SYDNEY, N.S. — A former Cape Breton resident has unearthed photos he took when he was a teenager of the Queen's 1959 royal visit to Sydney. Armed with a ...
Cape Breton residents flocked to downtown Sydney in the summer of 1959 to catch a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II who was on a royal visit to Canada with her husband Prince Philip. Above, Sydney teen Larry Gaum captured the royal couple as they waved to the adoring crowds. Both the Queen and the late Duke of Edinburgh can be seen in the back seat of the car. - Larry GaumSYDNEY, N.S.
“I put them away and I never looked at them again until a few weeks ago. At the time, I didn’t know what I was getting. I just clicked the shutter but at the same time, I was very aware of the expense of Kodachrome film. So I was very diligent and a little miserly. Today, with a digital camera, I would have fired off hundreds of shots.”Larry Gaum when he was a 15-year-old Sydney schoolboy.
“One day he told us we were going to develop a roll of film and I thought that was something really interesting,” he said. Crowds line Dorchester Street in Sydney in hopes of catching a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II during her Royal Visit to Canada in 1959. Above, the Union Jack flag flies atop the Isle Royale Hotel, while the Post Office sign can still be seen on the nearby Federal Building. - Larry Gaum
“There was already a large crowd and I tried to get as close as I could. I saw them and shot off a few photos of them coming toward the hotel. Then she went inside, but I knew she would be coming out soon.”
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