Historical Royal and Political Events

Black and white images of formal gatherings featuring dignitaries, royalty, and significant figures at ceremonies and events from the mid-20th century.

Anefo photo collection. Marriage Princess Christina and Jorge Guillermo; The closure of the ecclesiastical wedding in the Domkerk in Utrecht. Princess Christina and Jorge Guillermo during ceremony. 28 June 1975. Utrecht (Prov.), Utrecht (city)

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana receives the members of the Dutch Refugee Year 1959-1960 Committee. June 7, 1960

Anefo photo collection. Presentation Erasmus Prize Czech playwright essayist Václav Havel Prince Bernhard; Professor František Janouch Queen Beatrix. Prince Claus. November 13, 1986

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix visited the Velp youth festival, to the right of her the mayor of Rozendaal (Gld) Baron d'Hangest d'Yvoy van Mijdrecht. August 28, 1962. Gelderland, Velp

Trip to Texas: Swearing-in ceremony aboard Air Force One, Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) as President. Officials gather inside Air Force One for the swearing-in of President Lyndon B. Johnson at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Left to right: Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Larry O'Brien; Judge Sarah T. Hughes (back to camera); Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; First Lady Lady Bird Johnson (mostly hidden); President Johnson; President Kennedy's personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Representative Homer Thornberry (Texas); Secretary to former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Mary Gallagher; Representative Jack Brooks (Texas).

U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, U.S. President John Kennedy and former U.S. Presidents, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and U.S. Vice President Lyndon Johnson attending funeral of former U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Hyde Park, New York, USA, Abbie Rowe, White House Photographs, November 10, 1962

Anefo photo collection. State visit to the royal family to Ethiopia. Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus say goodbye to Addis Ababa airport from Royal couple and emperor Haile Selassie (they leave for Tanzania). February 2, 1969. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Arrival ceremony for Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, President of Ecuador, 11:00AM. President John F. Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and others attend the arrival ceremony in honor of President of the Republic of Ecuador, Dr. Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy. Standing on reviewing platform in center: President Arosemena Monroy; President Kennedy; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball. Those standing left of platform include: First Lady of the Republic of Ecuador, Gladys Peet de Arosemena; Mrs. Kennedy; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa; Zola Shoup; Betty Bernbaum (wife of United States Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, Maurice M. Bernbaum); Robin Chandler Duke (wife of U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke); U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Edwin M. Martin; Chairman of the Citizens Committee of the District of Columbia, Edgar Morris; Sandra Arosemena; U.S. S

Anefo photo collection. Opening of the E10, the new highway between Breda and Antwerp, by. Queen Juliana and King Baudouin place their signature. January 17, 1972. Antwerp, Belgium, Breda, Noord-Brabant

Anefo photo collection. Working visit of Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus of three days to Overijssel, 1st day visit Kampen. August 25, 1971. Kampen, Overijssel

Anefo photo collection. Marriage Princess Christina and Jorge Guillermo; The closure of the ecclesiastical wedding in the Domkerk in Utrecht. Princess Christina and Jorge Guillermo during ceremony. 28 June 1975. Utrecht (Prov.), Utrecht (city)

Anefo photo collection. Greek Prime Minister visits to the President First and Lower House. Mr. Caramanlis on the chairman of Mr. F. J. F. M. van Thiel /. March 1, 1963

Anefo photo collection. The cabinet formation. Professor Andriessen. July 11, 1963

Anefo photo collection. Koningin Juliana, Beatrix and Claus Open exhibition "images" in Palace on Dam, Amsterdam. 11 June 1977. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Engagement Princess Beatrix at the Binnenhof, fiancé P takes congratulations. June 29, 1965

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix visited the municipalities of Doetinchem Wisch and Gendringen. Princess Beatrix in the town Ul on foot through the main street. June 7, 1963. Doetinchem, Gendringen, Ulft, Wisch

