Cowan, Erica :Photographs and postcards of World War II in the Middle East and photographs of George Phillips at Rotorua

The collection includes two different sets of photographs.

The first is the photographs from the collection of Thomas Vernon Mitchell taken while he was serving in the army in the Middle East in the Second World War. They include tourist scenes of the ancient olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane; the city of the dead in Cairo; street scenes in Jerusalem, Tiberias and Aleppo; tombs of the caliphs in Cairo; the Dead Sea; the tower of King David, Jerusalem; the Hotel Yarkon, Tel Aviv; the citadel entrance, Aleppo; and Tiberias Hot Springs. Other images are a 24th Battalion chuch parade in February 1941, two views of Mitchell's grave, the effects of a sandstorm on a military camp in the desert, Mitchell and his friends on rickshaws, Papakura infantry at Trentham in October 1940, and the 24th Battalion party at Cairo 1941. Most of the photographs are captioned and names given are: Warren, Abbott, Coleman, Braser, Wright, Scott, Hargreaves, Walton, Jamieson, Morpeth, Christianson, Battesby, Bullen, Ready, Procter, Pryde, Brash, Naismith, Steel, Shaw, Bush, Banks, Seavill, Allen, McCowan, Buckingham, Boyce, Hawke, Logie, Trubshaw, Olsen, Conder, Horrocks, Rawson, Gilfilan, Bradley, Pratt, Dow, Bremner, Ker, Stark, James and Cutler.

The second set of photographs is of a trip by George Philips to the Rotorua area in May 1912. They include Philips and others at Tutea Falls, Okere; in front of Maori carvings and Ohinemutu; in a punt at Hamurana Spring; and on Hinemoa Step, Okere Falls. The photographer of this is Marsh of Rotorua.

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Quantity: 54 b&w original photographic print(s) loose. 18 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted.

Alternative form available: Copy negatives at 1/2-070781 to 070809