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STATE ENTRY, GEORGE V ON HORSEBACK, 1911, E. BROOKS, CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS, SILVER GELATIN PRINT, 112 X 159 MM. COURTESY ALKAZI COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY – TAASA Review September 2012

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This article was originally found in the September 2012 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 21, Issue 3, Page 23).

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What were ephemeral celebrations lasting a little over a week ­ since there were no monumental remains, bar the solitary obelisk ­ have become permanently etched in history because they were portrayed by artists, photographers, film-makers.

Last year, the centenary of the grandest, that of 1911, was marked by exhibitions and publications.

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