English king abdicates and his brother reigns

Edward VIII and his brother, George VI. This photograph was taken after Edward abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson.

Publication date: 1936-12-27

Size: 22 x 19 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Great Britain

Temporal: 1936

Subject(s):

• George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
• Kings--Great Britain--1930-1940
• Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972--Abdication

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 27, 1936), p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)