‘Wharf of Local Resources, Hillah’
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 13
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The record is made up of 2 photographic prints. It was created in 1919. 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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Black and white photographs taken at Hillah [Al Ḩillah], Iraq. The upper photograph shows a waterway (probably the Euphrates) with railway line running parallel on the left side, and an open space with tents and two groups of two human figures (two children and two British officers) on the right side. The lower photograph shows a built structure with a barn-like roof, used for storage. A ramp leads up to the barn on the left side of the photograph. A man is walking up the ramp, and carrying a filled sack upon his head. On the right side of the photograph, alongside the barn, is an open area in which filled sacks have been arranged.
- Extent and format
- 2 photographic prints
- It is part of
- 119 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/20/35
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: upper photograph, 83 x 295 mm; lower photograph, 81 x 295 mm.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Photograph
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 13
- Date(s)
- 1919 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 13
- Title
- ‘Wharf of Local Resources, Hillah’
- Pages
- 13r:13v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence