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Haile Selassie on the steps of the Bath Spa Hotel, Bath 1936

Haile Selassie on the steps of the Bath Spa Hotel, Bath 1936

Image Reference: 25812
Image Date: 1936
Measurements: 29 x 22.5 cm
Medium: photo
Collection: Bath Chronicle
Library Reference: Chronicle P8020
Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council
Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: The Emperor stayed here in August 1936 on his arrival in Bath. The other figure in the picture is no doubt the hotel manager V. Auguste Keyser. Exiled to Fairfield House, Newbridge, Bath between 1936 and 1940, the Emperor of Ethiopia returned in October 1954 for a State Visit and received the Freedom of the City.
Photographed in August 1936.

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