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A cardboard and woven fabric album relating to Saigon and Japan, probably acquired by Douglas while on leave in 1907. It contains many postcards, a number of professional photographs, and extracts from guidebooks.

Scope and Contents Showing a group of Europeans and a squad of Chinese soldiers standing at the entrance to the fort. The outer perimeter is composed of two fences of wooden posts, with an intervening space sown with sharpened spikes. The removable gate to the fort is also protected with projecting spikes. Some of the fort buildings can be seen on the hill in the background. The wrapping of this negative contains a different caption, namely Shameen - the guarded entrance between the British concession and...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Baroness Jackson of Lodworth [earlier Barbara Ward] on how she was looking forward to discussing the environment and Third World development with AFB after her convalescence; [Sven] Olof Palme, Chairman of the Swedish SDP, on the loss of the Swedish elections; Louise Ouwerkerk; [Anthony] Tony Benn, thanking AFB for attending his meeting in Bristol on racism and on people's respect for him; Lord Harris of Greenwich, Minister of State, Home Office.Also...

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A diary of Le Sueur's experiences in South-East Asia, October 1998-April 1999, 270 pages, including 48 pages of photographs and 4 pages of maps. The areas covered are, in order, Thailand; Laos; Northern Vietnam; South Vietnam; Cambodia; Luzon, Palawan, Central Archipaelago and Mindanao (Philippines); Sabah (Malaysia); Brunei; Sarawak (Malaysia); Western Malaysia; Bangkok.

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167 x 118 mm. View looking along one of the canals in Haiphong, with vessels moored in the foreground.

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167 x 118 mm. View looking along one of the canals in Haiphong, with vessels moored in the foreground.

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168 x 120 mm. General view looking along the river, with small craft on the banks on either side.

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168 x 120 mm. General view looking along the river, with small craft on the banks on either side.

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169 x 120 mm. View looking along the Song Koi River, with quays in the foreground and the buildings of the town lining the left bank of the river beyond.

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169 x 120 mm. View looking along the Song Koi River, with quays in the foreground and the buildings of the town lining the left bank of the river beyond.

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200 x 219 mm.

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164 x 113 mm. View of Petit Lac (Ho Hoan Kiem) near the Cathedral in Hanoi. In the middle of the lake is the pagoda of Ngoc Son. An unidentified pagoda or small tower stands beside the road in the foreground.

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164 x 113 mm. View of Petit Lac (Ho Hoan Kiem) near the Cathedral in Hanoi. In the middle of the lake is the pagoda of Ngoc Son. An unidentified pagoda or small tower stands beside the road in the foreground.

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163 x 119 mm. Waterfront scene at Hanoi, with a steamer and other small vessels moored in the foreground.

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163 x 119 mm. Waterfront scene at Hanoi, with a steamer and other small vessels moored in the foreground.

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165 x 117 mm. General view of the temple buildings, with a wooden shrine in the foreground, exact location unknown.

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165 x 117 mm. General view of the temple buildings, with a wooden shrine in the foreground, exact location unknown.

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An album of statues and busts of Deities, Buddha’s and the Divine. Subjects are: Divinité féminine (1-2, 12), Harihara (3-4), Visnu (5, 8-9), Tête de Buddha (6-7), Princess divinisée identifiée à la Prajnaparamita 10-11). All measure approximately 120 x 175 mm.

Pasted into the first page of the album is a list of the photographs (in French), giving further details, including dates, of the statues.

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Album of uncaptioned photographs showing MacDonald at official events, others record medical and welfare work in villages.

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270 x 207 mm. View looking along the Saigon River, with ships at their moorings. The view probably looks along the river from the offices of the Direction du Port de Commerce on the Quai du Commerce, with the Arroyo Chinois branching off to the right and the offices of the Messageries Maritimes beyond.

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263 x 205 mm. View showing Chinese craft moored along the banks of a waterway, taken from rooftop level. The photograph is probably looking up the Arroyo Chinois and taken from near its function with the Saigon River.