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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...

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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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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.

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These notes chronicle Bell’s retirement in Cannes, his interests, social life and personal affairs, and his frequent travels, including an extensive tour of the Far East during 1925-26 to examine French and Dutch methods of colonial government (circa 80 sheets).

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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Handsome lacquered album of uncaptioned photographs.