[AMERICAN TOURISTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SRI LANKA & INDIA] HENSHAW CHICKERING, Alla [Sarah] (1887-1950); [HENSHAW, William Griffith] (1860-1924) [Beautiful Custom Bound Keepsake Diary (Typewritten Manuscript) of a Leisure Trip of an Affluent California Family in ca. 1905 across the Mediterranean, Holy Land, Egypt, Sri Lanka, and India, Presented to the Compiler’s Father and Illustrated with Thirty-Four Original Photos Taken on the Trip; the Diary is Titled:] To Papa from Alla. Souvenirs d’affection. Dec. 25, 1918. Ca. early 1900s & 1918. Price: $2,250.00 Add to Cart Item Details Ask a Question
[ASSAM - OIL] [Album with 36 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken and Collected by an Associate of the “Assam Oil Company” and Showing the Company Settlement with Bungalows, Oil Reservoirs and Railway Tracks, Construction of Oil Derricks, Arriving Train (apparently, of the Assam Railway & Trading Co.), Company’s Associates, Native People of Assam, Working Elephants, &c.]. Price: $2,250.00 Add to Cart Item Details Ask a Question
[INDIA & SRI LANKA] BOURNE & SHEPHERD; BURKE, John (ca. 1843-1900); NICHOLAS & CO.; SCOWEN & CO.; SKEEN & CO.; PONT, V.&E., AND OTHERS [Album with Forty-Nine Large Albumen Photographs of British India and Ceylon] Ca. 1880s-1890s. Price: $3,500.00 Add to Cart Item Details Ask a Question
[INDIA - 1911 DELHI DURBAR] [Two Albums with 192 Original Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs of British India, Showing Nainital (General Views, Hotel Metropole, Naina Devi Temple, “Trevillion & Clark” Shop on the Mall Rd., Cricket Game), Events of the 1911 Delhi Durbar, Kolkata, Kanpur, Jabalpur, Portraits of “a Bridegroom Robed for Wedding,” “a Holy Man – Fakir at Marble Rocks near Jubblepore,” Native People, British Residents, &c.]. Price: $2,250.00 Add to Cart Item Details Ask a Question
[INDIA - BIG GAME HUNTING] [Album with 96 Original Gelatin Silver Photos from Big Game Hunting Trips in the Nilgiri Mountains, Kanara Jungle and Valleys of Godavari and Wardha Rivers in the Central and Southern India] Ca. 1921-1926. Price: $1,850.00 Add to Cart Item Details Ask a Question
[NEPAL] GARDNER, Edward (1784-1861) [Resident in Kathmandu 1816-29] [Autograph Letter Signed to a Superior (Most likely Governor-General of Bengal, Francis, Earl of Moira (later 1st Marquis of Hastings) Reporting the Latest Intelligence Including Troop Strengths and Movements of the Gurkhas (Nepali Troops) in the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-16)]. Price: $1,250.00 Add to Cart Item Details Ask a Question
[INDIA – CHAMBA PRINCELY STATE] [Two Albums with 94 Large Original Gelatin Silver Photos from a Mountaineering Trip to the Chamba Princely State, Showing Chamba City and Valley, Local Officials, the Travellers (Including Two Ladies) Trekking and Ascending the Western Himalayas, Their Guides and Porters, Local People, etc.] Ca. 1920. Sold Item Details Ask a Question
[INDIA – WEST BENGAL] [Album with 121 Early Albumen Photographs, Showing Kolkata, Hooghly River, Railway Station in Bardhaman, Damodar River, a “Mosque and Tank on the Hooghly Road,” a “Ruined Temple at Chandernagore [Chandannagar],” and Numerous Portraits of the Local People - Including Sellers of Toddy (Palm Wine), Curd, Poultry, Crockery, Parched Rice, Carpenters, Snake Charmers, Bullock Cart Drivers, Palanquin Carriers, Coolies, Basket Makers, a Butcher, Playing Children, Musicians, a Female Mill Grinder, a Knife Grinder, a Cotton Cleaner, etc.] Ca. 1870s. Sold Item Details Ask a Question
[JAVA, NEW GUINEA, SAMOA etc.] [Album with 151 Original Gelatin Silver and Albumen Photos, Including Eighty-Five Views of Java, Ambon, Sulawesi & Banda, Twenty-Eight Views of New Guinea, Thirty-Five Views of Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji, and Three Photos of the 1903 Delhi Durbar] Ca. 1900. Sold Item Details Ask a Question