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Photo 834/5

Record Id:

040-003121632

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003121484

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026100107.0x00018a

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 834/5

Title:

Sir Frederick Sykes Collection: Album of miscellaneous views and portraits.

Scope & Content:

Black half-leather album, 312 x 423 mm, containing prints mounted with adhesive corner mounts. The photographs are the work of commercial photographers covering events attended by the Governor of Bombay during his first two years in office, and are mostly informal shots, with only a few formally posed portraits. The majority of prints are captioned on the verso.

Sir Frederick Sykes (d. 1954) was Governor of Bombay 1928-33.

Process = Gelatine silver prints

Photographers = B. Katrak and Press Photo Service, Bombay; B. P. Patil, Kolhapur; K. J. Sabnis, Poona; and others unknown., ;

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003121484
040-003121632

Is part of:

Photo 834 : Sir Frederick Sykes Collection: Photographs relating to his period as Governor of Bombay (1928-33).

Photo 834/5 : Sir Frederick Sykes Collection: Album of miscellaneous views and portraits.

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003121484[0005]/040-003121632

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

99 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Start Date:

1928

End Date:

1929

Date Range:

1928-1929

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 78 mm x 103 mm to 306 mm x 252 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Deposited on permanent loan by Mr B. H. C. Sykes, 1990.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known