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1. Photo 667/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4
Title:
Parsons Collection: Album of views of India and South-East Asia by Major General Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Full leather bound album measuring 352 x 500 mm, decorated with blind tooling, and with initials 'A.P.' stamped in gold in centre of front cover. The album is numbered '5' on the front cover. The album is enclosed in a card slipcase. Binding by Zaehnsdorf, London. Prints are mounted several to a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950s-1960s
Extent:
Full leather bound album measuring containing 642 silver gelatin prints mounted several per page and indicated with handwritten captions

2. Photo 667/4(500)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(500)
Title:
'Manama' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View in Manama, Bahrain through an archway. Figure in the foreground at right. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: ‘Manama’ Below image, in pencil: ‘500’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

3. Photo 667/4(499)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(499)
Title:
'North end of Awali.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Image of the north end of Awali, a municipality in Bahrain, populated by workers from the Bahrain Petroleum Company. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'N end of Awali' Below image, in pencil: ‘499’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

4. Photo 667/4(491)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(491)
Title:
'Aurora (Argonant), Bahrain.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Image of a Canadair DC-4M Argonaut on a runway strip in Bahrain. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: ‘Aurora (Argonaut) Bahrein’ Below image, in pencil: ‘491’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

5. Photo 667/4(497)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(497)
Title:
'Oil flare-Ahmadi.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Image of an oil flare at Ahmadi [Al-Ahmadi], Kuwait from a distance. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: ‘Oil flare-Ahmadi' Below image, in pencil: ‘497’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

6. Photo 667/4(507)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(507)
Title:
'British Sailor.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from the stern of a steamship, ‘British Sailor’, at sail. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'British Sailor' Below image, in pencil: ‘507’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

7. Photo 667/4(498)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(498)
Title:
'Constellation at Kuwait.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Image of a Lockheed Constellation aircraft on a runway at Kuwait. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Constellation at Kuwait' Below image, in pencil: ‘498’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

8. Photo 667/4(501)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(501)
Title:
'Portuguese Fort, Bahrain'. Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from the walls of the Portuguese Fort, Bahrain towards a palm plantation. Crumbling ramparts at left. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Portuguese Fort, Bahrain' Below image, in pencil: ‘501’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

9. Photo 667/4(496)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(496)
Title:
'Oil Jetty-Mina el Ahmedi.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Image of the oil jetty at Mina Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: ‘'Oil Jetty-Mina el Ahmedi’ Below image, in pencil: ‘496’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

10. Photo 667/4(502)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(502)
Title:
'N. L. at Portuguese fort.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View at the Portuguese Fort, with a European man and woman at left in the foreground. Crumbling ramparts at left in the background. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'N. L. at Portuguese fort’ Below image, in pencil: ‘502’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print