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Photo 906

Record Id:

032-003125352

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003125352

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026100107.0x001012

LARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 906

Title:

Mitchell Collection: Road Transport in India.

Scope & Content:

Collection of loose prints cut from photograph albums, some with handwritten captions. The photographs include views of Indian roads and various forms of road transport, including cars, trucks and buses. The photographer, Sir Kenneth Mitchell was, from 1942, the Chief Controller of road development and transport.

Process = Gelatin silver prints

Photographers = Sir Kenneth Mitchell, ;

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Tree:

[{ "id" : "032-003125352", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 906: Mitchell Collection: Road Transport in India." },{ "id" : "040-003125353", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(1): Pneumatic-tyred bullock carts. Modern bearings reduce tractive-effort and increase capacity per pair of bullocks. Photographer:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125354", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(2): Grand Trunk Road, Punjab. Tarred surface widened to 20 feet but sides of it cut up by carts. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125355", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(3): Grand Trunk Road, Punjab. Central 12 feet is surface-tarred macadam. Earth shoulders 10 feet wide. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125356", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(4): Grand Trunk Road, United Provinces. Thin cement-concrete slab over old kankar metalling. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125357", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(5): Goods shed and closed van. Note bags of gas-plant fuel (charcoal) on roof over cab. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125358", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(6): 'T.V.S.' again. Bus shelter. Note all vehicles have Producer-Gas plants fitted at rear. During the war some 20,000 buses and lorries ran…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125359", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(7): [View of various trucks parked in a yard.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125360", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(8): [View of men at work on a truck.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125361", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(9): [View of trucks in a yard.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125362", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(10): Madura again. 'T.V.S.' bus shelter & offices. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125363", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(11): Madura, Madras Presidency. A 'T.V.S.' country bus on 160' wheel-base Chevrolet chassis. No windows necessary in that warm climate.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125364", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(12): [View of a car being loaded on to a ferry.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125365", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(13): [View of a Madurai city bus showing the interior.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125366", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(14): B[?] ferry, 1935. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125367", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(15): Bridge of boats, Chambal. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125368", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(16): Bazaar, Bundi. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125369", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(17): [View of a car stuck in mud.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125370", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(18): Nurewala-Kathwai road. Looking down from top of rock. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125371", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(19): [Near view of a camel caravan passing along a road, probably in the North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125372", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(20): [Three Indians standing at a road-block, probably an Indian frontier post.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125373", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(21): [Group of four men, European and Indian, standing at a frontier post.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125374", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(22): Canal nearAllwaye, Travancore, June 1935. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125375", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(23): [View of a lorry passing along an unidentified Indian road.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125376", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(24): [View of a bus passing along an unidentified Indian road.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125377", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(25): [View of an unidentified Indian road.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125378", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(26): Puria at Cape Comorin. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125379", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(27): [View of cars parked on a mountain road, a large group of officials and others looking down into the valley below. Probably in the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125380", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(28): [View of a canoe with passengers crossing a river. Probably in South India.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125381", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(29): [Scene in a village. Probably in North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125382", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(30): [View on a mountain road with officials walking towards parked cars. Probably in the North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125383", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(31): [Distant view of a mountain road with parked cars and groups of officials. Probably in the North-west Frontier Province.] Photographer:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125384", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(32): [View a camel caravan passing along a mountain road. Probably in the North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125385", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(33): [Near view of a camel caravan passing along a mountain road. Probably in the Nortj-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Mitchell,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125386", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(34): [Bullock cart carrying a load]. Western Punjab. Wheel has deep morticed felloe. No iron tyre. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125387", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(35): [Bullock cart]. Central Punjab. Wheel with deep felloe. No tyre. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125388", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(36): [Camel and bullock cart]. South-west Punjab. Deep felloe again - unusual team! Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125389", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(37): Delhi-Gurgaon-Rajputana. Old camel-cart dies hard. Few in numbers but small front wheel destructive. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125390", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(38): Punjab. Unmetalled district road worn down below ground level. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125391", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(39): Punjab. Another worn-away earth road. Tonga broken down. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125392", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(40): Punjab. Combined rail and road bridge. 'Through-type' girder, common deck. Loaded camel nearly fills it. Photographer: Mitchell,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125393", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(41): Bombay-Delhi Road. Chambal River. United Provinces type poontoon [sic] bridge one day after erection. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125394", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(42): Actually in Gwalior State. Typical low pierced causeway. Common in Central India. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125395", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(43): Bombay-Delhi Road. Low causeway, flood receding, New bridge built since. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125396", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(44): Actually in Kotah State. This causeway is submerged by 20 feet or more and may be out of sight for about a month. Photographer:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125397", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(45): Good ferry in still water, River Betwa, United Province. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125398", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(46): Not such a good ferry-boat. Anonymous. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125399", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(47): Difficult ferry site. Swift current when causeway submerged. River Nerbudda, Bombay-Delhi Road. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125400", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(48): Punjab. '1920 Model' bus on unmetalled district road. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125401", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(49): Punjab. Group of early buses outside country railway station. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125402", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(50): Bengal. 'Coronation Bridge' over River Teesta. Single-span reinforced concrete arch plus beam and slab approach spans. Total length…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125403", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(51): Central Provinces. Submersible bridge over River Wainganga. 18 spans, 86 feet, centres reinforced concrete arches. Total length of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125404", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(52): A district road, Punjab. Natural earth surface after grading. Broke up later under cart traffic. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125405", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(53): Bombay-Poona Road. Hair-pin bend on Bhor Ghat. The road rises for 3 miles at a ruling gradient of 1 in 12 and has many sharp bends.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125406", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(54): Bombay-Poona Road. Concrete haunches and 'Black-Top' centre. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003125407", "parent" : "032-003125352", "text" : "Photo 906(55): Bombay-Poona Rd. Concrete haunches for bullock carts - 'black-top' centre for fast traffic. Photographer: Mitchell, Kenneth" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]

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Record Type (Level):

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Extent:

55 items

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Start Date:

1919

End Date:

1921

Date Range:

c 1920s-190s

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 102 mm x 60 mm to 213 mm x 160 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Donated by Maxine Morgan, daughter of Sir Kenneth Mitchell, February 1994.

Material Type:

Photographs

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