National and International Topographical Views
Australia
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| Ref No. |
Description |
Dates |
| PHO/TOP/2/1 |
Australia: Trade Union Banners.
Photographs of Australian Trade Union Banners. There are six photographs of banners from
six different trade unions. There is information on each banner as to whose banner it is,
it's size, what it is painted on, who painted it, what collection it is from and where it
is now stored. There is also an accompanying information sheet giving a history of
Australian trade union banners.
(6 photographs) |
1905-1916 |
Belgium
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| Ref No. |
Description |
Dates |
| PHO/TOP/2/2 |
Belgium: Visit to the town of Beringen and area.
Set of photographs of a visit to the mining town of Beringen for a conference on
industrial archaeology. The photographs show a visit to a colliery, a mining museum, and
photographs taken around the town of people, the town and the delegates for the
conference. Attatched to these photographs are three others showing an old colliery in
Beringen and the winding gear of a colliery in Waterschei (these are dated 1914 and 1922).
(27 photographs) |
2.1983 |
Czech Republic / Czecheslovakia
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| Ref No. |
Description |
Dates |
| PHO/TOP/2/3 |
Czech Republic: Men and women in national costume.
Photograph album of men and women in national costumes. There are men and women dancing, a
man on horseback, and group photographs of men and women. At the front of the album is a
picture of a girl with the name Jaroslava Moraranska.
(1 album (18 photos)) |
nd |
China
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| Ref No. |
Description |
Dates |
| PHO/TOP/2/4 |
China: Chou En-lai addressing a dinner in Beijing.
Photograph of Premier Chou En-lai addressing a large dinner in Beijing in celebration of
the seventeenth anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China.
(1 photograph) |
30.9.1966 |
| PHO/TOP/2/5 |
China: Woman standing outside a building.
Photograph of a woman standing outside an ornate building. "Ming Tombs Snaps" is
written on the envelope, so the photograph could be from there.
(7 photographs; all duplicates of the same photo) |
nd |
| PHO/TOP/2/6 |
China: Buildings and places of interest (unidentified).
Set of photographs of buildings and places of interest in China. There are photographs of
the Great Wall of China, a dam, buildings which look like temples or places of worship, a
garden and a road, although none of them are identified. There is writing in Chinese on
the front of the photographs.
(12 photographs; 3 have duplicates) |
nd |
| PHO/TOP/2/7 |
China: Large building (unidentified).
Photograph of a large building in China (unidentified). There is writing on the back of
the postcard.
(1 photograph) |
nd |
| PHO/TOP/2/8 |
China: Buildings and places of interest (unidentified).
Set of fold out photographs (all attatched to each other) of buildings and locations in
China. They are all unidentified, but have Chinese writing underneath them.
(10 photographs) |
nd |
| PHO/TOP/2/9 |
China: Sculpture and works of art postcards.
Set of photographs of Chinese sculpture and works of art. They are unidentified but have
Chinese writing on them.
(8 photographs) |
nd |
| PHO/TOP/2/10 |
China: Fabric images of Communist leaders.
Fabric images of Chinese leaders and Communist leaders. They include Mao Tse Tung, Joseph
Stalin, Lenin, Engels and Marx. There is also a sheet of printed paper with a lot of
Chinese writing on it.
(13 fabric images) |
nd |
England
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| Ref No. |
Description |
Dates |
| PHO/TOP/2/11 |
London: Exterior of East Islington Labour building.
Photograph of the exterior of the East Islington Labour Party club building in London.
(1 photograph) |
nd |
Germany
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| Ref No. |
Description |
Dates |
| PHO/TOP/2/12 |
Germany: Aerial view of Belchen mountain.
Aerial photograph of Belchen Mountain and the surrounding valleys and mountains in the
area.
(1 photograph) |
nd |
Russia / Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
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| Ref No. |
Description |
Dates |
| PHO/TOP/2/13 |
Russia: Postcards celebrating Russian buildings.
Set of photographs of buildings and images of Russia to celebrate the Soviet exhibition at
the International Exposition at Paris in 1937. There are photographs of the USSR building
at the exposition, and buildings in Leningrad, Moscow, Soukhoumi and Peterhof.
(9 photographs) |
1937 |
| PHO/TOP/2/14 |
Kazakhstan: View of a colliery.
