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Embassy: acquisition of site and building; adaptation. Includes 17 photographs depicting:...
Catalogue reference: WORK 10/263
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This record is about the Embassy: acquisition of site and building; adaptation. Includes 17 photographs depicting:... dating from 1924-1926 in the series Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings and successors: Public.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WORK 10/263
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1924-1926
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Description (What the record is about)
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Embassy: acquisition of site and building; adaptation.
Includes 17 photographs depicting: House in Cankaya, Turkey, offered to HM Mission to Turkey for purchase; new government buildings in Ankara, and general views of Ankara and Anatolian Railway. File includes photo-postcards. Dated 1925.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- AC 16127 Part I
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Railways
- Forestry
- Middle East
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2675470/
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WORK 10
Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings and successors: Public...
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