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard receive the Australian Prime Minister Whitlam and his wife at Soestdijk Palace; v.l.n.r. HM, Premier Whitlam, Bernhard and Mrs. Whitlam. January 5, 1975. Baarn, Soestdijk, Utrecht (province)

Anefo photo collection. State visit President Tito of Yugoslavia. President Tito visits the Philips factories in Eindhoven. October 22, 1970. Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant

Anefo photo collection. State visit Swedish royal couple to the Netherlands; Royal couple visit Asscher, looking at diamond grinders. October 25, 1976

Anefo photo collection. V.l.n.r.: Minister Max van der Chair of Foreign Affairs, Dirk Stikker, former Secretary-General of NATO, Queen Juliana and MR. Forest. April 3, 1974. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. State visit President Leone from Italy, Queen Juliana and President Leone in Open Caleche. October 23, 1973

Arrival ceremony for Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, President of Ecuador, 11:00AM. President John F. Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and others attend the arrival ceremony in honor of President of the Republic of Ecuador, Dr. Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy. Standing on reviewing platform in center: President Arosemena Monroy; President Kennedy; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Ambassador of the Republic of Ecuador, Neftalí Ponce-Miranda. Those standing left of platform include: First Lady of the Republic of Ecuador, Gladys Peet de Arosemena; Mrs. Kennedy; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa; Zola Shoup; Betty Bernbaum (wife of United States Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, Maurice M. Bernbaum); Robin Chandler Duke (wife of U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke); U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Edwin M. Martin; Chairman of the Citizens Committee of th

Anefo photo collection. Mrs Roosevelt in The Hague. April 19, 1948

Diplomatic Reception, 6:00PM. President John F. Kennedy (at right, face obscured) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (left) visit with several unidentified guests in the East Room during a diplomatic reception at the White House, Washington, D.C. Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, stands at far left.

The President of the Italian Republic Giuseppe Saragat on trip with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic Amintore Fanfani meeting the wife of the German President Wilhelmine Luebke (Wilhelmine Keuthen), the President of the German Federal Republic Heinrich Luebke and the Undersecretary of State of the German Federal Republic Karl-Guenther von Hase. Germany, July 1965

Anefo photo collection. Queen Beatrix Prince Claus attendance Prince Willem Alexander Lieutenant-Ter-Zee navy HR. Ms. Tromp Den Helder, Queen Beatrix embraces son. July 1, 1986. Den Helder

Dinner in honor of Nobel Prize Winners, 8:00PM. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center right) visits with Nobel Prize-winning poet, Alexis Léger (Saint-John Perse), at a dinner in honor of Nobel Prize winners from the Western Hemisphere; President John F. Kennedy (mostly hidden on edge of frame) stands at far left. Other Nobel Prize winners pictured include: chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Severo Ochoa; physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee; Director of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Edwin M. McMillan; physicist from the University of Illinois, Dr. John Bardeen; Dr. Walter H. Brattain, of the Bell Laboratories at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (ATT); and physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Donald A. Glaser. East Room, White House, Washin

Anefo photo collection. Opening by Princess Beatrix from an exhibition at Van Tetterode (glass objects) in Amsterdam. Princess Beatrix opens the exhibition. May 30, 1975. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Visit from Queen Juliana to Schiedam. Visit Queen Juliana to Schiedam. September 13, 1962. Schiedam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Her royal highness Princess Beatrix at Spring Fair. March 14, 1962

Anefo photo collection. Prinsjesdag 1971. Queen Juliana reads the Throne Speech in the Ridderzaal; Right Prince Bernhard. September 21, 1971. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Engagement Princess Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg. Princess Beatrix, Claus von Amsberg, Minister President Cals (foreground on the right) and Premier angel (background) in the courtyard. 29 June 1965. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana in Cultural Center in Tilburg. May 15, 1973. Noord-Brabant, Tilburg

Evita Peron, wife of the Argentinian President Juan Peron greeted by in Madrid, Spain. June 1947. - (BSLOC_2014_17_63)

Anefo photo collection. Launch of the "Princess Irene" by Her Royal Highness Princess Irene at the N. V. Scheepswerf "De Merwede" in Hardinxveld $. July 12, 1958. Hardinxveld

Queen Mother - War Work. August 27, 1941. (Photo by The Topical Press Agency Ltd.)

