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Women in World War I Photograph album, c.1911-20
Women in World War I Photograph album, c.1911-20
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Women in World War I Photograph album, c.1911-20 containing c.350 snapshot-style gelatin silver print photographs (8 x 6cm to 10.5 x 6.5cm), depicting a voyage to India in 1911-12 (Rajputana, Jabalpore, Simla), family recreation in England, and activities of Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport Company 882 and attached servicewomen in London, France and Belgium (with numerous images of service cars including Rolls Royces, and two larger photographs captioned 'Canadian War Cabinet Cars, Peace Conference, Whitehall Gardens, Dec 1918 Jan 1919'), 1917-20, manuscript captions throughout. Together with 7 further albums, c.1880-1910, comprising: 4 albums with in total c.250 Scottish or English views, albumen prints, many by George Washington Wilson or John Valentine, e.g. Highlands and Islands (Staffa, Fingal's Cave, Glencoe, Skye, Tobermory, castles), Edinburgh (20 of these large-format and contained in single red morocco album), and similar; 2 family albums containing in total c.220 personal and studio photographs, c.1890, one including domestic views and interiors (e.g. 'Bachelors and Spinsters Ball, Worcester, March 31st 1891'), family scenes at Wolverton Hall, Worcestershire, views including Malta and Aden, bookplate of Agatha Royds Greene (dated 1895); and a crushed blue morocco album of domestic interiors apparently in Edinburgh, 1912 (platinum prints). Also c.250 photographic cartes-de-visite, c.1860-70, including actresses ('Miss Constance Gilchrist in "Blue Beard"'; Eweretta Lawrence; Madame Modjeska; Emily Soldene; Violet Cameron; Alice Atherton), soldiers, aristocrats and royalty (Duke of Buccleuch, Duke and Duchess of Connaught, Duke and Duchess of Albany, Alexandra Princess of Wales), W. E. Gladstone etc.; 16 similar cabinet cards; 4 photographic negatives (2 of 'Maesminnon [Maes Mynan] Hall', Wales, 2 of a house named 'La Sarsonnerie' in printed caption verso, in folder annotated '4 paper negatives, late 1840s early 50s') and a photographic portrait of George Bernard Shaw, apparently signed by Shaw on verso (1 box)
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Women in World War I Photograph album, c.1911-20

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