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Photograph album by a British soldier, 1944-1945.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 1324
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- Format:
- Other
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Royal Air Force.
- Soldiers--Great Britain--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Soldiers.
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947--Pictorial works.
- India.
- India--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
- World War, 1939-1945--India--Pictorial works.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Great Britain. Royal Air Force--Pictorial works.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Photographs.
- Photograph albums.
- Snapshots.
- Manuscripts, English.
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Davephotopics (eBay), 2017.
- Physical Description:
- 1 box (.3 linear foot)
- Place of Publication:
- 1944-1945.
- Summary:
- A photograph album kept by an unidentified British soldier in the Royal Air Force stationed in India during World War II. Spanning approximately one year from 1944 to 1945 the album comprises 330 black-and-white photographs with captions in white ink. The images are of fellow soldiers, military stations, planes, temples, churches, landscapes, local people, and cultural customs. The photographs were taken at several cities in India including Agra, Avadi, Chennai, Kashmir, Lucknow, Mumbai, Port Suez, and Wellington. There are images taken in Pune of Air Force stations with soldiers, bomber, and reconnaissance Mosquito planes. Other military sites include Arkonam, Avadi, and Wellington. Several pages in the volume are dedicated to historical sites in Agra, Kashmir, Lucknow and include sightseeing images of temples, buildings, and people. There are two pages with views of the Taj Mahal. Several pages have a heading at the top: "General scenes of Indian life". The scenes depict beggars, families, dances, festivals, fishing, house boats, historical sites, landscapes, snake charmers, and streetscapes. The years 1944 and 1945 appear on the verso of many of the snapshots. A few photographs in the volume are loose. The green album is housed in a black canvas slipcase. Several pages at the end of the volume are blank.
- OCLC:
- 1005572582
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