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'India Office Official Record of the Great War'.

Catalogue reference: Photo 21

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Reference
Photo 21
Title
'India Office Official Record of the Great War'.
Date
1915
Description

Black, full-leather album, 375x485mm, containing mounted prints with letterpress captions. The title, royal coat of arms and floral border are all stamped in gold on the front cover. Inside is a title-page with elaborate peacock design in gold and blue which frames the following caption: 'India Office Official Record of the Great War taken by Dr. H.D. Girdwood, LLD, FRGS, FRPS. London Realistic Travels, 4 Featherstone Buildings, High Holborn, WC1'. The photographs appear in a variety of sizes, shapes and colours including shades of blue, green and brown. They record scenes of military life as experienced by the Indian and British armies in France during the First World War. The battle scenes are not real but staged from maneouvres. Process = Carbon prints?. Photographers = Dr H.D. Girdwood.,;.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Language
Not applicable
Physical description
167 items
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Immediate source of acquisition
22 April 1921.
Physical condition
Dimensions: 79 mm x 75 mm to 299 mm x 371 mm.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/442e43d4-ee6e-4e9d-81da-9890c2fafcae/

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