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ZUM4894392: Nov. 11, 1953 - Baby Elephant Arrives For London Zoo: A baby elephant destined for the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, arrived at London Airport today from Assam, Her name is Lakshmi (after the Hindu goddess of wealth), and she was caught in February. Lakshmi is 4 ft. lin. high / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4831052: Tue. 20, 1953 - Sir Laurence Olivier brings his wife Rome, Vivien Leigh arrives at London Airport; Vivien Leigh accompanied by her husband Sir Laurence Olivier arrived at London Airport this afternoon at the end of their flight from Hollywood - via New York. Great difficulty was experience in getting Miss Leigh into the aircraft at New York owing to her dread of flying. She is suffering from a nervous breakdown / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4831365: Tue 24, 1953 - Sending-in Day for Sculpture at the Academy. Exhibit of” Gog and Magog” Fame.: Photo shows Mr. David Evans who lives in Welwyn Garden City - with his wood cerving in Burmese Tesk entitled” Mother and Child” - arriving at the Royal Academy this morning. Mr. Evans - who comes from Menchester (originally) is the artist who worked on the new productions of “Gog and Magog” which are to replece these ruined by bombs - at the Guildhall. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4832526: Apr. 04, 1953 - Hocktide ceremony at Hungerford: The ancient traditional festival of Hocktide, was held today at Hungerford, Berks. In accordance with custom, the Tuttimen went through the town with their flower-decorated staves, to collect their” dues” a kiss or a penny from the women of the town / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4832536: Apr. 04, 1953 -” Emanato, The Market Woman” Native Statue For Western Nigerian City: benin City Native, Western Nigeria, at the suggestion of the OBA OF BENIN, has commissioned a statue of Emanato, a Beni market woman of the 15th. century, revered by the Benin people for her humanitarian work and love of children. It sis to be erected over her grave near the mar ~ et place in Benin. The sculptor is Mr. John Danford, who is the British Council's Regional Director in the Western Province of Nigeria. He is working on the statue which is 6 ft. tall - in A Chelsea studio. It is to be cast in bronze / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4832587: Apr. 04, 1953 - Preview of The” Children's Royal Academy”... Two Young Ladies And Their Exhibits.. The Royal Drawing Society's 58th exhibition of Children's Drawings and Paintings opens at the Guildhall Art Gallery. Keystone Photo Shows: - Two young ladies arrive with their exhibits at the Gallery. They are L-R: Ten-year-old Jacqueline Bavin of Lewisham” Coronation Horse Show” - and eleven-year-old Irene Ebsworth also of Lewisham with” Are You Going to the Coronation? / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4832737: Apr. 04, 1953 - United States Woman Ambassador Arrives In Italy To Take Up Her Post: Mrs. Clara Luce the newly appointed United States Ambassador to Italy arrived in Naples aboard the Italian liner Andrea Dorea to take up her post in Rome. She is the first woman ever to be accredited to the Italian Government / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4829752: Tue 03, 1953 - The latest British Expedition to Mount Everest is on the way to their base at Namche Bazaar which is 160 miles from Bhatgaon, at the foot of the mountain. They were accompanied to Namche Bazaar by men and women - native partners - all carrying 40 pound bundles. Everest is so for unconquered - and in their attempt, whether it is successful or not, the expedition members will suffers extreme hardships - pain, exhaustion, frost bite, possible loas of limbs or the prospect of life long injury. To conquer the mountain they must live in air so thin that even walking is agony. Keystone Photo Shows: Some of the expedition porters with their loads, moving off from Bhatgaon, which was the temporary supply headquarters of the expedition. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4829775: Tue 03, 1953 - Poland holds Danish Ships: Poland has seized six Danish fishing boats with 30 Danes aboard, in Hela bay, near Danzing. The fishing boat Thailand, which was seized with the others, broke away, and arrived back at Bornholm, the Danish island today. No official statement on either side has linked the seizure with the detention of the Russian-built jet fighter whose Polish pilot asked for political asylum in Denmark, but Bornholm fisherman said it was a reprisal / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4829818: Tue 03, 1953 - Marine Commando Winter Warfare Training Course In Scots Mountains. Building A Snow Wall: The bitterly cold summit of the Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland is the scene of the training course in Winter Warfare - which is being carried out by a detachment of Royal Marine Commandos / Bridgeman Images