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Bernath Mss 34
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Title: China / Ceylon Photograph Album,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1910s-1920s
Collection Number: Bernath Mss 34
Extent:
.3 linear feet
(1 oversize box)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur Oversize
Language:
English.
None.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
China / Ceylon Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 34. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Purchase, 2003.
Scope and Content of Collection
Photograph album, with black lacquered wooden covers, containing about 120 b/w photos, most with captions, of a young officer
on the British river boat 'Robin', stationed in the Canoton/Samshui area in 1913. Includes photos of the 'Robin', river scenes,
and views of Chinese people, buildings, and boats. Also, some photos of the photographer and friends, as well as later, ca.
1920s, photos of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), including Trincomalee and the Royal Naval Camp at Diyatalawa, and some views of Italy,
the Baltic, and a damaged submarine.