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'Koweit: Coffee Shop' [‎18-b] (1/1)

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The record is made up of 1 b&w silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print. It was created in Feb 1918. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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View in Koweit [Kuwait] outside a coffee shop. A number of men and boys sit on benches outside the building, looking towards the camera. Woven reed blinds are rolled above two pointed arches along the façade.

Inscriptions:

Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Koweit.’

Upper left, above image, in pencil, crossed-out: ‘b’

Lower right, alongside image, in pencil: ‘36’

Lower right, below image, in pen: ‘Coffee Shop.’ ‘(Feb. 1918)’

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1 b&w silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print
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70 x 95 mm

Condition:

The image is in good condition.

Foliation:

'b'; '36'

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Silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print

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English in Latin script
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'Koweit: Coffee Shop' [‎18-b] (1/1), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Photo 496/6/36, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023814039.0x00002c> [accessed 7 October 2024]

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