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Subject Communication Devices Material Type Photographs

61. Photo 1123/2(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1123/2(74)
Title:
Baghdad, 1917. A mast being erected by a method adopted to preserve the date palm trees on site. Photographer: Cameron, John Gordon Patrick
Scope & Content:
Prints 71-74 all relate to this subject.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 1123/2(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1123/2(77)
Title:
[Erecting a telegraph pole, Baghdad.] Photographer: Cameron, John Gordon Patrick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1917
Extent:
1 item

63. Photo 1167(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(15)
Title:
Women clearing snow from the roof of their house in Morang, Spiti, with satellite dish in foreground. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Women clearing snow from the roof of their house in Morang. Houses are constructed from dried mud which softens rapidly when exposed to water. Spiti is a desert landscape where it rarely rains, but changing weather conditions threaten houses and monasteries alike. Most houses now have digital s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1995
Extent:
1 item

64. Photo 1170/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1170/1(4)
Title:
Telegraph Office, Calcutta. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Postcard view.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

65. Photo 1170/1(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1170/1(22)
Title:
The Telegraph Office, Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Postcard view of the Telegraph Office, with an electric tram in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 1190/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1190/1(3)
Title:
Chief Telegraphist in Jehol [Chengde], Mr Chung and family. Photographer: William Purdom
Scope & Content:
Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (3)). Portrait of Chung and his wife, with six children. The group is arranged around a small table on which a clock of western design stands.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1909
Extent:
1 item

67. PP.3803.bha, 3/7(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
PP.3803.bha, 3/7(4)
Title:
Telegraph gang, near Yedo [Tokyo]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Showing a gang at work erecting a telegraph pole beside a railway line, under the supervision of European foremen: 'The telegraph is fast extending throughout the realm. Already the wires are complete between Kobe and Yedo — and but for the typhoon of the 25th Augu...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item