R. B. Holmes photographs, 1910-1919 and undated.

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R. B. Holmes photographs, 1910-1919 and undated.

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Collection of ninety-two 11.5 x 9.5" black-and-white photographic prints of Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. The images were taken by British photographer R. B. (Randolph Bezzant) Holmes and possibly others from his studio who traveled with him. Holmes was the owner of the R. B. Holmes & Co. photography studio in Peshawar, Pakistan. The majority of these detailed images were taken during the end of the Anglo-Afghan war in 1919 and depict large British military camps and vast landscapes, sometimes with camel caravans or military convoys. Some scenes show the remains of villages, military features such as towers, and religious structures. There are portraits of individuals, including camel drivers, a sniper, a female spinner, a young woman dressed in traditional wear, and various groups. The landscape views include the Khyber Pass, Tanai Gorge, Kabul River, Khargali Ridge, Dal Lake, Nanga Parbat, and the Sikkim Himalaya. Military camp views, many in panoramic scale with fine detail, include Landi Khana, Dakka Plain, and Landi Kotal. The majority of the prints contain an identification number originally marked on the negative, and the prints are arranged in numerical order accordingly. A list of the prints created from the studio's original list of commercially available prints, with captions and numbers when available, is in each of the boxes in the collection. There are a few images that do not appear on this list but have numbers assigned to them, and some are entirely unnumbered. Items not on the original list have been placed in the collection according to their subject matter. There are duplicate copies of several images. Also, some of the images have been hand-tinted, probably by Holmes himself. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts.

92 items (3.5 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7605641

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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