ZUM4833560: Apr. 04, 1953 - plant: be the greatest sensation of the International Horti- show in Hamburg which is opened on April 30th by teh Federal President. It is the oldest flower of the world which came by plane from Tokyo. Sometime ago the Japanese flower-expert Dr. Ichiro Ohga found the seed of the lotus-flower deep in the earth the age of which is estimated up to 2000 years. Dr. Ohga brought up 4 bulbs from this precious seed which now arrived in Hamburg. Master-Gardener Kuhnert put them in a flower-pot which he placed above zero. His finger is pointing to the germ-out of which the flower has to developed in July. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4829711: Tue 03, 1953 - Daughter Of Lord Roberts Presents Shamrock To The Irish Guards. St. Patrick's Day At Gaterham Barracks: Countess Roberts who is 77 - and a daughter of the famous Lord Roberts, first Colonel of the Regiment - went to Catarham Barracks today to a present the traditional Shamrock to the Irish Guards - on St. Patrick's Day / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4829921: Tue. 03, 1953 - Work Progresses on Rhodes Centenary Exhibition an” Old Dutch Cottage”; Work is progressing in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia on the construction of stands-pavilions etc. for the Rhodes Centenary Exhibition which is to be held there from May 30th to August 29th, 1953, Photo Shows The wooden framework of the” Old Dutch Cottage” - on the size of the Rhodes Centenary Exhibition. / Bridgeman Images