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Queen Alexandra’s studio portrait included with the Gift Book.
THE CHRISTMAS PHOTO BOOK Queen Alexandra owned one of the first Kodak cameras. She enjoyed photography and showed samples of her craft in one or two public exhibitions. In 1907, she was asked, and agreed, to develop a Christmas Gift Book of her snapshots with the proceeds to go to charity. It was published in 1908 by Britain’s Daily Telegraph and marketed with the help of Kodak Limited.
The book contained photographs of King Edward VII of Great Britain and members of his family and entourage, and members of other royal families. The book included both original photographs and printed reproductions of photographs. Amateur photographers were urged to emulate the Queen’s style and produce their own photo books.
Queen Alexandraʼs Christmas Gift Book can be viewed online at the Internet Archive and Web Shots.
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