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Photo 498/6
- Record Id:
- 040-003096512
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003096215
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025910660.0x00014e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 498/6
- Title:
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Charles Dennis Balding Collection: Album of views in Assam. Photographer(s): Balding, Charles Dennis
- Scope & Content:
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Brown quarter bound photograph album measuring 233x160mm, containing prints inserted two to a page in window mounts, with typescript captions beneath. The photographs are views of the Assam Rifles in Aizawl and surrounding areas, including topographical and ethnographical studies.
The collection was compiled by Major Charles Dennis Balding, Hampshire and Burma Rifles 1915-c.43.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003096215
040-003096512 - Is part of:
- Photo 498 : Charles Dennis Balding Collection: Photographs of India, Burma and Mesopotamia. Photographer(s): Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6 : Charles Dennis Balding Collection: Album of views in Assam. Photographer(s): Balding, Charles Dennis - Contains:
- Photo 498/6(1) : Santals doing their national dance at Aijal. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(2) : [Santal dancers at Aizawl]. They are dressed in white for the occasion. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(3) : [Santal dancers]. This photo was taken in our garden at Aijal. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(4) : 1st Assam Rifles on parade, [Aizawl]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(5) : [1st Assam Rifles]. Lining up on parade on the road, note the eucalyptus trees. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(6) : [1st Assam Rifles]. Bayonet fighting at Aijal. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(7) : Gurkha Boys on parade, [Aizawl]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(8) : The quarter guard and Quartermaster stores, [Aizawl]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(9) : Gurkha women and children at the Durga Pooja festival, [Aizawl]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(10) : A few of the pipers at the Durga Pooja, [Aizawl]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(11) : A locally made merry go round. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(12) : [Durga Puja, Aizawl]. Flags and followers in the processio. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(13) : [Durga Puja, Aizawl]. A close up view of the pipes and drums. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(14) : [Durga Puja, Aizawl]. Flags with various designs. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(15) : [Durga Puja, Aizawl]. The sacrificial bull being tethered to the pillar. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(16) : Wendy on the steps of King Edward's statue. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(17) : Gurkha women in gala attire. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(18) : Lushais selling vegetables. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(19) : A Lushai tomb stone. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(20) : A Rajput (left) and a Gurkha. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(21) : A Gurkha house in the jungle. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(22) : The jungle path from Aijal to Silchar, there is about 100 miles of it passable for ponies. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(23) : Clouds sinking into the valley, [Aizawl]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(24) : Taken from our garden about 8 am, [Aizawl]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/6(25) : Darthalang village. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
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- 032-003096215[0006]/040-003096512
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 498
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 52 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1929
- Date Range:
- 1920s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 72 mm x 98 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Presented with journals 21 July 1978: see file FL3/PT/129
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Balding, Charles Dennis, army officer, fl 1914-1942