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Kodachromes, dated September 1975 and listed by processing number. Apparently taken on a visit to Malta while Marnham was Ambassador to Tunisia since the numbering follows a Tunisian sequence. Original numbering has been retained.

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202 x 158 mm. A view of a factory exterior with building work still in progress. The product manufactured is not identified.

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Quarter-plate. [Church at the end of a street with a woman and children in the middleground].

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Quarter-plate. [Children near left].

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Distant view in mist across walled fields].

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). Nearer view from the east, showing the Connaught Hospital. [View across walled fields].

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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.

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207 x 159 mm. Showing a partially constructed road with town dwelling beyond.

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275 x 210 mm.

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Half-plate. This was carried to the Crusades, both to Jerusalem and to Acre. [Cross standing in front of altar].

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242 x 179 mm. Showing work in progress in the harbour. The following caption is found on the reverse of the print:
'Photograph showing progress on Malta's new £2 million Deep Water Quay project. Autumn, 1960.
Issued on behalf of The Malta Aids to Industries Board by Francis Butters, Ltd., 10 Clarges Street, W. 1., Grosvenor 2921'.

Scope and Contents Minutes and memoranda on subjects including: the Navy's need for Oceanic Air Bases; a scheme to capture the island of "Workshop" [Pantelleria, Italy]; saving a damaged ship; Operation Acrobat [a proposed attack on Tripoli [Libya]; the importance of Malta following heavy losses in North Africa; lessons from the loss of HMS Ark Royal; future strategy; the position in the Middle East; naval implications of moving fighter aircraft to the Middle East; enemy supplies to North Africa; aircraft...

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). Note the square low towers about the tilled land: used for keeping agricultural tools in, and for sleeping in during harvest.

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Quarter-plate. Now Government House, Valetta, Malta. [Side view of the porch with great pillars and back view of guard walking away towards a pillar box].

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275 x 210 mm.

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Quarter-plate. Showing corner of Connaught Hospital. [Donkey cart just inside courtyard. Carvings above gateway].

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275 x 210 mm.

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing donkey cart being led by covered girl throught the great arch gateway].

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Quarter-plate. This building was formerly the Autica Corte or Courts of Justice. It bears over the door the arms of Grand Master Manoel Antonio de Vilhena. It was converted into a hospital at the private expense of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and opened by the Queen in 1909. [Showing two nuns coming out of the doorway].

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107 x 62 mm. Showing the exterior wall of Fort St. Angelo and the ramp leading up to the entrance tunnel.

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62 x 107 mm. A view looking down the ramp towards the entrance to the tunnel.

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62 x 106 mm. A view looking along the sloping tunnel inside the entrance of the fort.

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106 x 62 mm. A view from the harbour showing the walls of Fort St. Angelo.

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). To the left is seen the outside of the Anatomical Theatre.

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63 x 107 mm. A side view of the figurehead taken from HMS 'Hibernia' in 1912 when the navy moved its headquarters from that ship into the fort. The figurehead stands at the entrance to the fort inside the main gate.