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Place Assam, India, Asia Level [40] File

21. Photo 296/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/2
Title:
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Collection: 'Earthquake Views, 1897'. Photographer: Fritz Kapp
Scope & Content:
Brown half-leather album, measuring 368 mm x 480 mm, containing 51 mounted prints with handwritten captions; title stamped in gilt on front cover and with the photographer's address label pasted opposite Print 1. The prints depict buildings, railway lines, etc, destroyed or damaged in the earthq...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
51 items

22. Photo 408(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 408(11)
Title:
[General view of mountain scenery, Assam?] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = mountain scenery
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 451/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1
Title:
Indian Tea Association Collection: Assam Tea. A pictorial record by Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. Photographer(s): Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Black cloth-covered post-bound album stamped 'Tea. Balmer Lawrie & Co., Ltd. Calcutta' in gold on front cover. Photographer's label laid down onto rear fixed endpaper. Album measures 292x385mm and contains prints mounted one to a page with tissue interleaving on which the captions are printe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1950s
Extent:
36 items

24. Photo 492(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 492(6)
Title:
Crossing the Brahmaputra. Photographer: Williams, John Howard Fry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Two cars on a river ferry. Notes on reverse read: 'E.V.W. [Capt E.V. Whitehead, Assam Rifles?], Ford V8 on Lt, JHFW, Riley'. Subjects = cars; ferries; road transport; transport; water transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1939-1940
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 492(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 492(8)
Title:
[Portrait of] Freddy Needham on JHFW's bungalow verandah. Photographer: Williams, John Howard Fry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1941
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 492(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 492(77)
Title:
Sir Robert Reid, Governor of Assam, in a dug-out canoe about to set off fishing. Photographer: Williams, John Howard Fry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events River scene with the Governor standing in a canoe in the foreground. Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940s
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 492(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 492(83)
Title:
Bramaputra River. Photographer: Williams, John Howard Fry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view from the embankment. Subjects = river scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940s
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 492(84)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 492(84)
Title:
Madhok mixing his daily ration of opium [Assam]. Photographer: Williams, John Howard Fry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of a man by a river with a brass bowl. Subjects = drugs; opium
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940s
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 492(86)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 492(86)
Title:
Maniram poling a boat on the Bramaputra River. Photographer: Williams, John Howard Fry
Scope & Content:
View of a boatman silhouetted against the sun. Subjects = boatmen; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940s
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 492(87)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 492(87)
Title:
[View of an elephant pushing a log, Assam.] Photographer: Williams, John Howard Fry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = animals; elephants; timber industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940s
Extent:
1 item