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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(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(18)
Title:
Mechanics Institute [Jamalpur]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view, a brick building with square tower. Subjects = British colonial architecture; education; educational buildings; Elgin Collection; European architecture in India; mechanics' institutes Location = Bihar; India; Jamalpur
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1897
Extent:
1 item

4. 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

5. Photo 15/8(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(4)
Title:
Steel foundry [Jamalpur Railway Workshops]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General exterior view Subjects = Elgin Collection; industrial buildings; railway workshops; railways; steel mills; transport Location = Bihar; India; Jamalpur
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1897
Extent:
1 item

6. 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

7. Photo 15/8(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(19)
Title:
Government Aided English School [Jamalpur]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = British colonial architecture; education; educational buildings; Elgin Collection; European architecture in India; schools Location = Bihar; India; Jamalpur
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1897
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 15/8(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(20)
Title:
Government Aided Native School [Jamalpur]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Pupils posed in front of the single storey brick building. Subjects = British colonial architecture; education; educational buildings; Elgin Collection; European architecture in India; schools Location = Bihar; India; Jamalpur
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1897
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 15/8(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(21)
Title:
Locomotive Superintendent's Residence [Jamalpur]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography An imposing two storey brick building with stucco pilasters on the upper floor. Railway-related motifs have been incorporated in the building in the roof and porte-cochere, both of which have been constructed from sections of corrugated iron in the manner of sta...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1897
Extent:
1 item

10. 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