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Photo 236

Record Id:
032-003057579
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003057579
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100025702187.0x000c6c
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 236
Title:

Views in Central Asia. Photographer(s): Unknown

Scope & Content:

Collection of eight loose, uncaptioned prints, on card mounts measuring 290 x 365 mm. The views appears to show scenes in Turkestan, and includes mountain scenery, with one print of cars negotiating a snow-bound mountain pass, possibly in the Himalayas, a camel caravan with a yurt in background (print 2), horsemen armed with bows and arrows (print 5), a wall painting (print 6), an unidentified domed Islamic tomb (print 7) and a bazaar scene, possibly in Kashgar (print 8).

Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003057579
Is part of:
not applicable
Contains:
Photo 236(1) : [Motor cars crossing a snow-covered pass.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 236(2) : [Camel caravan with yurt in background.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 236(3) : [Lake and mountain scenery, Central Asia.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 236(4) : [River valley and mountain scenery, Central Asia.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 236(5) : [Two Chinese horsemen, (?)Mongolia.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 236(6) : [Chinese wall painting.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 236(7) : [Unidentified domed tomb, Central Asia.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 236(8) : [Bazaar scene, Central Asia.] Photographer: Unknown

 

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Hierarchy:
032-003057579
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 236
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
8 items
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Not applicable
Scripts:
Not applicable
Techniques:
Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Start Date:
1920
End Date:
1939
Date Range:
1920s-1930s
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 170 mm x 235 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Unknown provenance: 'Found in basement [Orbit House, Blackfriars], October 1965.'

Material Type:
Photographs
Legal Status:
Not Known
Places:
Central Asia, Asia