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Phototheca AfghanicaPhototheca Afghanica
In the foreground the camel of the photographer (see ABC 013) with its Indian attendant and the picketed, unloaded horses of the ABC, most of them coverd with a blanket. In the background the faded perpendicular cliff of the Takht-e Rustam. On top of it, one person is visible.
Place, date
Takht-e Rustam, November 1, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 1, Photographs 001 to 057
ABC 012
Details
In the foreground a kneeling camel with pack-saddle. On the right side of the saddle a holster with a rifle. On the ground, beside the camel, the unloaded and partly opened boxes and cases for photographic equipment are spread. At some distance in the plain a vast number of picketed horses and mules in front of some tents. In the background a steep ridge of bare hills.
Place, date
Karez-e Dasht, November 9, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 1, Photographs 001 to 057
ABC 013
Details
Two rows of white army tents (Swiss Cottage Tents) for the ABC officers. In the middle of the camp a flag-staff and some people: three Europeans, one Afghan and three Indians. In front of a tent on the right hand side, one of the British officers is playing with a dog, maybe the traditional mascot, a bulldog, whose duty it is to guard the flag-staff, which is mentioned by Captain Yate. As the ABC rested at Zakin for one day, the arrangement of the camp was probably more elaborated as usual.
Place, date
Zakin, November 6 to 7, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 1, Photographs 001 to 057
ABC 014
Details
Probably the view of a rugged mountain range rising from the steppe.
Place, date
?, November 4 to 5, 1884
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission
Series
ABC 1, Photographs 001 to 057
ABC 015
Details