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F. Shead India Northwest Frontier Photograph Album, 1929-1930.
Bernath Mss 196LOCAL
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Title:

F. Shead India Northwest Frontier Photograph Album, 1929-1930

Creator/Contributor:

Shead, F., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

Album contains 200 black and white snapshots taken by a British soldier of the 2nd Essex Regiment, stationed in the Northwest Frontier Province of British India (now Pakistan). Images include scenic views; portraits of fellow soldiers, local peoples, Indian and Afghan police; forts, churches and city scenes; the Taj Mahal. Photos taken in many locations in India and present-day Pakistan including Cherat, Peshawar, Landi Kotal, Calcutta, Murree. A few images also of Khartoum and Port Sudan (Sudan).

Date:

1929 (issued)

Subject:

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British -- India -- History -- 20th century
Britanniques -- Inde -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
British
India -- Pictorial works
Pakistan -- Pictorial works
Sudan -- Pictorial works
India
Pakistan
Sudan
Great Britain. -- Army. -- Essex Regiment.
Great Britain. -- Army. -- Essex Regiment.

Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Purchase, 2006.
Cite as: [Identification of item], F. Shead India Northwest Frontier Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 196. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Type:

Photographs.
Photograph
photographs.
photograph albums.
History.
Pictorial works.
Photographs.
Photographies.
Albums photographiques.

Physical Description:

.2 linear ft.

Language:

English

Identifier:

Bernath Mss 196LOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.