View across 'Maidan-i-Naftan' [Maidan-i-Naftūn], the oil fields near Masjed Soleymān. A number of structures can be seen along the distant horizon, while in the middle-ground a river valley runs from left to centre. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: 'Maidan-i-Naftan' Upper left,...
Album of views in India and the Persian Gulf. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains historical landscape, maritime and architectural snapshot views and portraits in British India, including at Bhopal, Karachi, Simla and in the Persian Gulf. Elements: 1 ‘Bhopal: Regatta’ 2 ‘Bhopal: The Yacht Club’ 3 ‘Bhopal: “Sultana”’ 4 ‘Bhopal: “...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-19
Extent:
48 b&w silver gelatin prints bound into a brown, cloth-covered photograph album
Bhopal. The Yacht Club. Photographer: Storrs-Fox, Edwin Aubrey
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Distant view of the club situated on the end of a pier. Subjects = British colonial architecture; clubhouses; clubs and societies; European architecture in India; Storrs-Fox Collection
Bhopal. "Mahshuka" with H.H. the Begum. Photographer: Storrs-Fox, Edwin Aubrey
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of a yacht with the Begum of Bhopal aboard. Subjects = sailing boats; Storrs-Fox Collection; transport; water transport; yachts
