Photographs of the Duke of Gloucester's tour

Photographs taken during the Duke of Gloucester's tour 1934-1935 featuring the Duke at a number of social and formal events: with another man horse riding at a race course; with another man starting a trotting race; arriving at Marton race course with, from left, Hon Young, Mr H J McManawy and T R Duncan with a policeman and others behind them next to their car; in racing silks and jodphurs and holding a horse whip with his host Mr T A Duncan, holding binoculars, and another unidentified man; on Black Man and C L Bull on Red Flush during a race at Marton; with two other men on a small motor boat, the Duke holding a fishing a rod and one of the men a fish; leaping across a glacial stream; with two others on a glacier holding poles and ice axes; in uniform talking to veterans wearing their medals; inspecting a parade of naval seamen; talking to Viscount Bledisloe at a garden party; a three quarter length profile of him holding his top hat at the same event; and saluting the crowds from a carriage when leaving the war memorial in Wellington. Photographers were W G Weigel, V A Stapleton, and E T Robson.

Black Man (Race horse) was ridden by Duke of Gloucester at Marton races in 1934.

Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s).

Provenance: All the photographs have the same numbering on the reverse eg P16-1-35 so belong to the Free Lance Collection.

Alternative form available: Copy negatives at 1/2-045502, 045506, 049589, 067996, and 068004. One of the images is a cropped version of 1/2-005244.