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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Railways Level [40] File

1. Photo 1107(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1107(32)
Title:
Khartum. Mosk. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Coloured postcard, published by Lichtenstern and Harari, Cairo. View of a mosque under construction.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900-1910
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1167(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(20)
Title:
Treading earth to form the walls of a new house at Kibber, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'In Kibber, a man treads moist earth to form the walls of his new house. In the background women return from working the fields. The earth has been dug from the hillside and then sieved and mixed with water from a nearby stream. It seems as much a reshaping of the landscape as a process of build...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1995
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1256/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1256/5
Title:
Brand Collection: Panoramic photographs of South India. Photographer unknown
Scope & Content:
Collection of 32 loose prints, the majority panoramic in format and probably the work of a commercial photographer, showing South Indian scenes, mainly in the vicinity of Ootacamund and including waterfalls, Toda groups and railway views. From the collection of Arthur Reginald Brand (1895-1971),...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930s
Extent:
Unspecified

4. Photo 1311(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(1)
Title:
The Khyber Railway. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
Head-on view of locomotive No. 2230 emerging from a gorge on the Khyber Railway
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

5. Photo 1311(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(2)
Title:
Bagiari Station at the mouth of the Khyber Pass. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View along the line towards the station With accompanying letterpress description: The Khyber Railway. The Khyber Railway starts from Jamrud 1,500 feet above sea level and immediately after leaving the station the grade steadily increases in severity as the train approaches the clearly marked m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

6. Photo 1311(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(3)
Title:
Kafir Tangi Tunnel [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View showing locomotive No. 2230 approaching the tunnel
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

7. Photo 1311(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(4)
Title:
Near Fort Maude [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View showing a train crossing a bridge on the Khyber Railway With accompanying letterpress description: The second reversing station is soon reached at Changai, whose station building was visible on the sky line from below. Starting again from Changai, the railway runs in a wide loop round the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

8. Photo 1311(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(5)
Title:
View from Changi Reversing Station [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View looking back along the line of the railway through the Khyber Pass Signed Holmes in the negative
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

9. Photo 1311(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(6)
Title:
Near Medanak Reversing Station [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View looking onto the line and tunnel With accompanying letterpress description: The train then plunges into the series of tunnels which carry the track through a narrow limestone gorge and only fleeting views are obtained as the train passes in and out of the tunnels. The line finally emerges ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

10. Photo 1311(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(7)
Title:
Shahgai Station [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the small fortified station, with a train on the line in the foreground
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print