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Photographs of India and Egypt

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302N

Content Description

A set of 86 glass slides, and a number of blank slides, originally stored in 16 card slide boxes. The content relates to India (people and places), Indian railways, including maps, and Egypt. A number of slides are marked 'Imperial Institute'. The collection has not yet been catalogued. A preliminary box list is available; please contact the repository for details: rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk.

Dates

  • undated, [early to mid 20th century]

Biographical / Historical

The collection of slides was assembled by Percy Brooker (1892-1980), manager of Smorthwaites, a chemist in Liphook, Hampshire. Brooker was a pharamacist, optician and photograph developer. It is unclear how the slides came into his possession. Brooker is not known to have visited India or Egypt in his lifetime; it is possible he handled the slides as part of the shop's photograph development service (i.e. for a client) or that he purchased them from a third party.

Extent

0.01 cubic metre(s) (2 archive boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Christopher Williamson, grandson of Percy Brooker, in November 2021.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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