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Photo 496/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003094585
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003094584
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025910244.0x000e20
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 496/1
- Title:
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Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox Collection: Three boxes of lantern slides of views of India. Photographer(s): Storrs-Fox, Edwin Aubrey
- Scope & Content:
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Collection of lantern slides contained in three boxes. All the slides (except the last one) are numbered and described in an accompanying manuscript list. The photographs are mainly architectural and topographical views but include scenes of daily life. The slides are duplicates of prints in albums throughout the Storrs-Fox collection.
Prints 1-5: Karachi including Manora Beach, bungalow and bazaar. Print 6: Bhopal mosque. Prints 7-8: Procession, Karachi. Prints 9-16: Buddhist remains at Taxila and Takht-i-Bahi. Print 17: Ploughing in Sind. Prints 18-21: Camels. Prints 22-24: Coastal views including a picnic, sailing and oyster beds. Prints 25-26: Salt trade. Prints 27-29: Rural scenes. Print 30: A small type of 'Ferris' wheel. Prints 31-33: Hyderabad views. Prints 34-37: Bhopal lake including Yacht Club. Print 38: Simla. Prints 39-40: Murree. Print 41: Abbottabad. Print 42: Kalapani. Print 43: Bungalow at Nowshera. Print 44: Attock. Print 45: Junction of Indus and Kabul rivers. Print 46: Dhobi Ghat, Nowshera. Prints 47-50: NWFP including caravan, Landi Khana and Afghan border post. Prints 51-53: Tombs at Tatta and women sifting chaff. Prints 54-60: Delhi's historic monuments. Prints 61-71: Agra's historic monuments. Print 72: Akbar's tomb, Sikandra. Print 73: Elephants. Prints 74-78: Fatehpur Sikri's historic monuments. Prints 79-87: Jaipur and Amber views. Prints 88-89: Ajmer views. Print 90: Chittaurgarh. Prints 91-99: Udaipur views. Prints 100-105: Mount Abu views, including the Residency and Dilwara temples. Print 106: Qutb Minar, Delhi. Print 107: Monastery at Taxila (cracked slide).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003094584
040-003094585 - Is part of:
- Photo 496 : Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox Collection: Photographs of India. Photographer(s): Storrs-Fox, Edwin Aubrey
Photo 496/1 : Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox Collection: Three boxes of lantern slides of views of India. Photographer(s): Storrs-Fox, Edwin Aubrey - Hierarchy:
- 032-003094584[0001]/040-003094585
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 496
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Glass Transparency
Lantern Slide
Photograph
Transparency - Start Date:
- 1910
- End Date:
- 1919
- Date Range:
- 1910s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 82 mm x 82 mm each
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known