The State Entry, Delhi, 7 Dec 1911. Photographer: Bremner, Frederick
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Inscription: Photographer's credit blindstamped on print. Genre: Historical Events View from an elevated position among the spectators, looking down onto the royal carriage driving between the lines of the guard of honour to the amphitheatre and with the Imperial Guard riding behind. With the ...
Salang Pass, cantilever bridge under construction. Photographer: Harvey-Kelly, Charles Hamilton Grant Hulme
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Genre: Landscape Photography View showing pack animals crossing the river. 'The ascent from Khinjan to Bekh-i-Kotal-i-Khinjan is more than one day's stage. The bridges over the stream are cantilever. The donkeys crossing the temporary structure are carrying rock salt from Badakhshan to Kabul.'
At work [road building] on the Salang Pass. Photographer: Harvey-Kelly, Charles Hamilton Grant Hulme
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'The pass usually called the 'Salang' is in reality two passes, the northernmost being the Kotal-i-Khinjan and the southern being the Kotal-i-Salang. This photograph was takne on the northern side of the Kotal-i-Khinjan, between Takhta Sang and Doshakh.'
Ford over Andarab River at Doshi. Photographer: Harvey-Kelly, Charles Hamilton Grant Hulme
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Genre: Landscape Photography View showing a camel caravan crossing the river. 'The ford at Doshi on the Andarab just above its junction with the Sukhab. A difficult, but very busy ford. Only the strongest donkeys can cross it laden.'
Shahi-Nahr, Mazar-i-Sharif. Photographer: Harvey-Kelly, Charles Hamilton Grant Hulme
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Genre: Architectural Photography View showing a horse cart (being washed?) in the river, with a bridge on the left. 'The Balkh-Ab (Rud-i-Band Amir, or Rud-i-Band-i-Babar) which enters the Turkistan plain through the Tang-i-Shafa, is divided into 18 canals (Hazhdah-Nahr) and never reaches the Ox...
Oxus ferry at Patta Kesar. Photographer: Harvey-Kelly, Charles Hamilton Grant Hulme
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Genre: Landscape Photography View from the riverbank: 'Type of boat used in the Oxus ferry, Patta Kesar–Termez. Can carry 40 passengers or 6 ponies. Built of rough wood obtained locally. Propelled by oars and punt poles, and/or sail. Drifts a considerable distance down stream each crossing. Two...