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Booklet entitled 'Suez' containing 12 detachable monochrome postcards showing views of Suez, the Canal and Port Said. Published by 'Lévy Fils et Cie, Paris'. The postcards are captioned in English on the front and French on the reverse.

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A side view showing the central section of an unidentified liner.

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A view showing a ship's boat taking a line across to the shore.

Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints, of an approximate size of 80 x 100 mm, mounted on card, six to a page, in a padded black leather album inscribed on the cover India 1905-06 from C.C. and 'Photographs taken by Sir Charles Cust Bt. 1905-06' is written on the fly leaf in Queen Marys hand. Sir Charles Cust took this collection of amateur photographs while accompanying the Royal Party. Most of the photographs have elegant hand-written captiions, but these are not always very explicit - some portraying...

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55 x 60 mm. General view of the town. The Eastern Exchange Hotel is visible in the distance.

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55 x 60 mm. General view of the town and harbour.

Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints, of an approximate size of 80 x 100 mm, mounted on card, six to a page, in a padded black leather album inscribed on the cover India 1905-06 from C.C. and 'Photographs taken by Sir Charles Cust Bt. 1905-06' is written on the fly leaf in Queen Marys hand. Sir Charles Cust took this collection of amateur photographs while accompanying the Royal Party. Most of the photographs have elegant hand-written captiions, but these are not always very explicit - some portraying...

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A general view of the town from the harbour. The prominent domed building on the waterfront is the Suez Canal Office.

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A view looking across the harbour towards the town, with dhows moored to one of the long harbour breakwaters.

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A view from the harbour looking towards the waterfront.

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A view from the harbour looking towards the waterfront.

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A view showing a street in Port Said.

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A view showing a street in Port Said.

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A view showing an Arab driving a pony-cab in the streets of Port Said.

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A view showing a dhow in Port Said Harbour.

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A view showing an unidentified Bibby Line steamer at anchor in Port Said Harbour.

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A rear-view of the steamer 'Clan Ranald' at anchor in Port Said Harbour.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection was originally housed in seven boxes, four of which were specially made with individual slots for slides. These were numbered 3, 6, 10 and 11 and the remaining boxes were unnumbered. Presumably these formed part of a larger collection, but nothing is known of the original owner or the fate of any other boxes. For conservation reasons, the collection has since been re-boxed. The captions given are normally those which appear on the slides themselves. They have been used as...

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[Scenes from boat with coal barges in the foreground and waterfront beyond].

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[Scenes from boat with coal barges in the foreground and waterfront beyond].

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[Scenes from boat with coal barges in the foreground and waterfront beyond].

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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 the steamer 'Imperato' taking on coal from a barge moored to her starboard side.

Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains prints numbered in the range 1-167 (originally there were 147). Added numbers are: 60A, 60B, 90A and 99A; spoiled: 37-39, 56, 57, 61, 63, 80, 119, 123, 160, 165; not used 41, 44, 49, 52, 60, 75, 84, 95, 140, 141, 142, 151; missing: 43, 48, 99, 153. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 99A, 166-167 follow 69 and 136 follows 74. Subjects covered in this album are: Port Said;Cape Gardafui;Ceylon...

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A view looking towards the breakwater on which stands the statue of the builder of the Qanat as-Suways.