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1. Photo 15/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8
Title:
Elgin Collection: Album 'Presented to His Excellency the Earl of Elgin & Kincardine...as a Memento of His Excellency's Visit to the East Indian Railway Workshops at Jamalpur November 30th 1897'. Photographer(s): Elias, Basil J.
Scope & Content:
Brown half-leather bound album measuring 305 x 410mm, with title as above on leather label laid down on front cover. Binding weak and front cover detached. Prints are mounted one to a page, with letterpress captions pasted beneath. The album contains 28 prints (numbered 1–24 to accommodate the f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
33 items

2. Photo 15/8(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(30)
Title:
[Unidentified bungalow.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Squat brick bungalow, possibly accommodation for European staff connected with the bridge building seen in the preceding three prints. Subjects = British colonial architecture; bungalows; Elgin Collection; European architecture in India; private houses
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1887
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 15/8(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(32)
Title:
[Unidentified railway tunnel.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Elgin Collection; railways; transport; tunnels
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 15/8(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(31)
Title:
[Unidentified railway bridge and tunnel.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Girder bridge across river gorge, with tunnel entrance beyond. Subjects = Elgin Collection; railways; transport; tunnels
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 15/8(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(27)
Title:
[Unidentified railway bridge under construction.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events General view of bridge under construction, with brick piers in place, not yet linked by girders. The photograph appears to show the same structure also seen in the following two prints. Subjects = bridges; civil engineering; Elgin Collection; railways; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1887
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 15/8(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(28)
Title:
[Unidentified railway bridge under construction.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Closer view of bridge under construction, workmen posed in foreground. Subjects = bridges; civil engineering; Elgin Collection; railways; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1887
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 15/8(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(33)
Title:
[Unidentified railway tunnel.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Probably in the same area as preceding two prints. Subjects = Elgin Collection; railways; transport; tunnels
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 15/8(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(29)
Title:
[Unidentified railway bridge under construction.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events General view of the bridge seen in the preceding two prints. Shown at a later stage of construction, with girders in place linking the piers. Print dated on reverse. Subjects = bridges; civil engineering; Elgin Collection; railways; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18 Apr 1887
Extent:
1 item

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