President John F. Kennedy (left) visits Mercury's Flight Control Area a few days after John Glenn's flight in February 1962. To Kennedy's right are Glenn and astronaut Alan Shepard.

Anefo photo collection. State visit to the royal family to Ethiopia. Royal couple and Haile Selassie on the way to Asmara reception at City Hall of Asmara Queen Juliana receives gold gifts (also for Beatrix and Claus). February 2, 1969

Anefo photo collection. Prinsjesdag, Opening of the States General. Queen Juliana while reading the throne speech, Prince Bernhard (R). September 18, 1979. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix visits Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs with Dr. G. van der Wal (chairman Jaarbeurs). March 14, 1962

Anefo photo collection. Danny Kaye (Traveling Ambassador Unicef) arrives at Schiphol. November 10, 1971. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard opens Frans Otten Tennis Stadium, Amsterdam; Prince Bernhard with golden tennis balsley. May 21, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Dinner in honor of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, 8:00PM. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center) visits with guests in the Entrance Hall of the White House during a dinner in honor of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (back to camera, left of Mrs. Kennedy), and his wife, the Empress Farah Pahlavi (right of Mrs. Kennedy). Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke (back to camera) stands left of the Shahanshah; members of the Jerome Robbins Ballets: USA dance company, who performed at the dinner, stand in the background, right of the Empress. Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Her Majesty visits Zeeland. Koningin Juliana visits Zeeland. On the town hall in Hulst,. June 20, 1968. Hulst, Zeeland

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard receive President Omar Bongo van Gabon and his wife at Paleis Soestdijk. V.l.n.r. Mrs Bongo, Queen Juliana, President Bongo and Prince Bernhard. May 14, 1973. Baarn, Utrecht (province)

Elsevier photo collection. Queen Juliana King Baudouin van Belgium Channel Ghent Terneuzen official. pressing button, queen door sea lock. King Baudouin, left Minister Bakker. December 19, 1968. Terneuzen, Zeeland

Anefo photo collection. Koningin Juliana opens Rozenburgse Sluis and Havondje van Hoek van Holland. Queen Juliana on the "Queen Wilhelmina" in the company of Minister Bakker (R). 11 June 1971. Hoek van Holland, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Requiemmis for Princess Armgard in the Roman Catholic Church in Goor. V.l.n.r. Prince Bernhard, Princess Irene and Queen Juliana. April 30, 1971. Goor, Overijssel

Anefo photo collection. Prinsjesdag 1978. Opening States General, Prinsjesdag 78; o.m. whole throne. September 19, 1978. The Hague

Anefo photo collection. Princess Margriet opens home for disabled children "the Hartekamp" in Heemstede. September 2, 1971. Heemstede

Anefo photo collection. HM lives the opening of the National Crower Complex, where the Departments of Justice and Biza are located. HM, Minister De Ruiter and Minister Wiegel. May 23, 1979. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. State visit Queen and King of Nepal. April 25, 1967. Nepal

The second meeting of Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt with GDR MP Willi Stoph on 21 May 1971 in Kassel was accompanied by a large number of statements for and against the Brandt government's policy of detente. Egon Franke (4th from left) Albert Osswald (5th) Willy Brandt (6th) Willi Stoph, 2nd from right), Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Presentation of honorary doctorates from the Free University in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Arrival Queen Juliana at the Concertgebouw; Return Rector Magnificus Professor De Gaay Fortman. October 20, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix visits Limburg. May 6, 1960. Limburg

