ROYAL FAMILY GREAT BRITAIN KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH VISIT TO USA 1939

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AND THE PRESIDENT SAID TO THE KING --- SYMBOLIC OF A NEW ACCORD BETWEEN THE TWO GREAT ENGLISH-SPEAKING NATIONS OF THE WORLD---AN ACCORD WHICH BROUGHT A REIGNING BRITISH MONARCH AND HIS QUEEN TO THE UNITED STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME---IS THIS REMARKABLE PICTURE OF A SERIOUS--FACED KING GEORGE AS HE LISTENED TO THE WORDS OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. THEY PAUSED ON THE STEPS OF ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT HYDE PARK, N.Y., AFTER THEY WORSHIPED TOGETHER JUNE 11, 1939. PHOTOGRAPH BY ASSOCIATED PRESS STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER GEORGE SKADDING. Associated Press Photo Full for all Canada Hart Du Mont. 1939