Repository: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts / Record Source: University of Pennsylvania / Form: Photograph albums and Photographs - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) World War II photograph album, 1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear feet (1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection is composed of one volume of photos taken in India by a member of the Women's Auxiliary Corps (India), W.A.C. (I), in 1945. A majority of the photographs capture local sights, mostly in Dagshai, Delhi, and New Dehli.

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British soldier's photograph album of India, circa 1920s-1930s (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear feet (1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection is composed of several hundred photographs taken in India and Egypt, probably by a British soldier during the 1930s.

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India, Burma and Ceylon photograph album, 1945 october-1947 january (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear feet (1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection of about 200 photographs represents the time a young woman spent in India from October of 1945 to January of 1947, while she was likely working at military hospitals.

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India photograph album, 1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.8 linear feet (1 volume and 1 folder)
Abstract:: This photograph album captures the daily life of rural Indians in 1945 as seen by either an American or British military doctor.

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Karachi, Bombay, and Lahore photograph album, circa 1945-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear feet (1 volume and 1 folder)
Abstract:: This volume consists of photographs of Karachi, Bombay, and Lahore, that may have been taken at the end of World War II. There are several loose post-war photographs that may have been taken in the creator's hometown, possibly in Canada.

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Stuart Teacher collection of Running Press material, circa 1866-2013, bulk 1965-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.5 linear feet (11 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection, dating from 1866 to 2013, contains published works, personal papers, business records and ephemera assembled by Stuart "Buz" Teacher, who founded Running Press with his brother, Lawrence "Larry" Teacher in 1972. Published works that inspired Running Press in its early years are included herein, along with documents that pertain to the publishing house's subsequent growth and sale to the Perseus Books Group in 2002. Around 1983, the Teacher brothers began restoring a townhouse at 125 South 22nd Street in Philadelphia; the documentation of this process is also included in the collection.

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H. Ehlers Ahmednagar prisoner of war camp photograph album, circa 1914-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Ahmednagar, a city and fort in India, was the site of one of Great Britain's prisoner of war camps during World War I. This camp held both prisoners of war and German and Austrian civilians from 1914 and 1918. This photograph album, belonging to H. Ehlers, contains 54 photographs that document life at Ahmednagar. The landscape surrounding the camp; the buildings; the inhabitants (both military and civilian prisoners); and the prisoners' pastimes, espeically sports and cultural activities are particularly well represented.

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Photograph album by a British soldier, 1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Photograph album by an unknown British soldier in 1945. The album contains black-and-white snapshots of the soldier's journey from Italy to Quetta, Pakistan.

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Jun'ichi Yano photograph albums, circa 1920-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: Jun'ichi Yano 矢野準一 (born 1911 or 1912) was a resident of Kyoto, Japan. The Jun'ichi Yano photograph albums collect photographs of his family and friends and offer a glimpse into the domestic lives of a Japanese family in the early Showa period.

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Clement Acton Griscom photograph album, 1887 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A photograph album comprised of portrait photographs from the University of Pennsylvania class of 1887 compiled by Clement Acton Griscom.

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