Post Inaugural Ball at the Washington, D.C. Armory. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrive at the National Guard Armory for President Kennedys Inaugural Ball, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus at the baptism of led arm frigate "tromp" in Vlissingen. 2 June 1973. Vlissingen, Zeeland

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix to Curacao, Queen Juliana and Princess Margriet at Schiphol. February 19, 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Her Majesty Queen Juliana visits the Westland. Queen Juliana with the mayor of Maasland, F.J. Groot andzerik. January 27, 1961. Maasland, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Marriage Prince Karl von Hessen and Countess Yvonne Szapary in The Hague. The bridal couple in the church. April 18, 1966. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana receives delegation War Foundations England and the Netherlands on Soestdijk. Front row of v.l.n.r. Noble, her majesty and $. April 26, 1963

Anefo photo collection. Prinsjesdag; Throne speech. September 18, 1984

Anefo photo collection. Year's reception Queen Beatrix Prince Claus palace Dam. Arrival ambassador Fiji. January 11, 1989. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Mrs. Liesbeth Den Uyl assigns from the Loge to the general considerations in the Lower House. October 10, 1973

Rear View of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower and U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon Reviewing Inauguration Parade, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower and Second Lady Pat Nixon seated right, Washington, D.C., USA, photographer Thomas J. O'Halloran, Warren K. Leffler, January 21, 1957

U.S. President Herbert Hoover with Amelia Earhart at White House, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, June 21, 1932

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix back from the West, Princess Beatrix and her mother. March 10, 1965

Anefo photo collection. Astronauts are welcomed with wives on Paleis Dam Koningin Juliana and Prince Bernhard received Gift Collins, Aldrin and Armstrong. October 9, 1969

Elsevier photo collection. Orientation visit provincial capitals Claus von Amsberg Princess Beatrix. visit applies Leeuwarden. provincial home friezer traditional costumes, Queen's Commissioner Mr. H.P. Linthorst (left) mayor Leeuwarden H.A.M. v.d. Meulen. September 7, 1965. Friesland, Leeuwarden

Funeral services for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Hyde Park, New York. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend the funeral of Eleanor Roosevelt in the rose garden on the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, New York. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; former president, Harry S. Truman; Bess Truman; diplomat Ralph Bunche; Ruth Harris Bunche; Susan Wagner (wife of Mayor of New York City, Robert F. Wagner, Jr.); Margaret Truman Daniel.

Anefo photo collection. State visit Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard to West Germany. Queen Juliana and President Heinemann at the honorary guard inspection after arrival at Wahn airport at Bonn. October 26, 1971. Bonn, West Germany

Anefo photo collection. Prinsjesdag 1976. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in the Ridderzaal during the reading of the Throne Speech. September 21, 1976. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Actor Cruys Voorbergh, honored in Koninklijke Schouwburg The Hague, distinguished by the Order of Orange Nassau. February 22, 1962. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix at the Haagse Academy for visual art left Cor Heynjes, right Duke of Baena. January 11, 1963. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. HM receives all who have made themselves at the hostage drama at home ten Bosch; Queen Juliana presents award /. September 19, 1974

Anefo photo collection. Commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Rijksmuseum in the presence of Queen Juliana. June 27, 1958. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Opening of Eemshaven by Queen Juliana. Queen Juliana aboard the MS. Rotterdam. In addition to her Mr. E. Toxopeus, the Queen's Commissioner in Groningen. June 7, 1973. Eemshaven, Groningen

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix and Claus received first gifts at Soestdijk Palace. February 19, 1966

The second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president of the United States was held on Wednesday, January 20, 1937, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 38th presidential inauguration and marked the commencement of the second term of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president and John Nance Garner as vice president

Anefo photo collection. Presentation of honorary doctorates from the Free University in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Prince Bernhard, who received an honorary doctorate in economic sciences, with BUL. October 20, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Funeral President Kennedy from television. Middle Jacqueline Kennedy on either side the two brothers of President Kennedy. November 25, 1963

