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
'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’
'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’
'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’
'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’
'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’
'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’
'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’
'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’
'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’
