Beckinsale, Frederick Thomas
Introduction
Frederick Thomas Beckinsale
Arrangement

Catalogue
1. Photographic Material
(a) Photographs
(b) Postcards
2. Museum objects
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Beckinsale, Frederick Thomas
Dates of creation: [c. 1911-1956]
Extent: 0.5 box; objects
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Beckinsale, Frederick Thomas
Language: English

Frederick Thomas Beckinsale

(1882 - 1956)

1911-1932 Sudan Government Railways


Arrangement

1. Photographic Material
(a) Photographs
(b) Postcards

Accession details

Presented by Mrs J. Beckinsale, 1968, 2017: draft catalogue only for latest accession

Catalogue
1. Photographic Material
(a) Photographs
SAD.632/1/1-8
Photographs of Northern Province:
SAD.632/1/1
Second cataract from Abu Sir rock
SAD.632/1/2
Halfa Reach, palm trees reflected in the Nile
SAD.632/1/3
Two Berberine women on the road to Gemai, Halfa Province
SAD.632/1/4
Four religious elders at Wadi Halfa in costume worn by supporters of the Mahdi, c. 1904-08
SAD.632/1/5
Kareima suq, traders with vegetables and fruit, European man in foreground
SAD.632/1/6-7
Kareima suq, covered area
SAD.632/1/8
Three young girls at Atbara, two wearing rahats, one in a tobe
SAD.632/1/9-15
Photographs of Kassala Province:
SAD.632/1/9
Pilgrims boarding train at Suakin on their return from Mecca
SAD.632/1/10
Sharta gateway, Suakin
SAD.632/1/11
Hadendowa young man with sword and shield
SAD.632/1/12
Hadendowa girl
SAD.632/1/13
Erkowit, euphorbia candelabra in foreground
SAD.632/1/14
Erkowit, view of mountains and distant valleys
SAD.632/1/15-17
Photographs of Khartoum Province:
SAD.632/1/15
1928 Apr 5
Aerial view of Blue Nile bridge
SAD.632/1/16
Aerial view of Khartoum including the Palace and the Cathedral
SAD.632/1/17
Woman feeding her baby at Omdurman
SAD.632/1/18-19
Photographs of Blue Nile Province:
SAD.632/1/18
Sennar Dam
SAD.632/1/19
Woman carrying earthenware pot on her head at Sabonabi
SAD.632/1/20-23
Photographs of Kordofan:
SAD.632/1/20
Nuba rally at Talodi, men carrying sticks and musical horn
SAD.632/1/21
Woman on back of bull at El Obeid
SAD.632/1/22
Tebeldi tree, El Obeid
SAD.632/1/23
Arab horseman with spear
SAD.632/1/24-28
Photographs of the three southern provinces:
SAD.632/1/24
Shilluk dance with long shields and spears, River Sobat
SAD.632/1/25
Shilluk man with spear standing on banks of a river
SAD.632/1/26
Jur men and boys with drums at Mvolo
SAD.632/1/27
Herd of elephant moving through trees, Mongalla Province
SAD.632/1/28
Papyrus growing in the sudd
SAD.632/1/29
Unidentified woman with stone quern, probably northern Sudan
(b) Postcards
SAD.632/2/1-19
Postcards of the Sudan:
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/1
Sennar Dam [T.I.C.]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/2
Sennar Dam under construction [McC.]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/3
Sennar Dam [McC.]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/4
Main canal and public ferry at Sennar Dam [McC.]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/5
Watering 5-week old cotton plants
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/6
Thinning 6-week old cotton plants
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/7
General view of Khartoum (colour) [G.N.M. 435]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/8
S.G.S. Sudan (colour) [G.N.M. 447]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/9
Shilluk warriors, Upper Nile (colour) [G.N.M. 498]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/10
Ambach canoe, Blue Nile (colour) [G.N.M. 449]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/11
Omdurman suq (colour) [G.N.M. 457]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/12
Egyptian Army soldier of the Camel Corps on camel back (colour) [G.N.M.473]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/13
Women dancing, El Obeid (colour) [G.N.M. 478]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/14
Shilluk war dance (colour) [G.N.M. 485]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/15
Shilluk warriors (colour) [G.N.M. 497]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/16
Woman travelling on a bull in Kordofan (colour) [G.N.M. 500]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/17
Elephant, Mongalla (colour) [G.N.M. 501]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/18
View of Wadi Halfa from the Nile (colour) [Lichtenstern and Harari , Cairo]
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Postcards
SAD.632/2/19
Five children [Methodist Book Depots]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/1-20
Postcards of Upper Egypt:
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/1
Luxor - temple and the Nile, from the west bank [LL 151]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/2
Luxor temple [LL 152]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/3
Luxor temple with mosque in background [LL 153]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/4
Luxor, statue of Rameses II [LL 154]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/5
Karnak, memorials of Thotmes III [LL 155]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/6
Karnak, temple of Opat [LL 156]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/7
Karnak, temple of Rameses III [LL 157]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/8
Karnak, avenue of sphinxes [LL 158]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/9
Karnak, the sacred lake [LL 159]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/10
Karnak, portal of Euergetes I [LL 160]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/11
Karnak, statues of Thotmes III [LL 161]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/12
Karnak, the Hypostyle Hall [LL 162]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/13
Thebes, Ramesseum [LL 163]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/14
Thebes, Tutankhamen's tomb [LL 164]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/15
Thebes, Dar al-Bahari, temple of Queen Hatshepsut [LL 165]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/16
Thebes, colossi of Memnon [LL 166]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/17
Aswan, general view of waterfront [LL 167]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/18
Philae, the temple of Isis [LL 168]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/19
River Nile and buffaloes near Esnah [LL 169]
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Postcards
SAD.632/3/20
Feluccas on the Nile at sunset [LL 170]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/1-20
Postcards of Egypt:
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/1
The sphinx [Z.F. 1]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/2
The pyramids of Giseh, Cairo [Z.F. 2]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/3
Inundation at the pyramids, Cairo [Z.F. 3]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/4
Sunset at the pyramids, Cairo [Z.F. 4]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/5
Camels at the pyramids, Cairo [Z.F. 5]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/6
Village near the pyramids, Cairo [Z.F. 6]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/7
Camel and rider in the desert at sunset [Z.F. 7]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/8
Sultan Hussein Mosque and general view of Cairo [Z.F. 8]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/9
Citadel and general view of Cairo [Z.F. 9]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/10
Interior of Muhammad `Ali mosque, Cairo [Z.F. 10]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/11
Grand Continental Hotel, Cairo [Z.F. 11]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/12
Tombs of the Mameluks, Cairo [Z.F. 12]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/13
El Azhar University, Cairo [Z.F. 13]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/14
Tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo [Z.F. 14]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/15
Cairo street [Z.F. 15]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/16
Shop in the Mousky bazaar [Z.F. 16]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/17
Feluccas on the Nile at Cairo [Z.F. 17]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/18
Sunset on the Nile [Z.F. 18]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/19
Saqiyah, Cairo [Z.F. 19]
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Postcards
SAD.632/4/20
Group of women and children on donkey cart [Z.F. 20]
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Postcards
SAD.632/5/1-9
Postcards of Egypt:
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Postcards
SAD.632/5/1
El Tabbanah Street, Cairo
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Postcards
SAD.632/5/2
Tombs of the Mameluks, Cairo
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Postcards
SAD.632/5/3
Feluccas on the Nile
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Postcards
SAD.632/5/4
Four camels en route to the fields
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Postcards
SAD.632/5/5
The Sphinx
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Postcards
SAD.632/5/6
Landscape near the pyramids
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Postcards
SAD.632/5/7
The citadel, Cairo
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Postcards
SAD.632/5/8
General view of Cairo with the mosques of Sultan Hasan and al-Rifai
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Postcards
SAD.632/5/9
Cairo, area around the Muslim Necropolis
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Postcards
2. Museum objects
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Objects
SAD.1051/2/1-2
1930
Medal awarded by The Permanent Way Institution Incorporated to F.T. Beckinsale. “The Permanent Way Institution Incorporated” inscribed on face, with crossed hand tools emblem on shield, and with design showing a train crossing a viaduct, and “Awarded for F.T. Beckinsale for 1930 paper” on reverse, and stamped “Benetfink, London”; mounted in jewellery box from Athletic outfitters Benetfink & Co. Ltd, Cheapside
Size: (SAD.1051/2/1) 4 x 2.5 cm; (SAD.1051/2/2) 7.2 x 5.7 x 1.5 cm (box)
Metal

