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Genre/Subject Matter: This maritime scene shows boats at the port city of Mohammerah (Khorramshahr) at the mouth of the Karun River on the Shatt-el-Arab delta. At the centre of the image two masts indicate that a dhow is moored, however, at least five smaller crafts are visible from the centr...
Genre/Subject Matter: This scene shows a creek at Mohammerah (Khorramshahr), which is located at the mouth of the Karun River on the Shatt-el-Arab delta. Two-storeyed buildings and trees line the creek on the left. The buildings at centre of the image have arcades on the lower floor and rawas...
Genre/Subject Matter: This scene shows a stream or irrigation channel, a palm grove and several Arab men at Mohammerah (Khorramshahr), which is located at the mouth of the Karun River on the Shatt-el-Arab delta. The stream extends from lower left to centre left of the image: it may be a man-m...
Album of views in India, the Middle East and Europe. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
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Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains historical landscape, maritime and architectural snapshot views at Udaipur, Mount Abu, Bombay, Aden, Suez Canal, Boulogne, various locations in England, Sialkot, Jammu and Marala [Murala]. Elements: 1 ‘Udaipur: Fateh Sagar.’ 2 ‘Mount Abu: Plains from ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925-28
Extent:
48 b&w silver gelatin prints bound into a brown, cloth-covered photograph album
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the SS Ranchi from Aden. The steamship is anchored in the centre background. Behind it rocky hills rise from left to right. In the distant background on the right two large two-storeyed buildings sit along the shoreline. In the foreground two small boats carry two ...
Parsons Collection: Album of views of India and South-East Asia by Major General Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Full leather bound album measuring 352 x 500 mm, decorated with blind tooling, and with initials 'A.P.' stamped in gold in centre of front cover. The album is numbered '5' on the front cover. The album is enclosed in a card slipcase. Binding by Zaehnsdorf, London. Prints are mounted several to a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950s-1960s
Extent:
Full leather bound album measuring containing 642 silver gelatin prints mounted several per page and indicated with handwritten captions
'Aurora (Argonant), Bahrain.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: Image of a Canadair DC-4M Argonaut on a runway strip in Bahrain. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: ‘Aurora (Argonaut) Bahrein’ Below image, in pencil: ‘491’
'Oil Jetty-Mina el Ahmedi.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: Image of the oil jetty at Mina Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: ‘'Oil Jetty-Mina el Ahmedi’ Below image, in pencil: ‘496’
'Oil flare-Ahmadi.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: Image of an oil flare at Ahmadi [Al-Ahmadi], Kuwait from a distance. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: ‘Oil flare-Ahmadi' Below image, in pencil: ‘497’
'Constellation at Kuwait.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: Image of a Lockheed Constellation aircraft on a runway at Kuwait. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Constellation at Kuwait' Below image, in pencil: ‘498’
