Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, on June 20, 1897, brought the fledgling film industry to London. The first motion picture had been captured by French filmmaker Louis Le Prince just nine years ...

As the nation prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the accession to the throne of Queen Elizabeth II, we look at the last time we had a Diamond Jubilee - Queen Victoria's in 1897.

When Queen Victoria celebrated her diamond jubilee in 1897, it marked the apex of British power on the world stage.Six decades since she had ascended the throne, Victoria, then half-blind and ...

1897: Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Proposals The plans to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the British monarch’s accession included a service at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Share full article ...

The Queen unveils the complete collection of Queen Victoria's private diaries which are being made available to ... The journals provide an account of events including the Diamond Jubilee of 1897.

Queen Victoria became the first British monarch to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. But the length of the current Queen's reign has been unprecedented, and celebrations were hosted this ...

It was a gift given to Queen Victoria by her grandchildren on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee, which was officially celebrated June 22, 1897, to mark her reign reaching 60 years. The number 60 ...

Today’s free story from the Library of America is Mark Twain’s ‘Queen Victoria’s Jubilee,’ originally published in 1897 in the San Francisco Examiner.

VICTORIA'S JUBILEE GIFTS; An Exhibition in London of Gifts from All Quarters of the Globe. AMERICA WELL REPRESENTED A Square Mile of Illuminated Addresses on Parchment, Silk, and Vellum -- A ...

T he story of Queen Victoria is surprisingly and deeply intertwined with the birth of photography as a medium. In an exhibition opening at The Getty Museum in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, curator Anne ...