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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 850
Title:: Colonel R. A. Harris (Royal Army Service Corps) Collection: Miscellaneous views throughout India, Sri Lanka, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Middle East.
Scope & Content:: Loose unmounted prints. The majority are amateur snapshot views of people, buildings, street scenes, landscapes and military activities in India, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and throughout the Middle East, but there is also a good collection of views at the Army Fighting Vehicles School at Ahmed...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1930s-1940s
Extent:: 7 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 851
Title:: Watson Collection: Photographs relating to the career of Colonel John Williams Watson in India and Iran. Photographer(s): Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:: Collection of albums and loose photographs in five parts (Photo 851/1-5), relating to the career in India and Iran of Colonel John Williams Watson. John Williams Watson (b. 1874) served in the Indian Medical Service 1898-1929; he was Civil Surgeon at the consulate at Turbat-i-Haidari, Iran from...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s-1920s
Extent:: Unspecified

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 852
Title:: Two portraits of officers of Probyn's Horse.
Scope & Content:: Print 1 Indian officers of Probyn's Horse, under the command of Risaldar-Major Lall Singh. Print 2 Copy of a painting of Risaldar-Major Lall Singh when orderly officer to the King. Process = Collodio-chloride (?) prints Photographers = M.A. John & Bros., ;
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1930s
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 853
Title:: Portrait of Sir Miles Irving, ICS. Photographer: Preston (Penzance)
Scope & Content:: Loose mounted print. Studio portrait of Sir Miles Irving (1876-1962), accompanied by a xerox copy of his Who Was Who entry.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1909
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 854
Title:: Album of snapshots in India.
Scope & Content:: Red cloth-covered 'Kodak' album, 209x167mm, containing snapshots inserted in window mounts. The majority are uncaptioned. The album formerly belonged to Mrs Beatrix Lonsdale (neé Blumfeld), daughter of Colonel J.L. Blumfeld, Commander of the 9th Bn the Middlesex Regiment which was in India in 19...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1916
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 855
Title:: Taylor Collection: Early views in Nepal.
Scope & Content:: Loose mounted prints, with captions and a manuscript list signed by Taylor. The photographs constitute the earliest known views in Nepal and were taken between 1863-65, when Taylor was the Assistant Resident in Kathmandu. The series includes architectural studies in Kathmandu, Patan, Pasupati an...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1863-1865
Extent:: 18 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 856
Title:: Photograph album of Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, Baron Carmichael of Stirling.
Scope & Content:: Cloth-covered photograph album, stamped 'Album' on front cover, measuring 310x253mm, containing loosely mounted prints, with captions handwritten on paper labels. Prints 133-172 are inserted loose at the end of the album. The majority of the prints are of indifferent amateur quality, and many ar...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1908-1917
Extent:: 20 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 857
Title:: 'Souvenir of Ootacamund'.
Scope & Content:: Small maroon booklet containing a collection of views in and around Ootacamund. Titled, 'Souvenir of Ootacamund', the prints are joined top to bottom concertina-fashion, all with captions in the negative. The name of Dinshaw H. Hazary of Ootacamund is printed on the cover and this is probably th...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1930s
Extent:: 18 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 858
Title:: Aerial photographs taken after the 1931 Quetta earthquake. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:: Loose unmounted prints, captioned in ink on verso. Aerial views of earthquake damage at Mach and Shahrig in Balochistan.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: August1931
Extent:: 4 items

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