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Coronation of Queen Catherine in festive San Antonio pageantry
The January coronation unfolds at the Majestic Theater with Queen Catherine of the House of Franklin crowned by Archbishop Dick. Dukes and duchesses in period court dress parade the throne as the audience admires gowns, roses, and colorfully themed trains marking each month from January to December.
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Catherine
House of Franklin
San Antonio
Mayme
House of Terrell
Neil Graham
Gordon Jersig
Earl of Napier
The
Zodiac
Reailm
House of
Helen Guenther
Josephine Carr
Fairfax Janin
Eleanor Herr Marpory McGown
Juanita Opkins
Jean Aubrey
Beatrice Giles
Annie Ray Townsend
Essrs
Charles Clamp
Will Devine
Benton Davies
Jarreil
Robert Barclay
Charlie Gaddie
Welter Kampmann
Cap. Johnson
Paul Dreiss
William Ward Watkins
Henry Goosback
Ira C
Pear
Nates
Royal Duchesses Court
Josephine
House of Woodhull
April
Rudolph
Baron von Groos
Pearle
Katherine
House of McGown
Geffrey
Lord Giles
Emerald
Susanna
Adolph
Baron van Beckmann
Ruby
Clara Mae
Diamond
Ruth
House of Lipscomb
September
Jord
Julius
Baron von Holz
Sapphire
Mary
Louise
House of Carter
James
John
Lord Spencer
Duke of
Topaz
Claire
Leon
Lord Goodman
Turquoise
Ray Harnest
W Harwood
Corpus Christi
Mies Piles Jones
Jack W. Holmes
Hermine Oatman
Denith Reed
Columbus
Margaret Mansfield
Little Harrison
Hazel Hutchins
C. B. Bonneret
Order of the Alamo
Order
Laura Milmo
Enchanted Ring
Ruth Russell Matlock
Dolores Mitrovitch
Dorothy Bell
Elizabeth Tarrant
Virginia Kirkland
Clara Mae Wagner
Emily Bynum
Hazel Stowers
Gavotte Directoire
Dorothy Bingham
Walter Steves
Eleanor Pierce
Queen Catherine
Princess Bodien
Josephine Woodhull
Octavia Bullis
February
Florida Booth
Duchess of
March
Clara May Brooks
August
Catherine McGown
May
Dorothea Guenther
Amanda Guenther
Susanna Denman
Ruth Lipscomb
October
Lady Mary Louise Carter
Duchess of October
Lacy Mary James
Claire Lucas