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1. 1783.cc.20(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
1783.cc.20(34)
Title:
Seringueira. Arbre à caoutchouc ou gomme élastique (Siphonia elastica Pers.) 100 pieds de haut. Les Indiens Cambebas furent les premiers qui préparèrent cette résine. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Study of a tall rubber tree in the forest. The photographer's portable dark tent can be seen at the left at the foot of the tree.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

2. 10173.f.17(Titlepage)

Reference (shelfmark):
10173.f.17(Titlepage)
Title:
Vignette de titre. Photographer: Rousset, Ildefonse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Mounted on titlepage. A small, faded view looking across the river towards a wooded island, where two men can be seen standing beside a camera and tripod, with their portable darkroom mouted on their boat.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

3. Maps 184.r.1(17a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 184.r.1(17a)
Title:
Gemmi Pass. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view looking towards the head of the Gemmi Pass, which leads from Kandersteg (Bern Canton) to Leukerbad (Valais Canton). With porters and other figures posed on the path in the foreground. The tent beside the path is presumably the photographer's dark tent.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1869
Extent:
1 item

4. Maps 184.r.1(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 184.r.1(51)
Title:
Summit of the Titlis. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view looking towards the cairn on the summit of Mount Titlis, with skiers and climbers posed in the snow in the foreground. A camera on a tripod, miscellaneous photographic equipment and a dark tent can be seen in the middleground.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1869
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 11(105)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(105)
Title:
Mussucks for crossing the Beas River, Kulu. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the river, with porters posed with inflated buffalo hides (mussocks), preparatory to crossing the stream. Bourne's dark-tent is under the tree, as is Dr George Rankin Playfair who accompanied Bourne on his third Himalayan trip.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

6. Wf1/4622(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4622(17)
Title:
View from Biggeh — looking south. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the boulder-strewn waterside at Biga, looking south along the Nile. Frith's photographic dark tent can be seen among the rocks in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item