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Photo 493/1

Record Id:

040-003094498

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003094497

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100025910244.0x000dc9

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 493/1

Title:

Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Cowie Scudamore Collection: Album of snapshot views. Photographer(s): Unknown

Scope & Content:

Quarter-bound red cloth album (binding weak and partially detached, album block broken, spine missing), measuring 241x312mm, with prints of various sizes pasted in. The majority have brief handwritten captions. The majority of the prints are amateur work of little merit and limited interest and only a small proportion of the photographs have individually catalogued. The contents of the album as a whole can be broken down into the following broad topics:

Prints 1-14 Snapshots of military scenes in the Middle East, some identified as 'Bushire 1915-16'.

Prints 15-18 Sanpshots at Lahore, 1916.

Prints 19-44 Military scenes and portraits at Dera Ismail Khan, 1917.

Prints 49-147 Views and scenes in Chitral district, including the visit of Sir George Roos Keppel, Commissioner of the NWFP to Chitral in May 1918, Chitrali sports, celebration of 'Bulgaria Day'.

Prints 148-155 Snapshots of the Third Afghan War of 1919: captured Afghan prisoners, guns, etc.

Prints 156-88 Views at Fyzabad, Lucknow and Iraq, 1921-c.23.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003094497
040-003094498

Is part of:

Photo 493 : Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Cowie Scudamore Collection: Photographs relating to military service in the Middle East and India.

Photo 493/1 : Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Cowie Scudamore Collection: Album of snapshot views. Photographer(s): Unknown

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003094497[0001]/040-003094498

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 493

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

188 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Start Date:

1915

End Date:

1921

Date Range:

1915-1921

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 65 mm x 43 mm to 215 mm x 277 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Presented by Mrs Kathleen Scudamore.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known