This album, containing 100 items, is made up almost entirely of postcards, both picture and photographic. Of the photographic postcards, the majority are portraits or group portraits of young soldiers from Highland regiments. The original owner of this album, Private Albert Dawson, was part of the 2nd battalion of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and, as such, his photos are largely of other members of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Other postcards include coloured photos or prints of monuments in Egypt and in Cyprus, as well as a few from Great Britain. Of those photographs which are dated, all are from the 1920s. Few photographs are inscribed apart from the occasional dedication on a portrait. As a result, the titles are mainly based on the subject of the image or on a description of the content.
The Costas and Rita Severis Foundation holds or manages the copyright(s) of this collection and its digital reproduction.
Portrait of a soldier
20th century
Caire, Tombeaux de Mamelouks
20th century
With good luck
20th century
2nd K.O.S.B.s, “Off to Ireland”
20th century
Cairo, Arrival of the Holy Carpet
20th century
Three soldiers
20th century
Portrait of a soldier
1924
Main Street, Nicosia Town,
Cyprus
20th century
Soldier
20th century
Caire, Rue Kamel et place de l' Opera
20th century
Portrait of a soldier
20th century
Cairo, Arabic village and Pyramides
20th century
Portrait of a soldier
20th century
Portrait of a soldier
20th century
Exploitation of Tout-Ankh-Amon's Tomb
20th century
Portrait of a soldier
20th century
The Register of the Marriage of Edward Gibbon Wakefield with the abducted heiress, Ellen Turner
[1826]
Two young men
20th century
Gretna Hall Blacksmith's shop, D.R. MacIntosh, Prop.
20th century
Caire, Joueurs de Jaquet
20th century
K.O.S.B.s winners "Challenge" Cup
20th century
After the storm. Whitchurch Camp. 1927
1927
Cairo, General view
20th century
Two soldiers
20th century