Lechmere-Oertel Collection: Lantern slides of Indian scenes and architecture. Photographer(s):...

Collection of lantern slides originally stored in a 12-drawer wooden cabinet with an accompanying index book. The collection has now been rehoused in boxes.The slides belonged to Frederick Oscar Lechmere-Oertel (1862–1931), of the Indian Public Works Department (who was also presumably the photographer of a portion of the collection), who used them to illustrate lectures given in the 1920s. The slides in the index are numbered 1–579, but as well as these the box contains a number of unordered views from India, the Middle East and Europe, as well as some unmounted slides and packets of lantern slide 'cover glasses'. Numbered slides are in the following order: 1–70 Views at Agra including the palace, Taj, Itimad-ud-daulah's tomb, Sikandra and Fatehpur Sikri. 71–105 Architectural views in Allahabad. 106–135 Views at Varanasi and Sarnath. 136–153 Delhi architecture. 154–167 Views at Lucknow. 168–179 Kanpur, Memorial Well and Agricultural College. 180–188 Bombay harbour and the caves at Elephanta and Ellora. 189–197 Jhansi District. 198–200 Ahmedabad temple and mosques. 201–203 Palaces at Jodhpur and Jaipur. 204–207 Temple at Madura. 209 Aurangzeb's tomb, Rauza (Khuldabad). 210–218 Rangoon and Mandalay. 219–224 Colombo and Kandy. 225–229 Naini Tal. 230–233 Views at Roorkee. 234–237 Hardwar. 238–239 Muttra. 240–241 Sanchi. 242 Jehangiri Mahal, Agra. 243 Hooghly at Calcutta. 244–246 Views at Simla. 247–248 Khyber Pass. 249–254 Allahabad District. 255 Jaunpur District 256 Banda District, hill and fort. 257–260 Himalayan views including source of the Ganges (Ganga). 261–263 Port Said and Aden. 264–289 Various Indian trades. 290–305 Indian street life and village scenes. 306–318 Animals. 319–325 Religious sects. 326–329 Burmese types. 330–332 Indian tribesmen. 333 A catamaran. 334–341 Fakirs. 342–344 Modes of transport. 345–356 Keddah operations. 357–363 Tigers. 364 Deer. 365–367 Tent-pegging. 368–370 Indian soldiers. 371–393 Delhi Durbar 1911. 394–399 Delhi Durbar 1903. 400–404 Delhi Durbar 1911. 405–441 Royal Tour 1906. 442–455 European personalities and Indian rulers. 456–457 Festivals at Muttra and Allahabad. 458–497 Allahabad and environs. 498–514 Miscellaneous. 515–517 Maliks. 518–521 Indian troops. 524–528 Famine work. 529–535 Magh Mela, Allahabad. 536–537 A beggar and a dhobi. 538 Port Said. 539 King and Queen leaving Buckingham Palace. 540–544 Venice. 545–550 Lucknow colleges. 551–552 Law College and Exhibition, Allahabad. 553–554 Bombay colonial architecture. 555 Police Station, Varanasi. 556 Town Hall, Mirzapur. 557 Kalakankar palace. 558 Bushire Residency. 559 Gondal Secretariat. 560 Prince of Wales's College, Jammu. 561–562 Senate Hall, Allahabad. 563 Lashkar. 564 Bikaner. 565 Gangaorti(?) temple. 566 Ichalkaranji(?) palace. 567 Bungalow by Chisholm, Madras region. 568 Goona station, Madras. 569–573 Allahabad views. 574 Ganeshji. 575 Mr Cousens photographing Juggernaut car, Honavar. 576–579 Magh Mela, Allahabad.

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