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana brings an official visit to Dordrecht. Arrival of Queen Juliana for the opening of the port complex. September 5, 1958. Dordrecht, South Holland

Trip to Ottawa, Canada: Departure ceremonies, 9:45AM. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy depart Ottawa following state visit. Walking along carpet, L-R: Air Force Aide to the President, General Godfrey T. McHugh; two unidentified; Prime Minister of Canada, John G. Diefenbaker; Governor General of Canada, Georges P. Vanier; President Kennedy; unidentified; Mrs. Kennedy; Olive Palmer Diefenbaker (wife of Prime Minister Diefenbaker). Royal Canadian Air Force Station Uplands, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Anefo photo collection. Dr. A. (Bram) Pepper installed as mayor of Rotterdam and succeeds Minister Van der Louw. March 18, 1982. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Russian Foreign Minister, Gromyko, brings visit of three days to the Netherlands, Gromyko (left) and Van Thiel. July 5, 1972

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana receives Norwegian Prime Minister Nordli and Minister Brundtland (left) at home ten Bosch. October 11, 1976

Anefo photo collection. Baptism Willem Alexander from TV. September 2, 1967

Poll photo collection. Family photos of the Danish royal family. The Danish royal couple in their home in Palace Brockdorff in Lock Amalienborg. March 1954. Denmark, Copenhagen

Anefo photo collection. Visit Prince Bernhard Hiswa Goedkamp in the Rai in Amsterdam. March 23, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Presentation of the 1963 Erasmus Prize to Professor Martin Buber in the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. Prince Bernhard congratulates Bubber. In the middle Queen Juliana, Right Princess Beatrix. July 3, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana visits five municipalities in East IJsselmonde. Queen Juliana holds her hat on the balcony of Barendrecht City Hall. October 2, 1970. Barendrecht, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Marriage Princess Christina and Jorge Guillermo; The closure of the ecclesiastical wedding in the Domkerk in Utrecht. Prinsjan Friso and Constantine (left) during ceremony. 28 June 1975. Utrecht (Prov.), Utrecht (city)

Anefo photo collection. Baptism Willem Alexander from TV. September 2, 1967

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard receive series of coins from WWF from Indonesian ambassador Sutopo Yuwono Projohandoko at Soestdijk Palace. September 25, 1974

Anefo photo collection. Press ball of German journalists in Bonn, Princess Irene and Prince Carlos. November 6, 1964. Bonn

Elsevier photo collection. Congress European Movement held Ridderzaal Hague. Queen Juliana honored opening. left British former Premier Macmillan J.H.C. Molenaar (Chairman EUR. Netherlands) Frenchman Paul Rey, chairman European Communities. November 8, 1968. Hague, South Holland

Dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), Speaker of the House John W. McCormack, Chief Justice Earl Warren, 8:00PM. Mezzo-soprano opera singer Grace Bumbry stands at the piano in the East Room before performing for guests at a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Accompanist Charles Wadsworth is seated at left. White House, Washington, D.C. White spots on image are original to the negative.

Anefo photo collection. Throne change 30 April, inauguration in the new church; In the foreground v.l.n.r. Prince Willem Alexander, Mrs. Van Amsberg and Prince Juliana /. April 30, 1980

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana receives politicians at home ten Bosch in connection with government formation. Second Chamber President of Vondeling on the stairs from home ten Bosch. July 19, 1977. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Working visit of Queen Juliana to South Limburg. Queen Juliana at arriving at the landing of the Old Government at Bouillonstraat in Maastricht. September 14, 1966. Limburg, Maastricht

Anefo photo collection. Presentation Erasmus Prize Czech playwright essayist Václav Havel Prince Bernhard; Speech professor Jan Triska Tryska. November 13, 1986

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