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1. 1787.d.7, 3(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(42)
Title:
Coal mine. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View of the entrance to mine.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

2. 1787.d.7, 3(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(44)
Title:
Chinese coal miners. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a group of four miners near Patung, posed on the sloping hillside.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

3. 1787.d.13, 1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(7)
Title:
Mines at Serabit el Khadim. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking across the barren landscape at the site of ancient copper mines at Sarabit el Khadim, with a group of Arab figures posed in the foreground. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs)...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

4. 1787.d.13, 2(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 2(57)
Title:
Magharah, turqouise mines in Wady Igna. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the bed of the wadi towards the mine borings in the sheer hillside rising beyond: 'In Wady Igne, hard by Wady Mukatteb, the old Egyptian turquoise mines of Magharah, embellished with hieroglyphic tablets of vast age and exquisite workmanship [see...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

5. 1787.d.13, 3(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 3(2)
Title:
Wady Igna, the Magharah or turquoise mines. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the bed of the wadi towards the hillside with mine borings. See note at vol. 2, print 57. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs) at shelfmark Maps 29.d.28.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

6. 1787.d.13, 3(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 3(6)
Title:
Egyptian ruins at Serabit el Khadim. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography General view looking across the remains of ancient mine workings, towards a group of stelae on the skyline. The same photograph also appears in vol. 1, print 5. See also the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs) at shelfmark Maps 29.d.28.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

7. 10470.i.3(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
10470.i.3(2)
Title:
View of the British Guiana Gold Company's diggings on the Cuyuni. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking across the river towards the mining settlement on the far bank, with forest beyond. Bound out of sequence facing p. 32.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

8. 10470.i.3(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
10470.i.3(43)
Title:
View of the quartz rock at the British Guiana Gold Company's diggings on the Rio Cuyuni. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Bound out of sequence before p. 33. View of the rock formations, with cleared forest in the background.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 63135(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 63135(40)
Title:
Thok Dalung, miners' tents. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the miners' encampment, with mountains beyond. Calvert stayed several days inspecting the gold-digging activities at Dalung, which he considered 'one of the most interesting places I have seen in Tibet' (f. 108). On 30 August he notes: 'Took some mor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28-30 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 63135(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 63135(41)
Title:
Thok Dalung, miners' tents. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Closer view of a line of tents.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28-30 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item