Panorama of a British military camp with the Kabul River, Lalpura Village and mountains in the background, Dakka, Afghanistan

People:

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

Title:

Panorama of a British military camp with the Kabul River, Lalpura Village and mountains in the background, Dakka, Afghanistan

Date:

1919

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 panorama(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints

Dimensions:

comp. (for panorama): 23.9 x 58.2 cm comps. (range; for individual images): 23.1 to 23.9 x 28.8 to 29.4 cm secondary support: 26.6 x 71.8 cm

Reference number:

PH1986:0903:025-026

Point of View:

distant views
exterior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1986:0903:025 and PH1986:0903:026 form panorama PH1986:0903:025-026. The photographs are mounted on different sides of the same secondary supports. Photograph PH1986:0903:025 comprises the left half of the panorama, and photograph PH1986:0903:026 comprises the right half.

Inscription:

signed and numbered - by the photographer, on the negative of PH1986:0903:025, l.l.: "Holmes / 25" signed, numbered and inscribed - by the photographer, on the negative of PH1986:0903:026, l.r.: "Holmes / 25a" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support of PH1986:0903:025, u.c.: "DAKKA Camp looking East." inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support of PH1986:0903:026, u.c.: "DAKKA Camp looking EAST."

Location:

Dakka; Nangarhar; Afghanistan;

Subject:

architecture
military
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

river
tents
military camp
mountains
village

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

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