Sir Geoffrey Ramsden Collection: NWFP views. Photographer(s): Ramsden, Geoffrey Charles Freschville
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Mottled brown post-bound album, 203x280mm, containing prints mounted at the corners with handwritten captions. The album front cover has a palm tree design and the word 'Snapshots' along the bottom. It is also labelled 'N.W.F.P. &c (1915-1919)' on the front cover and is signed 'G.C.F. Ramsde...
My Bokhara Souznis &c at Peshawar. A Pathan girl must not finish the work after she marries, therefore many of the genuine souznis (= bedspreads or hut walls) have parts which are unfinished. Photographer: Ramsden, Geoffrey Charles Freschville
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of arranged arts and crafts in a garden. Subjects = arts & crafts; Ramsden Collection Location = North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan; Peshawar
Probably Adizai (Peshawar-Shabkadr[sic] road), River Kabul. Photographer: Ramsden, Geoffrey Charles Freschville
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Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of a bridge of boats with a fort beyond, similar to Attock. The exact identity of the location is unknown, although the caption suggests it is somewhere north of Peshawar towards Shabkadar. The 'Adezai' is a tributory of the Kabul River. Subjects = br...