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[NORTHERN INDIA]. [Two photograph albums].

[s.i.]. [s.n.], [1929-35]
I: Oblong quarto. 30 photographs mounted on 30 leaves. Contemporary light green embossed cloth, paper label to upper board title in manuscript 'Lahore, Cricket Teams, Khyber Pass, and Family Groups'. Rubbed and marked, joints split.

II: Oblong quarto. 21 photographs mounted on 12 leaves bound with string in contemporary reversed half-calf, beige cloth boards, paper label to upper board titled in manuscript 'Kangra Valley'. Rubbed and marked.
Two well-presented photograph albums featuring a total of fifty-one images depicting inter-war India.

The first contains nine images of Himachal Pradesh state, specifically the Uhl Valley and Lamba Dag River; eight photographs of the Khyber pass, including Attock Bridge, and the Khyber Valley Railway; three of 'The Unbendables' cricket team; two depicting Quetta in the aftermath of the 1935 earthquake; and three photographs of crowds taken at the Lahore session of the Indian National Congress, at which was passed the historic 'Purna Swaraj' (total independence) resolution following the breakdown of negotiations between freedom movement leaders and the British government over the question of dominion status.

The second album contains idyllic photographs of the Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh, predominantly of the Uhl and Banganga rivers (including one of a gentleman fly fishing), and two images of the Khyber Valley Railway.
£ 900.00 Antiquates Ref: 25280