#WPA Pool

[ifreakingloveroyals]

6 May 2023 | King Charles III stands after being crowned during his coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, in London, England. The Coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the other Commonwealth realms takes place at Westminster Abbey today. Charles acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022, upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. (c) Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images

#King Charles III #Britain #2023 #Richard Pohle #WPA Pool #Getty Images

[beautiful-ideas]

Kate Middleton at Royal Variety Performance

Image: WPA Pool/Getty Images

#fashionblog #fashion #kate middleton #british royal family #royalty #prince william #evening gown #royalcore #WPA pool #getty images

[easterneyenews]

#Rishi Sunak #Christmas music #festive tunes #November #late nights #signing Christmas cards #relaxation #Kimberly Rodrigues #03 December 2023 #Prime Minister #Akshata Murty #Christmas lights #10 Downing Street #Downing Street Christmas Fair #November 30 #2023 #London #England #Eddie Mulholland #WPA Pool #Getty Images #Michael Bublé #Cop28 summit #Dubai #The Guardian #holiday season #private Christmas music #public Christmas music

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The wading pool, Carmansville Playground, July 1935. Carmansville was an old name for the West Side neighborhood extending from 140th Street, just north of City College, to 158th Street. The area is now known as Hamilton Heights (southern part) and Sugar Hill (northern part).

This new era of active recreation was thanks to the Departments of Parks harnessing the labor force of the Works Progress Administration, which employed millions of jobless people to carry out public works projects.

Photo: NYC Parks Dep't via the Daily Mail

#vintage New York #1930s #Carmansville #Hamilton Heights #Sugar Hill #public pool #kids swimming #wading pool #vintage summer #vintage NYC #WPA #water games

[judi-daily]

Diamonds are Forever Charity Gala, 2016 with David Mills and The Countess of Wessex Photo credit: WPA Pool

#Judi Daily! #diamonds are forever gala #Judi Dench #Dame Judi Dench #with David Mills #Countess of Wessex #Photo credit: WPA Pool

[theroyalsandi]

British Royal Family - The Prince of Wales, visits the British Red Cross at British Red Cross HQ in London, England. (Photo by Kin Cheung - WPA Pool/Getty Images) | February 20, 2024

#royaltyedit #theroyalsandi #prince of wales #prince william #british royal family #my edit

[tianalaurence1]

"Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Beatrice (R) are greeted by Janet Barnes, CEO of York Museums Trust (L), as they visit the Yorkshire Museum after the Royal Maundy Service held in York Minster on April 5, 2012 in York, England. (Anna Gowthorpe-WPA Pool)

#Outing with granny #Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Beatrice #How beautiful #Granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip #Queen Elizabeth II #Princess Beatrice #Royal flashback #British Royal family

[thewales]

The Prince of Wales taking group selfies during a walkabout outside the Dog and Duck pub in Soho ahead of this weekend's #coronation. | 📸: Jamie Lorriman - WPA Pool/Getty Images

#The Prince of Wales #charles’s coronation

[thepastisalreadywritten]

The Prince of Wales attends The Lord High Admiral's Divisions

Prince William during a visit to The Lord High Admiral's Divisions at Britannia Royal Naval College on 14 December 2023 in Dartmouth, England.

His Royal Highness attended a training course at the Britannia Royal Naval College in 2008, following on from his father, His Majesty The King, and his grandfather, the late Duke of Edinburgh, who both passed through the college.

📸: Chris Jackson - WPA Pool / Getty Images

#Prince William #Prince of Wales #British Royal Family #The Lord High Admiral's Divisions #Britannia Royal Naval College #Dartmouth #England #Royal Navy Cadets

[grandmaster-anne]

Anne, Princess Royal leaves after a vigil around the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's orb and sceptre, lying in state on the catafalque in Westminster Hall, at the Palace of Westminster, on September 16, 2022 in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II's children mount a family vigil over her coffin lying in state in Westminster Hall. Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8, 2022, and is succeeded by her eldest son, King Charles III. (Photo by Daniel Leal - WPA Pool / Getty Images)

#princess anne #princess royal #queen elizabeth ii #lying in state #vigil of the queen's children

[ifreakingloveroyals]

6 May 2023 | Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh arriving with Lady Louise Windsor and James, Earl of Wessex at the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in London, England. The Coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the other Commonwealth realms takes place at Westminster Abbey today. Charles acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022, upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. (c) Andrew Milligan - WPA Pool/Getty Images

#James #Earl of Wessex #Prince Edward #Duke of Edinburgh #Sophie #Duchess of Edinburgh #Lady Louise Windsor #Britain #I haven't decided on a tag so here we are #2023 #Andrew Milligan #WPA Pool #Getty Images

[theroyalweekly]

🇬🇧21 February: The Princess of Wales speaks with residents and staff at the Oxford House Nursing Home
📸 Hannah McKay - WPA Pool, Getty -- Eostre

#catherine elizabeth #princess catherine #princess of wales #princess catherine of wales #catherine the princess of wales #kensington palace

[middletonlove]

The Prince And Princess Of Wales Attend The St. Patrick's Day Parade

ALDERSHOT, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: Prince William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales on stage during the St. Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks on March 17, 2023 in Aldershot, England. Catherine, Princess of Wales attends the parade for the first time as Colonel of the Regiment succeeding The Prince of Wales, the outgoing Colonel. (Photo by Chris Jackson - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

#kate middleton #duchess of cambridge #princess of wales #prince william

[starlightmay]

For those who saw Brian's IG post from earlier and were wondering what it was all about... well, here's your answer!

"[King Charles] was speaking at the Animal Ball, a gala event to support the Elephant Family charity founded by Queen Camilla’s late brother Mark Shand.

This year’s masked ball, held in the gardens at Lancaster House, central London, was billed as a celebration of indigenous communities and included life-sized elephant sculptures as a backdrop.

[...] Musician Sir Brian May, his actress wife Anita Dobson and author Jilly Cooper also attended." – The Evening Standard

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The pictures below were taken at a Space Sustainability Reception held at Buckingham Palace, also today.

©️ WPA Pool, Tim P. Whitby, Eamonn M. McCormack

#queen #queen band #brian may #anita dobson

[uwmspeccoll]

Milwaukee Handicraft Monday

The Milwaukee Handicraft Project (MHP) of the Wisconsin WPA produced several block-printed and handbound books for children in the late 1930s. Among them was this title, At the Zoo, A Book of Block-Prints, with blocks cut by Milwaukee-area artist Kendrick Bell (1913-2004) and the book printed and bound by specially-trained, but formerly unemployed and unskilled Milwaukee-area women laborers. The MHP was highly successful at hiring and training around 5,000 people in total throughout its seven year existence during the Great Depression.  

At the Zoo is about animals at the Washington Park Zoo, situated on land designed by famed American landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The zoo opened in 1892, but by the time this book was produced, the park had become a little worse for wear. Planning for a newly-designed zoo began in 1942, and fundraising began in earnest in 1956. The new zoo opened in 1958 as the Milwaukee County Zoo, which is still in operation today. Perhaps its most famous resident was Samson (1949–1981), a male silverback western lowland gorilla. Today the zoo is known for several exhibits, but it is perhaps most well-known for the visitor-favorite Humboldt Penguin Pool at the zoo’s main entrance, and for its population of bonobos, the largest outside their native home in the Congo.

Shown here are a few of the animals Kendrick Bell would have encountered at the zoo in the late 1930s, although we think Old Mr. Leopard gets a bad rap!

View more posts about MHP and the Wisconsin Arts Projects of the WPA.

#Milwaukee Handicraft Monday #Milwaukee Handicraft Project #Works Progress Administration #WPA #block prints #Kendrick Bell #At the Zoo #animals #poetry #Washington Park Zoo #Milwaukee County Zoo #children's books #women workers #Historical Curriculum Collection

[thecrownnet]

Queen Elizabeth II won TWO posthumous BAFTAs in 2023

Memorable Moment for her skit with Paddington, and

Live Event for The Queen and her Platinum Jubilee

[…] one of the BAFTA TV categories is “Memorable Moment,” which (unlike Reality & Constructed Factual) is exactly what it sounds like: The best general thing that happened on TV (or “the telly”) in the past year. It’s also the only award voted on by the public, which means it counts more than all of the other categories, and so it’s fitting that this year’s winner involved the one thing that can bring all citizens of the United Kingdom together. (AV Club)

Actually, Queen Elizabeth II ‘has already won a BAFTA; in 2013, she was presented with an Honorary BAFTA for her "tireless support" of the British film and television industry. "I am delighted that this evening has given us the opportunity to give something back. I have the great honour to announce that we are to present Her Majesty with an honorary BAFTA today, in recognition of her outstanding patronage of the film and television industries," BAFTA's chairman at the time, John Willis, said.’ (Town and Country Magazine)

Queen Elizabeth II receives an honorary BAFTA from actor Kenneth Branagh in 2013. WPA POOL//GETTY IMAGES

#queen elizabeth ll #bafta #paddington #the queen and her platinum jubilee #bafta tv awards #bafta television awards #honorary bafta #british film and television industries #qeii #memorable moment #2022 #live event #ben whishaw #kenneth branagh #british icon #icon #tea #the crown #thecrownnet #platinum jubilee #british television #awards #posthumous awards #baftas