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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 59 Level [40] File

1. Photo 59/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/1
Title:
Burma Railways Collection: Construction of the Gokteik Viaduct (part 1). Photographer(s): Wagstaff and Company
Scope & Content:
Dark blue half-leather bound album measuring 268x330mm, with prints mounted one to a page. Prints are uncaptioned apart from reference numbers and dates at bottom right hand corner of each print. The album records the construction of the Gokteik Viaduct on the line between Mandalay and Lashio fr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1899-1900
Extent:
67 items

2. Photo 59/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/2
Title:
Burma Railways Collection: Construction of the Gokteik Viaduct (part 2). Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Red quarter-leather bound (modern rebinding by India Office Library 1969) album measuring 260x320mm. The first part of the album (prints 1-35) continues the documentation of the construction of the Gokteik Viaduct started in Photo 59/1. These prints are, like those in the preceding album, number...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900-1906
Extent:
52 items

3. Photo 59/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/3
Title:
Burma Railways Collection: Bridge building over the Pegu and Sittang rivers. Photographer(s): Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Dark blue half-leather bound album measuring 315x435 mm, with mounted prints captioned beneath the photographs. The album is in very poor physical condition, with spine broken and boards loose. The album pages are of very low quality board, now much discoloured and brittle, and several have in a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1906-1907
Extent:
32 items

4. Photo 59/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/4
Title:
Burma Railways Collection: Views on the Mandalay-Lashio and Rangoon-Prome sections. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Red quarter-leather post bound album (modern India Office Library rebinding, 11 October 1966), measuring 315x450mm. Prints are mounted one to a page with letterpress captions pasted beneath. The album comprises a series of views on the line between Mandalay and Lashio, including the Gokteik Via...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1899-1907
Extent:
48 items

5. Photo 59/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/5
Title:
Burma Railways Collection: War Loan Special Train. Photographer(s): Wagstaff and Company
Scope & Content:
Red quarter-leather bound album (modern India Office Library rebinding, 19 February 1969), with prints laid down, the majority one per page. Most prints are uncaptioned apart from place names, written on the negative. A few of the earlier prints also have additional descriptive captions written ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1918-Sep 1918
Extent:
154 items

6. Photo 59/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/6
Title:
Burma Railways Collection: Miscellaneous Prints. Photographer(s): Wagstaff and Company
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous collection of loose prints, the majority captioned on the reverse. The collection can be broken down into the following components: unidentified railway accident (prints 1-2); bridge construction c.1907-09 (prints 3-6); tour of the War Loan Train 1918, duplicates of material in Pho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1907-c 27
Extent:
29 items

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