Interesting early WW1 period photograph album containing 141 original black and white / sepia images.  Housed in an album measuring approx. 25cm by 20cm across the cover.  The photos are on thin photographic paper and are stuck into the album, with white painted annotations.  The album spans quite an early period from September 1914 to January 1915, and contains a high proportion of naval images taken onboard ships (quite a few from SS Bandra).  Predominantly Egypt (Port Said / Suez Canal), India, Pakistan (Karachi), with a few of Malta (Valetta), Marseilles and one of Singapore.  Some of the annotations include: French cruiser Charlemagne in Port Said, Hospital Ship Takada in Port Said, sunset over the Red Sea, Harrison Liner Craftsman in Valetta, French battleships in Valetta, SS Bandra in Bombay Harbour, P&O SS Persia leaving Port Said, steamer Blakemoor passing Bandra in Suez Canal, armed camps on banks of Suez Canal, SS Melbourne passing Bandra in Suez Canal, troop train unloading in Alexandra Docks Bombay, sunset in Karachi, 3^rd Officer with native signallers and morning exercise on Bandra, Bombay Persian steamer Akbar, street scene Aden Sept 1914, native dhow in Bombay Harbour, SS Dufferin, native cavalry arriving for embarkation on Bandra in Bombay Oct 1914, HMS Duke of Edinburgh, 3^rd Officer and operator working on Bandra, group photo of officers (including Captain Holroyd, Captain Bally of 14^th Lancers, Lieut Stevenson 1^st Lancers), torpedo boat and destroyers Port Said, Gurkha signallers on Bandra, horses on foredeck of transport ship Ula, SS Kirkfield, SS Chakdara, street scene in Singapore, Japanese fishing boats, transport ship City of Exeter, prison outside Marseilles where German prisoners interred, British India passenger tender Rangoon, camel cart Karachi, Botanical Gardens Calcutta, native troops bathing in Port Said, N Battery RHA Marseilles, transport ship Risaldar, P&O SS Mooltan in Red Sea, transport ship Begum, transport ship Gloucester Castle, steam suction dredger in Rangoon River, snake vs mongoose in Alexandra Dock, Captain Carpendale 8^th Cavalry with native soldiers, bullock wagon in Karachi, Victoria & Albert Museum Bombay, Navy tug Elephanta in Persian Gulf, snake charmer Bombay, transport ship Caledonia, hospital ship Sicilia in Bombay, captured Austrian ship Franz Ferdinand, HMS Ocean on her way to the Persian Gulf, SS Taroba in Madras Harbour, captured Hansa Line ship Pagenturm in Bombay, cavalry horses Suez Bay, German ships taking refuge in Suez Canal prior to expulsion by Egyptian Government Oct 1914, HMS Dartmouth.  The album itself is in poor condition – the spine covering is missing, and the covers are detached, so the card pages are loose and disbound, and not necessarily in order.  There is staining and white powdering to the outer covers, but the photo pages are fine, with some natural foxing and some warping of the card.  Some of the images have browned and faded, so some are faint.  Similarly, some of the white text has rubbed and faded, so is hard to read and in some cases illegible.

A303.22                                          1270g