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Photo 588

Record Id:

032-003115072

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003115072

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026029619.0x000250

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 588

Title:

Miscellaneous photographs of India. Photographer(s): Unknown

Scope & Content:

Miscellaneous collection of loose prints, the majority with hand-written captions (a number incorrect) on the reverse. The collection can be broken down, by size, into two batches:

Prints 1-20 Views of the Simla-Kalka Light Railway and views at Dagshai, c.1910s.

Prints 21-63 Miscellaneous architectural and topographical views and portraits of local people: Agra, Kohat and other locations on the North-West Frontier, 1920s. The subject matter of a number of the prints appears to indicate a Royal Air Force connection with the compiler.

Process = Gelatine silver prints

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Tree:

[{ "id" : "032-003115072", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 588: Miscellaneous photographs of India. Photographer(s): Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003115073", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(1): Dagshai. View in snow. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115074", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(2): Indian woman, Dagshai, India. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115075", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(3): C.E. Church, Dagshai, India. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115076", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(4): Train at Barough [Barogh] Station. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115077", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(5): Train on hairpin bend near Simla. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115078", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(6): Train coming out of a gorge [near Simla]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115079", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(7): Pipe line and big galleries [Train crossing three-tier masonry viaduct on the Kalka-Simla Railway, with pipeline in background].…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115080", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(8): Prison, Dagshai. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115081", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(9): Solan Station [on the Kalka-Simla Line]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115082", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(10): Refreshment Room, Barough [Barogh Railway Station]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115083", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(11): Khumarhatti Station near Dagshai. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115084", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(12): Dharampur Station. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115085", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(13): One of the numerous bridges that span the small mountain streams [on the Kalka-Simla Railway]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115086", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(14): The V bend [on the Kalka-Simla Railway.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115087", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(15): Near view of train [on Kalka-Simla Railway]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115088", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(16): Train [on the Kalka-Simla Railway] just after leaving one of the stations on the hillside. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115089", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(17): Showing train climbing the hills [on the Kalka-Simla Railway]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115090", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(18): One of the numerous tunnels [on the Kalka-Simla Railway]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115091", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(19): A bend on the Light Railway just after leaving Kalka Station. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115092", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(20): The beginning of the Light Railway that goes up the side of the hills. Kalka Station. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115093", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(21): [Taj Mahal, Agra.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115094", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(22): [Taj Mahal, Agra, from the top of the entrance gateway.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115095", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(23): MISSING" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115096", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(24): [Taj Mahal, Agra, from the entrance gateway.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115097", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(25): [Taj Mahal, Agra, from the pool in the centre of the garden.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115098", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(26): [Distant view of the Taj Mahal from the Mussaman Burj, Agra Fort.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115099", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(27): [Distant view of the Taj Mahal from the Mussaman Burj, Agra Fort.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115100", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(28): [Distant view of the Taj Mahal from Agra Fort.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115101", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(29): MISSING" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115102", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(30): [Grave of Ellen Mary Ellis, Kohat.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115103", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(31): The hills seen from above Kohat, India. The type of ground that they will have to fly over. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115104", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(32): The Old Lady of Kohat. Taken from the camp [looking] over the drome. NWFP, India. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115105", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(33): A view of the hills taken from the top of one of the camp buildings looking across the drome and Kohat city a distance of about 6…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115106", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(34): Banyan tree. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115107", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(35): [View in Kashmir, looking towards snow-covered mountains.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115108", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(36): Murree Hills. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115109", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(37): [Woodland scene, possibly near Murree.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115110", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(38): [Maharaja's Palace, Srinagar.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115111", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(39): Entrance to Miranshah Mosque, NWFP. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115112", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(40): Indian pipe band, NWF, 1929. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115113", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(41): [Butchers at work, (?)Kohat.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115114", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(42): Indian orphans of one of the earthquakes, India. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115115", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(43): An Indian girl cooking, NWFP, India. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115116", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(44): Bullock cart, NWFP, India. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115117", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(45): Tribesmen in the pay of the British who patrol the NWF of India. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115118", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(46): One of the gates of Kohat City, NWFP, India. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115119", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(47): A professional baggar, Kohat, NWFP, India. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115120", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(48): Indian children homeless, Kohat, NWFP, India. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115121", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(49): Indian beggar, Kohat, NWFP, India, 1929. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115122", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(50): Tribesmen on the NWFP with their falcons, Kohat, India, 1929. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115123", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(51): [Palace gateway flanked by elephants, location unknown.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115124", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(52): [Bazaar scene, Peshawar.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115125", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(53): Bridge for railway and road over River Indus near Kohat, pre-1929. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115126", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(54): Indian coffee shop, Kohat, NWFP, India. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115127", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(55): Indian women, Kohat, NWFP, India. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115128", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(56): [Aerial view of a mosque in the North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115129", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(57): Mosque, Miranshah [Miram Shah], NWFP, 1929. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115130", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(58): One of the blockhouses round our camp taken at night, Kohat, India, 1929. (Note the lights that shine on the barbed wire that goes…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115131", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(59): Wing Commander Darly [?Darby], wife and friends, on a visit to a gun factory in tribal territory between Peshwar [sic] & Kohat,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115132", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(60): R.A.F. Camp, Risalpur, India, 1930. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115133", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(61): Kohat City, Cantonment and Air Force Camp, India, 1930. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115134", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(62): R.A.F. Officers' Mess Gardens, Kohat, NWFP, India, 1929. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003115135", "parent" : "032-003115072", "text" : "Photo 588(63): Houseboat, Cashmere. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

63 items

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Start Date:

1910

End Date:

1930

Date Range:

c 1910-c 1930

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 86 mm x 140 mm to 162 mm x 208 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Presented by Mr C.T. Batchelor, 29 Wrestwood Road, Bexhill on Sea, E. Sussex.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

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