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Subject Sheerlegs

1. Photo 250(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 250(26)
Title:
The Causeway, Port Louis. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the causeway towards Port Louis and the hills rising beyond, with figures posed around the sheerlegs in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1853
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1123/2(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1123/2(50)
Title:
Basra, Mesopotamia (Iraq), 1915-16. Erection of a radio station. Unloading by Arab motive power. Photographer: Cameron, John Gordon Patrick
Scope & Content:
View showing labourers unloading wooden crates from a local boat with the aid of a sheerlegs. Prints 47-56 all illustrate scenes connected with the building of the radio station. Photograph uncredited, but probably by Cameron.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1915-1916
Extent:
1 item