910. This is a wonderful picture showing : her profile. : : : Left: QUEEN OLGA OF THE HELLENES (from 'El : Paso Herald' [El Paso, TX], dated March 18, : 1913). : Right: QUEEN SOPHIA OF THE HELLENES (from : 'The Day Book' [Chicago, IL], dated March : 19, 1913). : : Both Greek queens seemed to have the same : choker. What do you think? Sophia's tiara : could be consisted of aquamarines, could it? : Olga seemed to have some type of small tiara : in her hair. Does anyone own these pieces of : jewelry today? : : Interesting that this photo (from the : Library of Congress collection also) : identifed her as Queen Olga rather than : Queen Sophia, but the newspaper picture on : the right side immediately above identifed : her as Sophia. Which one is correct? : : : The tiara worn by DOWAGER QUEEN OLGA OF THE : HELLENES obviously belongs to Queen Anne : Marie now. Is this choker in any way the : same as the one worn by those ladies : immediately above or is it a different : choker? : : : Interesting portrait of DENMARK'S QUEEN : SOPHIA MAGDALENA is from 'The Salt Lake : Tribune' (SLC, UT), dated July 2, 1911. : : : THE GRAND DUCHESS ERNEST OF HESSE & : DARMSTADT wore those various jewels in the : picture from "The Washington : Herald" (D.C.), dated Nov. 4, 1906. : Does anyone own this big tiara? : : : AND LASTLY, this picture of THE DUCHESS OF : GUISE is from 'The Washington Herald' : (D.C.), dated Nov. 4, 1906. : : : :
on February 23, 2012, 9:33 pm, in reply to "
It has a nice newspaper collection from which I can find such neat pictures (and stories, too) to post here. Only one problem with it (other than only a number of selected states from which newspapers came) is that it only is up to 1922 from the late 1690s. I wish it has some newspapers beyond 1922 because then I could find some more pictures and such about later royals such as the current British queen, who was born in 1926.