Finding Aid for Album Photographie: Amélie-les-Bains et Cambodge, 1893-1894 2002.R.17

Beth Ann Guynn

Special Collections

2010

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Contributing Institution: Special Collections

Title: Album Photographique: Amélie-les-Bains et Cambodge

Identifier/Call Number: 2002.R.17

Physical Description: 1 album(s) (64 photographic prints)

Date (inclusive): 1893-1894

Abstract: An album of photographs showing the influence of French colonialism in Cambodia during the 1890s.

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Language of Material: Collection material is in French.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in a single series: Series I. Album Photographie: Amélie-les-Bains et Cambodge, 1893-1894.

Biographical/Historical Note

Album compiled by an unknown French maker, possibly hailing from Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, as the first three photographs in the album are from that town.

While the photographer is unknown, he may appear in several of the photographs in the album. There are also two images attributed to a Mr. Bosc, possibly a colleague of the man who assembled the album.

Access

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Acquisition Information

Acquired in 2002.

Scope and Contents of Collection

The album of 64 albumen photographs captures Cambodia, and particularly Phnom Penh, at the end of the nineteenth century. While the album begins with three views of Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, France, the remainder of the images are of Cambodia. Following the views of Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda are a portrait of a European man, likely the compiler and/or photographer of the album, and a map by Paul Pelet titled "Nouvel atlas des colonies francaises Cochinchine et Cambodge."

Approximately half of the photographs in the album document the land, buildings, people, and celebrations of Cambodia. Sixteen of the images show pagodas and palaces, 13 document the peoples of Cambodia and their occupations (including soldiers, elephant drivers, Buddhist monks, and carriers), and five record important local or national celebrations. These include two images of the inauguration of Phnom Penh's Silver Pagoda on 1 January 1894, which was built under the auspices of King Norodom, and three of the fête de Norodom on 17 February 1894.

The remainder of photographs in the album document the French colonial influence on Phnom Penh's cityscape. Included are images of the Treasury, the cathedral, a European style hotel, the Palace of Justice, the hospital, the bank, the public-works building, a prison, and the commerce building. There are also three images that record the demolition and reconstruction of a building along the city's main thoroughfare. Documentation of bridges and waterways shows the effects of the Mekong River as it crests its banks and then becomes nearly empty each year. Two views of a bridge damaged during the floods show it in its original state and during its repair.

The album is half-bound in black leather with navy blue leatherette covers. Light blue and white paper labels adhered to the front cover have the title printed in black ink: 1893-1894 – Album Photographique – Amelie-les-Bains et Cambodge. The album contains 64 photographs mounted on 30 tape-bound pages and one endpaper. The photographs are albumen prints from dry collodion glass plate negatives.

Each photograph is accompanied by a French caption written on the page in black ink. These captions have been used as the titles of the individual photographs. Two of the photographs are credited to Mr. Bosc in their captions.

Note: Phnom Penh is spelled "Pnom-Penh" throughout the album.

Processing History

Processed and cataloged by Beth Ann Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Guynn updated the finding aid in 2021.

Preferred Citation

Album photographique: Amélie-les-Bains et Cambodge, 1893-1894, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 2002.R.17

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2002r17

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

Phnom Penh (Cambodia) -- Description and travel

Architecture -- Cambodia

Clothing and dress -- Cambodia

Pagodas -- Cambodia

Cambodia -- Buildings, structures, etc.

France -- Colonies -- Asia

Albumen prints -- Cambodia -- 19th century

Albumen prints -- France -- 19th century

Indigenous peoples -- Cambodia

Festivals -- Cambodia

Bridges -- Design and construction

Architecture, Colonial -- Cambodia -- French influences

Buddhist temples -- Cambodia

Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (France)

Cambodia -- Description and travel

Cambodia -- Social life and customs

Occupations -- Cambodia

Streets -- Cambodia

box 1

Album Photographique: Amélie-les-Bains et Cambodge, Series I. 1889-1894

Arrangement

In original order.

box 1, item Front cover

Front cover, 2002.R.17-fc 1894

box 1, page flyleaf recto

Fly leaf, 2002.R.17-f 1894

box 1, page flyleaf verso

Verso of flyleaf, 2002.R.17-fv 1894

box 1, page 1 recto

Les gorges du Mondoni (Amélie-les-Bains), 2002.R.17-1r 1893 or 1894

box 1, page 1 verso

Amélie-les-Bains et Paillanda, 2002.R.17-1v 1893 or 1894

box 1, page 2 recto

Amélie et le fort, 2002.R.17-2r 1893 or 1894

box 1, page 2 verso

[Portrait of a European Man], 2002.R.17-2v 1893 or 1894

Scope and Contents

Handwritten caption: Au Cambodge - du 8 Avril 1893 au 21 Mars 1894; Indo-Chine - du 2 Avril 1893 au 30 Mars 1894.

This is likely a portrait of the album's compiler/photographer.

box 1, page 3 recto

Nouvel atlas des colonies francaises Cochinchine et Cambodge par Paul Pelet, 1889-NO16, 2002.R.17-3r 1889

Scope and Contents

Fold out map.

box 1, page 3 verso

Cambodge, Haut-Mékong, 2002.R.17-3v 1893

Scope and Contents

Caption continues: Mai 1893. Etudes de la route de Kratié à Sambor - campement dans la jungle au Stung KoKotte.

box 1, page 4 recto

Etudes de la route de Kratié à Sambor - campement dans les rizières de Sambor 2002.R.17-4r 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Juliette 1893.

box 1, page 4 verso

Pnom-Penh, vue d'ensemble de la pagode et de la pyramide, 2002.R.17-4v 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Avril 1893.

