Scope and Contents British Official Photograph, War Office, showing an unidentified South African corporal batting during an impromptu cricket match with a wicket made of spades. The image measures 209 x 152 mm. The caption on the reverse reads: 'A South African Cricketer in the Western Desert. A well-known African cricketer is now serving with the South African Forces in the Western Desert. He is a Corporal.At the wicket. Despite the very wide wicket and the numerous slips, he still...

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235 x 156 mm. A view looking across the Nile towards the riverwall and temples of Philae. Visible behind the wall are part of Pharaoh's Bed and the pylon gateways of the Great Temple.

Scope and Contents 291 x 241 mm. A view showing the dam at a slightly earlier stage of construction than Y3041B/1, with work still in progress on the roadway across the dam and with the navigation locks in the foreground still at the quarrying stage. The reservoir side of the dam is virtually empty, with no water remaining from the floods of 1901, which were exceptionally low: from the builders’ point of view this was welcome since it allowed work on the dam to start earlier in the year than was usual....

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Booklet entitled 'Souvenir of Suez' containing detachable monochrome postcards showing views of Suez and the Canal. Published by the Cairo Postcard Trust, Cairo. The postcards are captioned in English on the front and French on the reverse.

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125 x 80 mm.

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60 x 90 mm.

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230 x 170 mm. Aerial view.

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277 x 219 mm. A side view of the Sphinx at Giza with a pyramid in the background. Photograph probably by Georgiladakis.

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67 x 44 mm. Frederick Tymms, Brackley and others before the Sphinx.

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85 x 60 mm.

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66 watercolours, 150 x 200 mm in size. The captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Notes provided by H.B. Thomas have been incorporated into the description.

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A collection of programmes, invitations, menus, photographs and other material issued in connection with the Royal Visit to India during 1905-1906.

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206 x 253 mm. glossy print.

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Approximately 220 x 160 mm. Photographer unknown.

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163 x 114 mm. A view showing one of the boats used to transport troops to Wadi Halfa, moored at Aswan.

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45 x 65 mm. Showing a street flanked by very tall stone buildings. Location unidentified, but probably Egypt.

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75 x 45 mm. Showing people and a horse and cart in the street.

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80 x 50 mm. Showing a busy street and a horse and trap (the trap is not visible). Location unidentified but probably Egypt.

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130 x 85 mm. Showing buildings or stores, and laden horse and carts in the road. Location unidentified, but probably Egypt.

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85 x 135 mm. Showing men stood in the road. One has a small load on his head, another a donkey or mule heavily laden with vegetation. Location unidentified, but probably Egypt.

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90 x 130 mm.

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45 x 70 mm.

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An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The numbering is sequenced from 1 to 131, but 101 is omitted. 14 of these prints are loose (118-131) , and are kept in a separate envelope in the album. Some of the prints are good quality professional work. Some of the photographs are captioned in ink; in other cases the titles have been derived from duplicate copies in Davies' other Indian album or from other photographs of the same scenes.

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45 x 65 mm.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of albums, containing captioned black and white photographs, taken by one, or more, people travelling in the same group. The albums form a photographic account of a six-month long touring holiday.Of the albums, the first ten are all of the same style and manufacture and each has an embossed title on the front. They follow the journey chronologically. The remaining two contain a smaller selection of images from the same journey, again in chronological order. They are...