A valet counts Queen Soraya's luggage before departure to the airport. Hotrel Carlton, Cannes 1953. - Photo by Edward Quinn

A valet counts Queen Soraya's luggage before departure to the airport. Hotrel Carlton, Cannes 1953.

A valet takes inventory of Queen Soraya's luggage on the pavement outside the Hotel Carlton in Cannes, 1953. Dressed in a light-colored suit, he gestures towards the enormous mountain of vintage suitcases and trunks piled on the sidewalk and up the shallow stone steps, awaiting departure to the airport. The sheer volume of baggage, assembled beneath the hotel’s grand awning, evokes the opulence of old-world travel.


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