Ceremonial Observance By the Province of Manitoba of The Coronation Of their Gracious Majesties King George The Sixth and Queen Elizabeth; Wednesday, May Twelfth 1937 / The Government of the Province of Manitoba, The Cities of Winnipeg and St. Boniface and the Suburban Municipalities Adjacent Thereto / Eleven O’Clock A.M., Central Standard Time, Manitoba Legislative Building; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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[Province of Manitoba]. Ceremonial Observance By the Province of Manitoba of The Coronation Of their Gracious Majesties King George The Sixth and Queen Elizabeth; Wednesday, May Twelfth 1937 / The Government of the Province of Manitoba, The Cities of Winnipeg and St. Boniface and the Suburban Municipalities Adjacent Thereto / Eleven O’Clock A.M., Central Standard Time, Manitoba Legislative Building; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Winnipeg, Manitoba: [Province of Manitoba], 1937. First printing. Unpaginated [pp. 8]. 8vo., measuring 9″ x 6″. Stapled tan card covers with a golden seal bearing the royal standard affixed to the front cover. Black and white photographic frontispiece of the royal couple. A programme booklet issued on the occasion of events surrounding the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, detailing the order of services in cluding the invocation by the Rev. J.W. Aikins, Address by the Premier of the Province of Manitoba, Hymn led by a Mass Choir of Winnipeg High School Students accompanied by the Band of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. Also features the full Call to Prayer by The Most Rev. M.M. Harding (Archbishop of Rupert’s Land), Scripture Reading by Rev. Gordon MacLean, Chorus led by the Ukrainian National Choir of Winnipeg, Message from the Lieutenant Governor et al. Light rubbing and age-toning to covers, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+. An exceedingly scarce piece of Manitoba historical ephemera. At time of cataloguing not housed at the University of Alberta Bruce Peel Special Collections. See OCLC #184786126. Card Covers. (#1184) $85.00