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The last image in this group was not given a number by Marnham.

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The last image in this group was not given a number by Marnham.

Scope and Contents From the File:

The last image in this group was not given a number by Marnham.

Scope and Contents An album containing an excellent, if geographically eclectic, selection of views on prints of various sizes. The photographs are either captioned on the prints or more briefly on the mounts (with the exception of Y3062B/16 which is uncaptioned).The only two identified photographers in the album are both from the Canadian section:1-4, ?10 and 11-14 are signed by Alexander Henderson and 1-2 are also dated '1875'. Henderson (1831-1913) emigrated from Scotland to Montreal in 1855...

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Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Scope and Contents A collection of albums containing photographs, the majority taken by A.C. McKay but some by R.V. Kamath and by professional photographers.The collection consists of photographs mostly 85 x 60 mm, but with occasional enlargements, carefully mounted in large albums and described in some detail in clear white writing on the black leaves. Each album is numbered on the spine, and clearly formed part of a larger collection than has been received.McKay was a prolific photographer,...

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The principal part of the collection is a set of programmes and guides prepared for the different legs of the Royal Tour. These are supplemented by related correspondence and papers compiled by the Royal Empire Society and others. The collection is in English with the exception of one item in English and Arabic.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album containing scenes in the Federation, probably by official photographers. Most of the prints measure 210 mm x 160 mm, though a few are slightly smaller, and all are excellent photographs.Between 1959 and 1965 sixteen states and the British Colony of Aden joined to form the Federation of South Arabia. In 1965 Sir Ralph Hone and Sir Gawain Bell were appointed to make recommendations for a constitution for the Federation. They reported early in 1966, but the constitution...

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Aerial view.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album containing scenes in the Federation, probably by official photographers. Most of the prints measure 210 mm x 160 mm, though a few are slightly smaller, and all are excellent photographs.Between 1959 and 1965 sixteen states and the British Colony of Aden joined to form the Federation of South Arabia. In 1965 Sir Ralph Hone and Sir Gawain Bell were appointed to make recommendations for a constitution for the Federation. They reported early in 1966, but the constitution...

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210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'At the waterside below the barren sun scorched rocks of Aden lie the dhow building and repair yards. This picture, taken in the month of December, shows dhows being got ready for their annual trip to East Africa in January.'

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210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Two magnificent ocean-going dhows being got ready for their annual visit to East Africa.'

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140 x 101 mm. An amateur snapshot taken from on board ship and looking towards the mountains of Socotra, an island 150 miles off Cape Guardafui and formerly part of the Eastern Aden Protectorate. Photographer unknown, probably the compiler of the album.

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Contains slides showing maps of Arabia and the Indian Ocean together with scenes in the governorate of Abyan.

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Quarter-plate.

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210 x 160 mm.

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Part of a book left incomplete on the author's death. The title, introduction, glossary and index were supplied by the author's daughter, Mrs Rosamond Griffin. The full title is 'From Aden ... to Quetta ... to Lahore ... to Delhi ... to Quetta: the peripatetic life of one army household between 1910 and 1917'. The memoir contains descriptions of train journeys in India and the accommodation, domestic arrangements and social amenities of army families in the early twentieth century.

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[From car].

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Contains slides showing maps of Arabia and the Indian Ocean together with scenes in the governorate of Abyan.

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Contains slides showing maps of Arabia and the Indian Ocean together with scenes in the governorate of Abyan.

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Contains slides showing maps of Arabia and the Indian Ocean together with scenes in the governorate of Abyan.

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A collection of modern copies of photographs taken by John Goepel. The photographs have been inserted into Goepel's typescript 'Journeys in Arabia' which contains letters to his parents written during his time in Aden, April-November 1939. The typescript is stored at RCMS 67.

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Contains slides showing maps of Arabia and the Indian Ocean together with scenes in the governorate of Abyan.

Scope and Contents Two albums containing prints collected by Herbert Howel Davies (HHD), Principal of the Colvin Taluqdars School, Lucknow. It includes a number of professional photographs of places visited by HHD (notably Lucknow, Delhi, Benares, and Agra) and also many smaller amateur prints, presumably taken by him, of his life at the school and his travels, particularly to Kashmir. Y3022Q/52-60 are non-Indian photographs, presumably taken on leave.Sir Auckland Colvin (1838-1908) was appointed...