Volume I : Outward journey and Ceylon October-December 1907, 1907-10 - 1907-12
Scope and Contents
The album now contains prints numbered in the range 1-167 (originally there were 147).
Added numbers are: 60A, 60B, 90A and 99A; spoiled: 37-39, 56, 57, 61, 63, 80, 119, 123, 160, 165; not used 41, 44, 49, 52, 60, 75, 84, 95, 140, 141, 142, 151; missing: 43, 48, 99, 153. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 99A, 166-167 follow 69 and 136 follows 74.
Subjects covered in this album are:
Port Said;
Cape Gardafui;
Ceylon including:
Colombo (the harbour, transport, traders, street scenes); Maho, Anuradhapura; Kurengala; Peradineya and Kandy; Telawakele, Nuwara Eliya and Don Pedro; Hakgall and Patna country; Aviswella; Kuraita (elephants); Adams Peak; Gemming pits, Ratnapura; Malwilla ferry; village and river scenes; Medapola Plumbago Mine; Galle.
Dates
- Creation: 1907-10 - 1907-12
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 album(s) (133 images in 1 boxed album)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
This album is available on microfiche: General Collections, fiche numbers 82-83.
General
PJ. The number of photographs now present in the albums doesn't tally with that stated in the typescript catalogue. Numbers actually in this catalogue have been recorded. The other numbers in the typescript catalogue have been recorded as they are.
Originator(s)
Fisher, Alfred Hugh, 1867-1945
Finding aid date
2002-08-08 09:10:20+00:00
Repository Details
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