Photograph album depicting a British family at home and relocating to Ceylon.
Published / Created:
1910s?
Physical Description:
1 album (175 photographs, on 47 leaves) : gelatin silver prints ; photographs 11 x 9 cm or smaller, in album 14 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Photographs
Notes:
The album provides a visual account of a middle class British family at home and while journeying by ship to Ceylon in the early 20th century. 175 of the images are mounted to leaves of an oblong album. The album, a Kodak "Luxia" of thick black paper and black covers, does not appear to be contemporary with the photographs. There are 53 additional loose photographs, many captioned on the verso in black ink (most of these also have glue stains on the back, indicating that they were previously part of an album). The identity of the compiler or photographer is not clear. The "me" referenced in captions is a woman in her 30s; she appears in a good number of the photographs. Other names that appear most frequently include Captains Lamb and Bayly, Mrs. Pearson, and Poage.
Subject Terms:
Herefordshire (Ship) | Bibby Line Limited. | British -- Sri Lanka. | World War, 1914–1918. | Avro 504 (Military aircraft) | Ocean travel. | Sri Lanka -- Description and travel. | Colombo (Sri Lanka) | Suez Canal (Egypt) | Port Said (Egypt) | Kandy (Sri Lanka) | Galle (Sri Lanka) | Adam's Peak (Sri Lanka)