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Herbert Henry Spalding Collection: Album of views of Quetta and the North-West Frontier...
Catalogue reference: Photo 335/16
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- Photo 335/16
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Title (The name of the record)
- Herbert Henry Spalding Collection: Album of views of Quetta and the North-West Frontier Province. Photographer(s): Unknown.
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Date (When the record was created)
- c 1900
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Description (What the record is about)
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Brown half-leather bound album (spine weak) measuring 258x330mm, containing uncaptioned amateur snapshots mounted four to a page on the recto. The majority of the views show either railway scenes in the vicinity of the Chappar Rift (including views of the viaduct and of the entrance to the Khojak Tunnel) and family and social scenes in Quetta. Among the more interesting material are a number of interiors of British houses (prints 33-4, 47-50, 77-8, 100-1), a picnic scene (print 86), a British family posed on camels (prints 91-4) and a photograph of a woman making a painting of an Indian group (print 116).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- Not applicable
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- 1 item
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Unrestricted. Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Presented by Mr T. R. Smith, April 1973.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Dimensions: 56 mm x 87 mm to 90 mm x 116 mm.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/922b7302-1e51-4aae-b758-9ec2d7d30eeb/
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Herbert Henry Spalding Collection: Album of views of Quetta and the North-West Frontier Province. Photographer(s): Unknown.