Distant view of a British military camp with mountains in the background, Landi Kotal, Khyber Pass, India (now in Pakistan)

People:

R.B. Holmes & Co. (photographic studio)
R.B. Holmes (photographer)

Title:

Distant view of a British military camp with mountains in the background, Landi Kotal, Khyber Pass, India (now in Pakistan)

Date:

1919

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 23.8 x 29.4 cm secondary support: 26.6 x 35.9 cm

Reference number:

PH1986:0903:007

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1986:0903:007 and PH1986:0903:008 form panorama PH1986:0903:007-008. The photographs are mounted on different sides of the same secondary supports. Photograph PH1986:0903:007 comprises the left half of the panorama, and photograph PH1986:0903:008 comprises the right half.

Inscription:

signed and numbered - by the photographer, on the negative, l.c.: "Holmes"; l.l.: "7" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, u.c.: "Camp at LANDI KOTAL"

Location:

Landi Kotal; Khyber Pass; Pakistan;

Subject:

architecture
military
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

tents
fortifications
military camp
roads
mountains
pass (landform)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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