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Packet containing loose monochrome postcards showing scenes in Khartoum. The packet is 'Set III' of four sets issued by the Sudan Government Railways and Steamers.

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135 x 85 mm. View looking through the gate at the buildings beyond.

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The slides are 25 x 25 mm. Y3011KKK(GS)1-12 are boxed with Y3011WW Eastham. The remainder are in three separate slide boxes.

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The slides are 25 x 25 mm. Y3011KKK(GS)1-12 are boxed with Y3011WW Eastham. The remainder are in three separate slide boxes.

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155 x 113 mm. A view showing a portion of the overgrown palace gardens at Khartoum. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'.

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15 x 120 mm. View of the interior, looking towards the gate.

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185 x 115 mm. A view showing Lieut William Murray-Threipland holding the candle sconces in a rubble-strewn palace courtyard. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'.

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111 x 166 mm. A view showing the two soldiers holding up the telescope for the camera. Gordon in the last days of the siege spent many hours alone on the palace roof, watching both his own fortifications and the movements of the Mahdi's army. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'.

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95 x 100 mm. Taken on the route between Sunni and Torotonga.

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95 x 100 mm. Taken on the route between Sunni and Torotonga.

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44 x 70 mm.

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82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions.

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82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions.

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70 x 45 mm.

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70 x 45 mm.

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115 x 175 mm. Showing Hebbert and his wife Anne in fancy dress. Hebbert carries a sword and shield, Anne has her hair in plaits. Both have blackened their faces. Anne is identified beneath the print as 'LMH'.

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204 x 154 mm. A view showing Kennedy’s grave in the cemetery with an inscription on the headpiece reading ‘In memory of Coy Sergt Major Kennedy R.E., killed 22nd March 1885’. Presumably he was killed at the battle of Tofrik.

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159 x 107 mm. A view showing the grave of Captain Caldecott and two 21st Lancers with lines of soldiers in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman, September 3rd'.

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203 x 150 mm. A view showing Lieutenant Askwith’s grave and headstone in the cemetery situated on the mainland shore north east of Quarantine Island near the harbour entrance. The head piece reads ‘In memory of Lieut. W.B. Askwith R.E. aged 26 years killed at Suakin 27th Feb 1885’. Askwith was an engineer concerned with placing mines in advance of the redoubts and was killed when a faulty mine he was examining exploded.

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205 x 155 mm. A view showing Dalison’s grave with an inscription on the headpiece reading 'Lieut H. Dalison Scots Guards killed in action 20th March 1885'.

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154 x 133 mm. A view showing two graves. The nearer grave is that of a private soldier, D. Johnstone. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman, September 3rd'.

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79 x 79 mm. A view showing two Greek families in Omdurman after their release. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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78 x 79 mm. A view showing a man and wife and their three children in Omdurman after their release. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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161 x 112 mm. A view showing a group of five private soldiers standing beside a pile of crockery in the Omdurman camp. They are named as: 'Private E.S. Howe, Queen's Coy. Private J. Packham, Queen's Coy. Private H. Tallant, No. 6 Coy. Private M. Allen, No. 8 Coy. Private W. Gallier, No. 6 Coy'. The Nile can be seen in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

Scope and Contents 154 x 88 mm. A group portrait of 17 private soldiers in the Omdurman camp. With the Nile in the background. The soldiers are named as: 'Lieut. G. Powell, Quartermaster. Privates T. Williams, No. 2 Coy. C. Hughes, No. 8 Coy. J.C. Smith, No. 6 Coy. H. Clothier, No. 5 Coy. A Florence, No. 4 Coy. W. Ball, No. 3 Coy. T. Young, No. 5 Coy. Privates J. McKenna, No. 7 Coy. H. Edwards, No. 6 Coy. P. Malony, No. 8 Coy. Sergt. J.C. Brooke, Master Cook. Privates J. Dunne, No. 7 Coy. ...