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Sir Frederick Sykes Collection: 'The Port of Bombay'.

Catalogue reference: Photo 834/1

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This record is a file about the Sir Frederick Sykes Collection: 'The Port of Bombay'. dating from c 1933.

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Reference
Photo 834/1
Title
Sir Frederick Sykes Collection: 'The Port of Bombay'.
Date
c 1933
Description

Blue full-leather album, 190 x 255 mm, containing mounted prints with letterpress captions. The title is stamped in gold on the front cover, a coloured map of Bombay is pasted on the front fixed endpaper and the pages are interleaved with tissue. The photographs include views of two official visits to the port made by Sir Frederick Sykes (Governor of Bombay 1928-33), in 1933, and various general views of the docks and harbour.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Language
Not applicable
Physical description
20 items
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Immediate source of acquisition
Deposited on permanent loan by Mr B. H. C. Sykes, 1990.
Physical condition
Dimensions: 112 mm x 87 mm to 120 mm x 175 mm.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8096881d-3ffb-4610-b9fa-93777339b95e/

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