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Mss Eur B285/3
- Record Id:
- 040-003251411
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002278098
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026880274.0x0000fd
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B285/3
- Title:
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Brownson Collection: Shooting trip in Kashmir, 1917.
- Scope & Content:
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Collection of 53 loose snapshots recording a hunting trip to Kashmir made by Captain R.D. Brownson RAMC. The photographs were originally stuck into the diary entitled 'Kashmir May 1917'. They have now been removed for separate storage and the blank spaces in the text numbered to correspond with the numbers on the back of the prints.
The prints are briefly captioned and dated on the reverse, and include the following subjects and locations: changing ponies on the Jhelum Valley road; dunga and cook boat on the Jhelum; mountain scenery on the Jhelum Valley road; electric power station at Mahura; the Jhelum at Baramulla; exhibition of foreign seeds and grain to be sold to zemindars, Baramulla; distribution of silkworm eggs, Baramulla; Manus Bul Lake; river views at Srinagar, including the Maharajah's Palace and the Shah Hamadan Masjid; teams of oxen ploughing; pounding maize and other views, Sopor; camp scenes and mountain scenery, Limber Nullah; Kajnaj peak; shikaris and coolies with markhor heads, Limber Nullah; group with Brownson and coolies and markhor heads.
Process = Gelatin silver prints
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002278098
040-003251411 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur B285 : R D Brownson papers.
Mss Eur B285/3 : Brownson Collection: Shooting trip in Kashmir, 1917. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002278098[0002]/040-003251411
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur B285
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- 1917
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
-
Dimensions: 100 mm x 75 mm
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known