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Slide set: India (lecture: York & Son, 50-56 slides, in/before 1875)

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Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

[1]

Introduction -- Map of India

Slide 1**

Glaciers at Panjturni, near Ummernath, Cashmere

Slide 2

The Cave of Ummernath

Slide 3

Coolies crossing a Bridge of Frozen Snow

Slide 4

View between Sonamurg and Baltal, Cashmere

Slide 5

Cascades below Sonamurg, Cashmere

Slide 6

Coolies crossing a Rustic Bridge, Cashmere

Slide 7

Rope Bridge, Scinde Valley, Cashmere

Slide 8

The Visitors' Bungalows up the Jhelum, Cashmere

Slide 9

Ancient Temple, built B.C.

Slide 10

Ancient Temple at Pandretton

Slide 11

Foliage on the Apple Tree Canal, Cashmere

Slide 12

Chunar Trees in the Shalimar Gardens, Cashmere

Slide 13

Marble Pavilion in Shalimar Gardens

Slide 14

Zainul's Tomb

Slide 15

The River Jhelum, opposite the Maharajah's Palace, Sreenugger

Slide 16

Bridge of Shops, Sreenugger, Cashmere

Slide 17

The Maharajah's Palace, Sreenugger

Slide 18

State Barge on the Apple Tree Canal

Slide 19

Group of Cashmere Boatmen and Women

Slide 20

Group of Cashmere Musicians, etc.

Slide 21

Ruins of Marttand (general view)

Slide 22

Lahore Railway Station

Slide 23

Large Mosque, near Runjeet Sing's Tomb, Lahore

Slide 24**

Marble Pavilion in the Fort Gardens, Lahore

Slide 25

Runjeet Sing's Tomb, Lahore

Slide 26**

Jehangir's Tomb, Shadra Gardens, Lahore

Slide 27**

Tank and Pavilion in Shalimar Gardens, Lahore

Slide 28

Umritsur, showing portion of Tank

Slide 29

no image available

Slide 30**

Golden Temple

Slide 31

The Barracks, Murree

Slide 31a

View of the Bazaar from the Barracks, Murree

Slide 32**

Temple at Kurterpoor

Slide 32a

no image available

Slide 33

Sutlej Bridge, Delhi Railway

Slide 34

The City of Delhi from Jumma Musjied

Slide 35**

The Chandni Chowk, principal street of Delhi

Slide 36

Delhi Gate of the Fort

Slide 37

no image available

Slide 38**

The Jumma Musjied, or Great Mosque, Delhi

Slide 39

The Cashmere Gate, Delhi

Slide 39a

Inside of Gate

Slide 40

Sufter Jung's Tomb

Slide 41

The Kootub Minar

Slide 42**

Altomsh's Tomb, Kootub

Slide 43

Large Arch and Iron Pillar, near the Kootub Minar

Slide 44

Diving Well at the Kootub

Slide 45

Agra -- The Palace of Akbar Khan

Slide 46**

The Taj Mahal, near Agra

Slide 46a**

The Taj Mahal, near Agra

Slide 47

Tomb of Prince Etmad Dowlah, Agra

Slide 48**

Cawnpore -- Distant View of the Memorial Well

Slide 48a**

Cawnpore -- Interior View of Memorial Well

Slide 49

Cawnpore -- Suttee Chowra Ghat -- Scene of Massacre

Slide 50**

Bithoor -- View on the River Ganges (Nana Sahib's Home)

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Alternative title

Northern India

Number of slides

50 minimum, 56 maximum (50 slides plus Introduction and 5 extras marked 'a' in list)

Manufacturer

York & Son, England

Other related organisations

in stock of Morley & Cooper, dates unknown

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1891-1914 (item ref. 345)

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

in stock of E.G. Wood, 1894-1912 (item ref. 9500-9535)

in stock of Watson & Sons, 1896

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 29)

in stock of Josiah T. Chapman, 1909-1912 (item ref. 218)

in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 206)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 178)

in stock of Ivens & Co., 1913

Main type of image

photograph

Main usage of set

lecture

Date of first manufacture

unknown (latest possible 1875)

Readings or songs

India (London: E. Marshall, 1875)

‘India in the north-west’ in Descriptive readings and lectures 1

Related slide sets

see also India (lecture: York & Son, 360-383 slides, in/before 1875)

see generic title India (generic set title – 13 different versions are known)

Notes

This set is a selection from the longer listing of 383 slides in the Ivens catalogue, which marks those used here as 'selected for the reading'.

The Lizars catalogue uses the title A tour in India and lists 55 slides in one number series without the 'a' suffixes.

The Riley catalogue uses the title India re-visited.

The Wood 1894 catalogue uses the title Northern India, and the set is also mentioned in the 1888 Indispensable handbook under that title, shown as a Wood production in addition to the reference to the York set.

Collections

3 slides known to exist in private collection

10 slides in Manchester Geographical Society Collection

10 slides in Manchester Museum Collection

4 slides in Musée de Photographie à Charleroi

50 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keywords

India
Pakistan
Lahore, Pakistan
Delhi, India
imperialism – British Empire
science – geography

Lucerna ID 3000669

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 29 April 2024

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