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A view from the deck of the 'Indrawadi' showing the pilot climbing over the side into a rowing boat.

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

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Colour.

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193 x 216 mm. View of the carved image of the seated Buddha, with a man kneeling at prayer before it.

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270 x 208 mm. General view looking along an unidentified street.

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269 x 206 mm. Duplicate in monochrome of Y3077C/68.

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249 x 192 mm. View looking along a street decorated with paper lanterns.

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These notes chronicle Bell’s retirement in Cannes, his interests, social life and personal affairs, and his frequent travels, including an extensive tour of the Far East during 1925-26 to examine French and Dutch methods of colonial government (circa 80 sheets).

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265 x 206 mm. View looking along a roughly paved path running through woodland, with two Japanese figures in the foreground.

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205 x 264 mm. Rear view of a Japanese man with elaborate tattooed scenes on shoulders, back, buttocks and thighs.

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239 x 186 mm. Full length studio portrait entitled 'Miko' showing two of the dancers in their robes. Photograph probably by Kasakabe Kimbei.

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191 x 211 mm. Close up view of a temple carving, similar in style to the figures seen in Y3039A/32-33. Photographer unknown.

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261 x 210 mm. View of gateway and entrance to the temple.

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

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240 x 193 mm. Studio portrait of three Japanese girls grouped in and around a wooden bath tub. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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244 x 188 mm. Front view of the massive statue of the Buddha at Kamakura. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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265 x 205 mm. View looking along a harbour waterfront; location unidentified but probably a view south east along the Yokohama Bund.

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243 x 193 mm. View looking across the river towards wooded hills, with boats moored in the foreground and a small bridge in the distance. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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242 x 194 mm. View looking across a stretch of water towards the volcanic peak. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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244 x 192 mm. View of the well, covered by an open sided structure with an elaborately decorated roof. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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268 x 209 mm. General view of the temple which is built on a structure of wooden trestles overhanging a steep drop.

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A view showing Japanese women on the street. This image is similar to an instantaneous photograph reproduced in Norman, 'The real Japan' (1891), p. 298, captioned 'The visit to the flowers of Yoshiwara'.

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209 x 266 mm.

Scope and Contents This file contains notes for a projected magazine article on the comparative history of kissing from ancient to modern times. Bell sent out questionnaires soliciting information on the subject, and the file contains answers from the Gold Coast Acting Secretary of Native Affairs; the Japanese Counsellor of the British Embassy; the British Legation, Nepal; the British Consulate, Iceland; the British Consulate, Seoul; a missionary to China; the British Legation, Abyssinia; the Governor,...

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267 x 210 mm. View looking up a river gorge. The caption on the print itself reads "Ochiai Sekimon in Hodsugawa ". View presumably taken near Kyoto.