Loose photographs that accompany two RAF albums (Middle East and Canada)
Creator
Unknown
Date1931
Medium57 loose gelatin silver prints, 4 possibly albumen prints [ pages 75, 76, 77], 1 carte de visite, 1 black and white halftone print
Credit LineAnonymous gift, 2020
Object number2021/251
ProvenanceCollection of loose prints that accompany two Canadian WW2 RAF albums. These photographs - which belonged to the Englishman C.A. Morrison - span the years 1931 to 1951. Of particular interest are 1930s snapshots of both airworthy and crashed aircraft in the Middle East: King Ghazi of Iraq's flying machine, an Imperial Airways passenger aeroplane and the British biplane freighter and troop transport Vickers Type 56 Victoria (70th Squadron) in Kirkuk, Muscat and Bahrain.
Also includes portraits of Morrison and his family in the UK and friends in Canada as well as photographs of fellow airmen at No. 34 S.F.T.S. (Service Flying Training School) Medicine Hat, Alberta where Morrison may have been an instructor.
Some captions on reverse.
Ephemera includes postcards of a British WW1 cemetery and the 1951 Festival of Britain 'Pleasure Gardens' in Battersea Park, London, England.
LocationNot currently on display
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Various Artists
mid-late 19th century
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Various Artists
mid-late 19th century
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Various Artists
mid-late 19th century
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Various Artists
mid-late 19th century
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