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Sandstone rocks. Photographer: Robinson (Henry Peach) and Cherrill (Nelson K.)
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across marshy land towards a sandstone ridge, partially excavated by quarrying activity. The photograph is unsigned, but in a similar style to others in this section of the album, of which prints 149, 159 and 164 are signed by the photographers.
The railway at Kanagawa, Noge [Yokohama], Japan. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the line, seen in the course of construction, running along towards a causeway in the background.
Cutting for the railway works, at Kanagawa [Yokohama]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography 'The cutting portrayed on page 109 represents the face of a hill being cut away for filling in and reclaiming operations, connected with the railway. Our object was to shew the men at work, but unfortunately they were taking their midday meal and rest, and our arti...
View to the eastward of Kobe. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the city, with construction work under way in the foreground, 'the site destined for the terminus of the railway.'