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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 868 Material Type Photographs

111. Photo 868(110)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 868(110)
Title:
Gurkha drum-major of the Darjiling Police Band. Photographer: Dickins, Douglas
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Gurkhas; Indian Army; military (general); military bands
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
1 item

112. Photo 868(111)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 868(111)
Title:
Gurkha pipe band of the Darjiling Police Force, preceded by flag-bearers. Photographer: Dickins, Douglas
Scope & Content:
Subjects = Gurkhas; Indian Army; military (general); military bands; pipers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
1 item

113. Photo 868(112)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 868(112)
Title:
Tibetan lamas in procession, Darjiling. Photographer: Dickins, Douglas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Lamas in procession through the streets of Darjiling, carrying horns. Subjects = ethnic groups; lamas; religion; religion (Buddhism); Tibetans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1942-1944
Extent:
1 item

114. Photo 868(113)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 868(113)
Title:
Holy conch shells carried in procession by Tibetan Buddhist neophytes, Darjiling. Photographer: Dickins, Douglas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; lamas; religion; religion (Buddhism); Tibetans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1942-1944
Extent:
1 item

115. Photo 868(114)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 868(114)
Title:
Aerial view of Willingdon Island, Cochin, seen from a tiger moth. Photographer: Dickins, Douglas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Typescript note on revrse reads: 'Cochin airfield lies on a pear-shaped island reclaimed from the shallow backwaters. This is the terminus of the South Indian Railway; joined to the mainland by the bridge seen in the background under the clouds. The deep water chann...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
1 item

116. Photo 868(115)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 868(115)
Title:
Squadron Leader Wilfred Russell and Flight Officer Rabb with the DH 86 at Cochin. Photographer: Dickins, Douglas
Scope & Content:
Pencilled note on reverse reads: 'The DH 86 was converted to carry two 250 lb bombs and was our main defence against invasion! F/O Rabb became Air Commodore or Air Marshall and after the war was India's Ambassador to Spain - I think.' Subjects = aircraft; military (general); military aircraft;...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
1 item

117. Photo 868(116)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 868(116)
Title:
Ambulance rescue party from R.A.F. Vizagapatam. Photographer: Dickins, Douglas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Duplicate of print 86. Handwritten note on reverse of print reads: 'A rescue party from R.A.F. Vizagapatam, setting out to a village where survivors from a crashed plane in the Bay of Bengal, came ashore near Vizagapatam. Palm leaves are being used to fill in a flooded ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 item

118. Photo 868(117)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 868(117)
Title:
Bamboo hut being built for R.A.F. personnel at Agrahat, near Cuttack. Photographer: Dickins, Douglas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Royal Air Force
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1942-1944
Extent:
1 item

119. Photo 868(118)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 868(118)
Title:
Slit trenches being dug at R.A.F. station by Indian labourers, Cuttack. Photographer: Dickins, Douglas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = coolies; labour; Royal Air Force
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1942-1944
Extent:
1 item

120. Photo 868(119)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 868(119)
Title:
Cataline seaplane landed at Cochin. Photographer: Dickins, Douglas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events See also print 120, taken on the same occasion. Subjects = aircraft; military (general); military aircraft; Royal Air Force
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
1 item