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Photograph album, India, circa 1905-1915 (inclusive)

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1 box (.20 linear foot)

Abstract:

A photograph album containing twelve leaves with ninety-nine black-and-white photographs. The album was kept by an unnamed Indian family between the years 1905 to 1915. The photographs document the family at their estate or country home and while on vacation.

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Two months tour Jubbulpore to Rwalpindi by train, then by road to Kashmir via the Banihal Pass tunnel, returning through Rampur and Domel to Murree and Pindi, then aboard the train for Jubbulpore again, 1932 (inclusive)

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1 book (0.2 linear foot)

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A photograph album created by a unnamed English woman on her trip through the Vale of Kashmir in 1932.

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Photograph album by a British soldier, 1927-1929 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume

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Photograph album kept by a British soldier who appears to be named Ricardo. There are 95 black-and-white snapshots taken in cities and towns of Pakistan, in what was named the North-West Frontier Province.

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Photograph album by a British soldier in India, 1918 (inclusive)

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1 volume

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Comprising forty-five black-and-white photographs by a British soldier in 1918. The images are chiefly of Nāsik, India.

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Photograph albums by a British soldier in India and Pakistan, 1941-1943 (inclusive)

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2 volumes

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Comprises two bound volumes containing various sized corner-mounted black-and-white photographs of British soldiers in India and Pakistan belonging to the Green Howards, Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment, 19th Regiment of Foot during World War II.

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William Edgar Pringle Harrison photograph album, 1918-1919 (inclusive)

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1 volume

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A photograph album kept by William Edgar Pringle Harrison who served as a Leiutenant in the India Army Reserve in Pakistan. The album provides a pictorial record of Harrison's sevice in Pakistan with photographs spanning from late-1918 to mid-1919.

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British soldier's photograph album, 1912-1918 (inclusive)

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1 volume

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A album containing a collection of photographs probably kept by a British soldier in Lucknow, India between the years 1912 to 1918.

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Photograph album by a British soldier, 1944-1945 (inclusive)

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0.3 linear_foot (1 box)

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Photograph album kept by an unidentified British soldier in the Royal Air Force stationed in India during World War II. The album spans from 1944-1945 and is comprised of 330 photographs.

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Photograph album by a British soldier, 1945 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume

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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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Photograph album by a British engineer in Pakistan, 1951-1952 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume

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This photograph album was kept by a British engineer working on a hydroelectric project that included building dams at Warsak and Kurram Garhi, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. During a five-month period from 1951 to 1952 the engineer recorded work sites, engineers, landscapes, and street scenes. There are also images from his stops in Cyprus and Rome on his return trip to London.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Western Americana Photographs, 1870-1915 (bulk) 1840-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:

144 boxes and 123 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of a closed collection of more than 5,000 Western Americana photographs, consisting mostly of documentary photographs of the Trans-Mississippi West from the late 1860s to early 1900s, largely from the perspective of white photographers and settlers. Subjects include American Indians (especially studio portraits), natural wonders, cities, towns, buildings, and economic activities (mining, railroads, logging, and agriculture). Some photographs relate to the Indigenous populations of Mexico and Central America. The dimensions, physical formats, and photographic processes of the photographs vary widely.

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W. McLatchie photograph album, 1942-1945 (inclusive)

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1 volume

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Photograph album kept W. McLatchie, a British soldier who was stationed in India from 1942 to 1945.

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Gladys Rutherford photograph album, 1923-1928 (inclusive)

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1 volume (+ 10 photographs, 4 leaves)

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A photograph album kept by Gladys Rutherford, a physician and medical missionary who worked in India throughout her life. The album provides a visual record of Gladys Rutherford's first five years as a practicing doctor and medical missionary in Northern India from 1923 to 1928.

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Photograph album, Sri Lanka, 1919-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box (1 album, 5 folders)

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An album containing photographs taken by an unknown person in Sri Lanka working at a British preparatory school during the years 1919 to 1932. There are two letters and some copied poems laid in the volume.

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American soldier's photograph album, 1944-1945 (inclusive)

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0.12 linear_foot (1 box)

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Photograph album created by an unnamed American Army Air Forces soldier during World War II. Images were taken at Tezgaon (Tejgaon) Air Base in India; Shillong, India; and China from 1944 to 1945.

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