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A view showing the deck of SS Indrawadi with workmen at the mouth of the hold.

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A view showing the steamer 'Welsh Prince' at anchor with the mountains of Adan in the background.

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A view looking over the ancient water reservoirs towards the town of Crater in the distance.

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A view showing the steamer 'Salsette' at anchor off Adan.

Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...

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239 x 192 mm. A view looking down on the network of ancient reservoirs and tanks, with the Crater visible in the distance.

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160 x 210 mm.

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Aden].

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155 x 202 mm. From left to right: Mr. A.S. Basendwah (Minister of Health and Immigration, Aden), Sultan Ahmad bin Abdullah al Fadhli, the Fadhli Naib (Minister of Agriculture and Economic Development, S. Arabia) and Sultan Salih bin Hussain al Audhali, the Audhali Sultan (Minister of Internal Security, S. Arabia).

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270 x 211 mm. A view looking down on camels grouped in the open market, with houses behind and hills in the distance.

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Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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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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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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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.

Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the rest of visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. Subjects include: visits to Aden, Cairo, and Corfu on the return journey to the U.K., with arrival in London on May 8, 1906. Appended are photographs taken during the visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales to Madrid for the wedding of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Ena (May 31,...

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Quarter-plate.

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Copies of letters from John Goepel to his parents written during his time in Aden, April-November 1939, 38 pages. There are 11 photographs illustrating the text. On the inside cover are manuscript maps. The letters discuss Goepel's duties, which were complicated by rivalries between local rulers. They are preceded by an introduction dated 11 February 1984.

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Xerox copies of letters of 1921-1927 describing Hartley's impressions of life in the countries he visited and of his military duties. There is an accompanying list of his letters of 1917-1927, from which this selection was made.

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261 x 198 mm. General view of the Camel Market at Aden, with houses in the background and a mountain ridge beyond.

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160 x 210 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 view showing a large steamer moving towards her anchorage with the mountains of Adan in the background.