Digitised material for SAD.1051/2/1-2 - The Permanent Way Institution medal - 1930
SAD.1051/2/3
[1911 x 1932]
Sudan Government Railways (S.G.R.) 1st class no. 8 token, inscribed in English and Arabic “S.G.R., 8, 1st Class”
Size: 3.5 cm diameter (medal)
Metal; wood, leather

Digitised material for SAD.1051/2/3 - Sudan Government Railways (S.G.R.) 1st class no. 8 token
SAD.1051/2/4-5
1931
Order of the Nile medal, 5th class, with yellow and blue ribbon (with brass safety pin), inscribed "LATTES" on reverse; in presentation box by J. Lattes, Cairo and with manufacturer's inscription in Arabic within lid.
A notice of the award of this decoration to F.T. Beckinsale was published in the London Gazette (issue 33746, page 5466) on 21 August 1931.
Size: (SAD.1051/2/4) 4.2. x 4.5 cm (medal); 6.2 x 4 cm (ribbon); 2.7 x 1.7 cm (crown pendant fixing); (SAD.1051/2/5) 11.5 x 8 x 2.5 cm (box)
Metal

Digitised material for SAD.1051/2/4-5 - Order of the Nile medal, 5th class - 1931
SAD.1051/2/6-8
[1911 x 1932]
Two engineer's scale rulers made by Stanley of London, each inscribed “F. Beckensale” [sic.], within leather case inscribed “F. Beckensale.”: (SAD.1051/2/6) 10, 20, 30, 40 feet scales, made of ?ivory; (SAD.1051/2/7) 5, 50, 66, 132 feet, made of wood
Size: (SAD.1051/2/6) 6 x 2.7 cm; (SAD.1051/2/7) 6 x 3.2 cm; (SAD.1051/2/8) 6.2 x 3 x 0.7 cm (box)
ivory; wood; leather

Digitised material for SAD.1051/2/6-8 - 2 engineer's scale rulers by Stanley of London, within a leather case inscribed F. Beckensale