Photo 850

Loose unmounted prints. The majority are amateur snapshot views of people, buildings, street scenes, landscapes and military activities in India, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and throughout the Middle East, but there is also a good collection of views at the Army Fighting Vehicles School at Ahmednagar.

Prints 1-8 Views of military vehicles, including tanks and trucks. Print 1 is captioned: 'S.A.& M. School, Ahmednagar ..[?].., Sept 1938'. Prints 9-13 Views of trucks at an R.A.S.C. supply depot in the Middle East. Prints 14-29 Views, probably by a professional photographer, at the Army Fighting Vehicles School at Ahmednagar, showing students being trained in mechanics, both hands-on and in a lecture room, and leisure activities such as football, volleyball, hockey and board games. Print 30 Group portrait: '1st War Course at the Indian Wing F.V.S., 200 students, Ahmednagar, 1940'. Print 31 Group portrait of British and Indian officers, by Bali in 1937. Prints 32-59 Miscellaneous snapshots, including: hunter with dead tigers, dated April 1938; views in Kashmir; nine small commercially produced views in Ceylon, including Colombo; two small commercially produced views in the Middle East (two young girls and a desert scene with camel); views of a snake charmer; Dak Bungalows at Rambagh and Khairwa; a tug-of-war; and a view of the Sind River. Prints 60-63 Views of Srinagar by Mahatta & Co, including Nishat Bagh, Shalimar Bagh and the Jhelum. Print 64 'Gates of Hyd. Fort, a very ancient building formerly belonging to the Kings of Hyderabad'. Print 65 'RA Barracks, Hyd. Sind'. Prints 66-95 Views in China, including the Forbidden City, Beijing, and Shanghai. Prints 96-102 Views in Hong Kong, including the walls of old Kowloon. Prints 103-113 Views of Singapore, including the Raffles Hotel and racecourse. Prints 114-119 Commercially produced views of the Temple of Heaven, Beijing. Prints 120-132 Miscellaneous snapshots in Egypt. Prints 133-134 Views of Bhim Tal, India. Prints 135-144 Miscellaneous snapshots in Egypt and Israel, including the port of Salum, Jaffa (Tel Aviv) and Sarafand. Prints 145-151 Views of Malta, 1935. Prints 152-153 Two snapshot views of the port of Aden. Prints 154-167 Miscellaneous snapshot views in Egypt and Israel, including Heliopolis and Safed. Prints 168-197 Views at the Egyptian port of Matruh, 1935. Prints 198-203 Views of Damascus, Syria. Prints 204-217 Miscellaneous snapshot views in Egypt, Israel and Syria, including Acre, Heliopolis, Damascus and Gizeh. Prints 218-226 Views in India, including Thal, Kalabagh, Dera Ismail Khan and Ranikhet. Prints 227-237 Miscellaneous snapshots in the Middle East, including the War Memorial on the Suez Canal. Prints 238-271 Commercially produced views of Port Said, including architecture, street scenes and port. Prints 272-273 Commercially produced views of Damascus, Syria. Print 274 View of Razmak, Baluchistan. Print 275 'Mersa-Matruh'. Panoramic view of the Egyptian port, consisting of five snapshots pasted on to thick paper. Print 276 'El Rebeiqui Stn from the air, October 1932'. Print 277 '1st Half 1/Essex landing at the Eastern Transit Area, Mersa Matruh, ex SS "Zamalek", K.M.L., December 1935, before proceeding to Sidi Barrani'. Print 278 'Brigadier J.B. Priestman, DSO, MC, Cmdr 13th Inf Bde. Photo taken by Bill Schwalie (RA) on the Mersa Matruh-Fuka Road, December 1935'. Print 279 Military camp at Atlit, Israel, 1934. Print 280 Unidentified view of distant town in a valley, Middle East?

Process = Gelatine silver prints

Photographers = Bali, Mahatta & Co;