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Photo 18/7
- Record Id:
- 040-003040272
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003040265
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/dvdc_100018239929.0x000dab
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 18/7
- Title:
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Auchinleck Collection: Album relating to Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck as Command-in-Chief, India, during the Second World War. Photographer(s): Inter-Services PR Directorate
- Scope & Content:
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Black, post-bound album, measuring 263 x 400 mm, containing 164 gelatin silver prints mounted with corner hinges, three or four to a page. Many of the hinges are torn or missing, resulting in loose or poorly mounted prints. The photographs are uncaptioned. A label on the inside front cover reads: 'Presented to the India Office Library by General Sir Geoffrey Scoones'. The photographs record the career of Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief of India during the Second World War and include the following subjects: Officers from Allied Forces in India; Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) at work; Public display of tanks; Visiting the sick and wounded in hospitals and meeting R.A.M.C. officers; Touring an airfield; Inspecting troops from various regiments including tank units and the Ajmer Regiment; Visiting training camps during military and physical exercises; Medal ceremonies; Addressing officers; Visiting the W.V.S. [Women's Voluntary Service?] Information Bureau; Visiting a naval base and meeting officers and men of the Indian Navy including a demonstration of a carrier pigeon.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003040265
040-003040272 - Is part of:
- Photo 18 : Auchinleck Collection: Photographs relating to the career of Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck as C-in-C India during and after World…
Photo 18/7 : Auchinleck Collection: Album relating to Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck as Command-in-Chief, India, during the Second World… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003040265[0007]/040-003040272
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 18
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1945
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- 1945-1946
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 109 mm x 157 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Presented by General Sir Geoffrey Scoone.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Inter-Services PR Directorate (Photographer)