Album of photographs taken in Greece, Egypt and Palestine

Date
1940-1942
Reference
PA1-o-1974
Description

Photograph album containing 251 photographs, 250 of which are numbered, mainly taken by Norman Wilcox, between 1940 and 1942.

The album is accompanied by a nine-page typescript index to the photographs.

Photographs include pictures of Wilcox and comrades in various camps and off duty; scenery and street scenes in Greece, Cairo, and Palestine; and many photographs of biblical sites in Palestine and Jerusalem, including a series of the Via Dolorosa and the Stations of the Cross.

Title supplied by Library.

Wilcox was with the 24th Infantry Battalion in Greece, and later at officer training in Cairo.

Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 251 photographs.

Physical Description: Photograph album, 24.5 x 39 cm, with a tooled leather cover inset with a beaten metal scene of David's Tower, fastened with a cord. Pages are interleaved with tissue paper. Three loose pages in the front of the album.

Processing information: Not all place names in this collection have been indexed.

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Part of
Wilcox family: Papers and photographs relating to Norman Bramwell Wilcox / Papers and photographs relating to Norman Bramwell Wilcox's service in World War Two
Format
1 album(s) containing 251 photographs, Gelatin silver prints, Photograph albums, Photograph album, 24.5 x 39 cm, with a tooled leather cover inset with a beaten metal scene of David's Tower, fastened with a cord. Pages are interleaved with tissue paper. Three loose pages in the front of the album.
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