Photograph of the winding gear and outbuildings of the Pervaya Vertikalnaya colliery in
Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
(1 photograph) |
1950-1960 (c) |
| PHO/TOP/2/15 |
Russia: View of a conference.
Photographs of a conference in Moscow. There are two photographs showing delegates on the
platform, and on the floor of the hall. There is a banner above the platform with writing
in Russian and the years 1917 to 1957. Another photograph shows a close up of the
delegates on the platform (it looks like the image has been superimposed in some way).
(3 photographs) |
1957 |
| PHO/TOP/2/16 |
Russia: Red Square parade.
Photographs of Red Square and a procession in Red Square to celebrate 40 years since the
Revolution. There are photographs of large crowds walking along Red Square with banners,
some people dancing and two photographs of military vehicles. There is an aerial view of
the procession, and a panoramic view taking in the procession, and the leaders on Lenin's
Mausoleum. There is also a photograph of the leaders themselves (again this photograph
looks like it has been altered).
(9 photographs) |
1957 |
| PHO/TOP/2/17 |
Russia: Russian passenger aircraft.
Three photographs of civil aviation passenger aircraft on a runway. They are in an
envelope addressed to Jim David.
(3 photographs) |
1950-1960 (c) |
| PHO/TOP/2/18 |
Russia: Aerial view of a large parade in Red Square.
Aerial photograph of a large parade in Red Square, for the visit of General Tito of
Yugoslavia. There is writing on the back of the photograph in Russian.
(1 photograph) |
nd |
| PHO/TOP/2/19 |
Ukraine: Buildings in the city of Voroshilograd.
Set of photographs showing buildings, streets, monuments and sites in the city of
Voroshilovgrad (Lugansk). All the images are named and identified.
(15 photographs) |
1973 (?) |
| PHO/TOP/2/20 |
Russia: Cinema in Pushkin Square, Moscow.
Photograph of the cinema in Pushkin Square, Moscow. There is writing on the back of the
postcard and it is addressed to Tim Exton.
(1 photograph) |
1984 |
| PHO/TOP/2/21 |
Russia: Banner sent from Russia to Britain in 1926.
Photograph of one side of a banner from Russia. The inscriptions say "Proletarians of
all countries unite" "To the fighting British miners and the British miners
wives from the working women of Krasnava Presna, Moscow June 3 1926" In the centre of
the banner there is a woven hammer and sickle encircled by a sheaf of corn. It is
predominantly gold and red.
(1 photograph) |
nd |
Scotland
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| Ref No. |
Description |
Dates |
| PHO/TOP/2/22 |
Scotland: Aerial views of Scotland.
Aerial photographs of Scotland showing countryside and mountains. The images are not very
bright.
(5 photographs) |
nd |
United States of America
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| Ref No. |
Description |
Dates |
| PHO/TOP/2/23 |
United States of America: Kentucky coal mining area.
Photographs of the coal mining community in Kentucky, USA. The postcards show a group of
coal miners (c. 1917), a pioneers cabin (c. 1917), a view of a valley showing houses and
coal miners hotel (1.3.1919) (all of these are pictured in Lynch) and a store (shop) in
Benham (27.6.1922).
(4 photographs) |
1917-1922 |
| PHO/TOP/2/24 |
United States of America: Tennessee people and area.
Photographs of a woman, Zilphia Horton, leading singing on a picket line in Chattanooga (3
duplicates), and a man, Ralph Tefferteller, organising men at a lime plant in Highlander.
There is also a photograph of a view from Highlander Hill showing a valley below and hills
in the background.
(5 photographs) |
1930-1940 (c) |
Wales
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| Ref No. |
Description |
Dates |
| PHO/TOP/2/25 |
Aberystwyth: View of the castle ruins.
Photograph of the ruins of Aberystwyth castle.
(1 photograph) |
nd |
| PHO/TOP/2/26 |
Aberystwyth: Old University building.
Photograph of the exterior of the old university building on the seafront at Aberystwyth
with the church next to it. There is writing on the back and it is addresses to Mrs E
Thomas.
(1 photograph) |
nd |
| PHO/TOP/2/27 |
Caernarfon: View of the castle.
Photograph of Caernarfon Castle with ships moored in front of it.
(1 photograph) |
nd |
| PHO/TOP/2/28 |
Caernarfon: View of the castle.
Photograph of Conwy Castle with the bridge in the foreground.
(2 photographs (duplicates)) |
nd |
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