box 1, page 5 recto

Trésor du Cambodge à Pnom-Penh, 2002.R.17-5r 1893 or 1894

box 1, page 5 verso

Eléphants en cornacs, 2002.R.17-5v 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Août 1893.

box 1, page 6 recto

Les bonzes de la pagode de Pouchetong près de Pnom-Penh, 2002.R.17-6r 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Août 1893.

box 1, page 6 verso

Vue latérale se la pyramide en se la pagode de Pnom-Penh, 2002.R.17-6v 1893 or 1894

box 1, page 7 recto

La pyramide en la pagode de Pnom-Penh, vue principale, 2002.R.17-7r 1893 or 1894

box 1, page 7 verso

Dans la rue à Pnom-Penh, 2002.R.17-7v 1893 or 1894

box 1, page 8 recto

Dans la rue à Pnom-Penh chinois porteur, 2002.R.17-8r 1893 or 1894

box 1, page 8 verso

Pagode chinoise dans la grand'rue à Pnom-Penh, 2002.R.17-8v grand'rue

box 1, page 9 recto

La cathédrale de Pnom-Penh, 2002.R.17-9r grand'rue

box 1, page 9 verso

Grand'rue, hôtel du résident supérieur à Pnom-Penh, façade principale, 2002.R.17-9v 1893 or 1894

box 1, page 10 recto

Pnom-Penh, Palais de Justice, façade sur la grand'rue, 2002.R.17-10r 1893 or 1894

box 1, page 10 verso

Pnom-Penh, Hospital mixte façade sur la grand'rue, 2002.R.17-10v 1893 or 1894

box 1, page 11 recto

Pnom-Penh, un coin du village catholique près la cathédrale à l'époque des hautes eaux, 2002.R.17-11r 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Septembre 1893

box 1, page 11 verso

Pnom-Penh, passerelle de la rue Ohier aux hautes eaux, 2002.R.17-11v 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Octobre 1893.

box 1, page 12 recto

Creusement du canal, basses eaux, 2002.R.17-12r 1894

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Mars 1894.

box 1, page 12 verso

Pnom-Penh, façade de la banque sur la rue Ohier, 2002.R.17-12v 1893 or 1894

box 1, page 13 recto

Banque de l'Indo-Chine, vue latérale, 2002.R.17-13r 1893 or 1894

box 1, page 13 verso

Reconnaissance de la route de Kampot à Pnom-Penh, à la pagode de Kus; départ du convoi, 2002.R.17-13v 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Novembre 1893.

box 1, page 14 recto

Reconnaissance de la route de Kampot à Pnom-Penh, résidence de Kampot, façade principale, 2002.R.17-14r 1893

box 1, page 14 verso

La milice au Cambodge officiers européens et indigènes, 2002.R.17-14v 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Décembre 1893.

box 1, page 15 recto

Miliciens cambodgiens, 2002.R.17-15r 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Décembre 1893.

box 1, page 15 verso

Types cambodgiens, 2002.R.17-15v 1893 or 1894

box 1, page 16 recto

Types cambodgiens, 2002.R.17-16r 1893 0r 1894

box 1, page 16 verso

Magasins des travaux publics à Pnom-Penh, face sur le quai de Verneville, 2002.R.17-16v 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Décembre 1893.

box 1, page 17 recto

Pnom-Penh, la prison cambodgienne, façade sur la rue Ohier, 2002.R.17-17r 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Décembre 1893.

box 1, page 17 verso

Le pont du petit Takéo détruit par les hautes eaux, 2002.R.17-17v 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Septembre 1893.

box 1, page 18 recto

Le pont, passerelle du petit Takéo, reconstruction, 2002.R.17-18r 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Décembre 1893.

box 1, page 18 verso

Tribune royale à Pnom-Penh, façade sur la Grand-Rue, 2002.R.17-18v 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Décembre 1893.

box 1, page 19 recto

Le Boudha à l'intérieur de la pagode du Pnom, pendant l'inauguration, 2002.R.17-19r 1894

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: 1er janvier 1894.

box 1, page 19 verso

Oudong, les tombeaux des rois vue prise de la vieille pagode, 2002.R.17-19v 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: 24 décembre 1893.

box 1, page 20 recto

Le retour d'Oudong, l'embarquement à Kompong-Luong, 2002.R.17-20r 1893

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: 24 décembre 1893.

box 1, page 20 verso

Inauguration de la pagode de Pnom-Penh. Vue d'ensemble, 2002.R.17-20v 1894

Scope and Contents

Also on mount: Donné par Mr Bosc, le cliché manque. 1er janvier 1894.

box 1, page 21 recto

Inauguration de la pagode de Pnom-Penh. Les danses, 2002.R.17-21r 1894

Scope and Contents

Also on mount: Donné par Mr Bosc, le cliché manque. 1er janvier 1894.

box 1, page 21 verso

Pont du Trésor ou de la Pyramide, entrée quai Piquet, 2002.R.17-21v 1894

box 1, page 22 recto

Le pont du Trésor ou de la Pyramide, face principale, 2002.R.17-22r 1894

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Février 1894.

box 1, page 22 verso

La chapelle de Brahma près de la pagode de Pnom-Penh, 2002.R.17-22v 1894

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Février 1894.

box 1, page 23 recto

Escalier de la pagode de Pnom-Penh, vue des najas, 2002.R.17-23r 1894

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Février 1894.

box 1, page 23 verso

Le port de commerce de Pnom-Penh, façade principale, rue Ohier, 2002.R.17-23v 1894

Scope and Contents

Dated on mount: Février 1894.

box 1, page 24 recto

Fête de Norodom le peuple et le jeu d'escarpolette, devant le palais, 2002.R.17-24r 1894

Scope and Contents