Aden [Yemen] Photograph Album, ca. 1937-1938

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Title:: Aden [Yemen] Photograph Album,
Dates:: ca. 1937-1938
Extent:: .2 linear feet (1 half-size box)
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: Aden [Yemen] Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 50. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Scope and content:: Photo album, ca. 1937-1938, of a British airman, 90+ black/white snapshots with captions, mainly of Aden [Yemen]. Includes shots of fellow British servicemen, military planes and ships, Aden police and military on camels, dhows and other local boats, many street scenes, marketplaces, gardens, countryside, a Jewish shop and a Christian Somali family in Crater. Locations include Crater, Kormaksar Beach, Sheik Othman, Steamer Point, Maala, Tawahi, and Lahedj. Also a few photos of Gibraltar, Malta, and Port Said, probably taken on the voyage to Aden, and a few printed items, in part citing hardships experienced by British airmen in Aden.
Acquisition information:: Purchase, 2003.
Physical location:: Del Sur

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by D Tambo
Date Prepared:: © 2003
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 30 July 2003 .

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Restrictions:: None.
Terms of access:: Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:: Aden [Yemen] Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 50. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:: UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US