Great Britain. War Cabinet., Sikak Ḥadīd al-Ḥukūmah al-ʻIrāqīyah., Railroads--History, Railroads--History--Iran, Railroads--History, Railroads--History--Iraq
Report surveying the state of the railroads and the gauges used by the Iraqi State Railways and the Trans-Iranian Railway between 1942 and 1944.... Show moreReport surveying the state of the railroads and the gauges used by the Iraqi State Railways and the Trans-Iranian Railway between 1942 and 1944. The report is incomplete; 11 pages are related to Iraq (p. 54-85), while 16 pages cover Iran (p. 73-160). The typewritten text is accompanied by photomechanical prints and technical drawings of locomotives. The report might have been produced both by the British or the American intelligence. A map of Turkey produced by the British War Office in 1939 is included; railroads and possessions of the same are outlined in pencil. Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Office General HC.ARC.2016.0094-0004 Manuscripts Item-ID: i25425626 BIB-ID: 2711204 Show less
Military railroads, Military railroads--Morocco--Photographs
Amateur photograph album probably compiled by a French engineer. Pictures show the inauguration of the railroad, train stations decorated with... Show moreAmateur photograph album probably compiled by a French engineer. Pictures show the inauguration of the railroad, train stations decorated with French flags, tracks, locomotives, bridges and French soldiers. Title and date from item. Prints average measurements 12 x 17 cm. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0251 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25235461 BIB-ID: 2686958 Show less
Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps, Armies--Officers, Armies--Officers--Photographs, Railroads, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Arab countries--Palestine
Photograph albums belonging to the British medical officer Edward Guest, who served in the 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, part of the 54th... Show morePhotograph albums belonging to the British medical officer Edward Guest, who served in the 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, part of the 54th Division’s Royal Army Medical Corps in the Territorial Force. The first album is titled “photographs of the Suez Canal Zone. April 1916 to Xmas 1916”; the second “contains views of the advance made by the British across the Sin[ai] desert into Palestine 1917–18”. Among the diverse subjects are: the Canal and its environs, the officers and men of the Field Ambulance, railways, trenches, fortifications, and tent camps (with scenes of camp life), an Indian camel corps and transport camels used as ambulances, fishing from pontoon bridges, as well as views of the desert, an expedition into Sinai, shell-shocked men in Gaza, the ruins of shelled buildings, soldiers laying telegraph wires (by camel) and making a railway cutting, a railway accident, a cannon captured from the Turkish army, irrigation pumps and vegetation in Palestine. Portraits of local men and women, market scenes and merchants, grilling camel flesh. Ultimately, street scenes in Jerusalem, views of the Old City, of the Mosque of Omar, and Jericho. Title and date from item. Photographs, mostly 6 x 8 cm, are set in window pages (square and round ones) and generally manuscript captioned in white and yellow paint. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0228.01 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25174435 BIB-ID: 2624725 Show less
Railroads, Railroads--Saudi Arabia--Hejaz, Pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim, Pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--Photographs, Scientific expeditions, Scientific expeditions--Arab countries--Photographs
Photographs showing major sites and geographic features of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Palestine. Most of the photographs were taken... Show morePhotographs showing major sites and geographic features of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Palestine. Most of the photographs were taken between 1905 and 1915 by Bernard Moritz, but some also by his Turkish friends, especially for areas where non-muslim were prohibited from going. Pictures depict pilgrims on the Hajj to Mecca, Bedouins, the building of the Hejaz railway between Damascus and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, Jeddah, Petra, and Mount Sinai. Bernard Moritz was an Arabist and archaeologist. from 1898 to 1911 he was in charge of the Khedival Library and Archive in Cairo. During his stay in Egypt, he made numerous research trips to Sinai and Hejaz. Title and date from item. Photographs are tipped onto 50 card mounts with printed captions, numbered 1-100. Bookplate designed by Julius Diez approximately in 1914 on verso of title; "A. Toluboff" (probably the Russian-born Hollywood art director, 1882-1940), blindstamped. label on recto of title. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0105 Book Item-ID: i23186653 BIB-ID: 2489491 Show less
Railroads--Design and construction, Railroads--Design and construction--Damascus (Syria)--Photographs
Title and date from item. The photographs is captioned and numbered (23) on the card mount. The print is signed in the negative. Inscribed on top... Show moreTitle and date from item. The photographs is captioned and numbered (23) on the card mount. The print is signed in the negative. Inscribed on top Chemin de fer de Beyrouth à Damas (Syrie). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0226-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2542547x BIB-ID: 2711176 Show less
Railroads--Design and construction, Railroads--Design and construction--Lebanon--Photographs, Railroad stations, Railroad stations--Baʻbdā (Lebanon)
Title and date from item. The photograph is captioned and numbered (4) on the card mount. The print is signed in the negative. Inscribed on top... Show moreTitle and date from item. The photograph is captioned and numbered (4) on the card mount. The print is signed in the negative. Inscribed on top Chemin de fer de Beyrouth à Damas (Syrie). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0226-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25425468 BIB-ID: 2711174 Show less
