Hunter, George Gillett
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George Gillett Hunter
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1. Photographic Material
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Hunter, George Gillett
Dates of creation: 1888-1920
Extent: 7 albums
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan Archive
Created by: Hunter, George Gillett
Language: English

George Gillett Hunter

(1864 - 1930)

1888 Joined the Egyptian Army
1896 Coastguard Administration, Egypt
1917-1921 Military Administrator, Frontier Districts Administration


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1. Photographic Material

Accession details

Presented by A. Hunter, 1987. Album SAD.A89 deposited on long term loan; copies were made of photographs in 6 other albums which were then returned to Mr Hunter

Catalogue
1. Photographic Material
SAD.A89/1-53
1888 - 1889
Album of photographs covering military action at Suakin, at that time an Egyptian enclave which had been under intermittent siege since 1883. In Dec 1888 the forces of `Uthman Diqnah took part in an ill-fated attack on Suakin, the decisive action taking place at Gemaizah, just outside the Suakin defences:
SAD.A89/1
British officers of the Egyptian Army at Suakin, 1888
SAD.A89/2
No. 2 blockhouse, at the centre of the trenches, manned by the 11th Sudanese. G.G. Hunter lived there for about 10 days after the fight, in the little house on the top. He was responsible for the construction of the wire entanglement. G.G. Hunter leaning on the sandbag on the parapet
SAD.A89/3
Area outside Suakin where the 20th Hussars charged the Dervish cavalry. Two soldiers on horseback
SAD.A89/4
Shaatah gate, principal entrance to Suakin. Mounted soldiers in chain mail
SAD.A89/5
Embankment between Fort Shaatah and Fort Gemaizah, looking towards Suakin
SAD.A89/6
Shaatah fort; cannon in foreground
SAD.A89/7-8
Fort Handub
SAD.A89/9
View of Suakin from Fort Handub
SAD.A89/10
Fort Fulah
SAD.A89/11
Fort Gemaizah
SAD.A89/12
Col. Kitchener with British officers of the first Brigade, in front of typical Suakin house
SAD.A89/13
H.M.S. Starling, gunboat at Suakin during the siege operations
SAD.A89/14
Hoisting in 64 pounder on deck H.M.S. Starling
SAD.A89/15
Mounting 64 pounder at Gemaizah, from H.M.S. Starling
SAD.A89/16
64 pounder in position at Fort Gemaizah
SAD.A89/17
The first shot fired from H.M.S. Racer on 20 Dec 1888, Suakin
SAD.A89/18
No. 1 blockhouse on site of left trenches, manned by 10th Sudanese
SAD.A89/19
Guns captured in trenches, one by 9th Sudanese and one by 11th Sudanese
SAD.A89/20
Bush-cutters; covering party of 4th Battalion. No. 1 blockhouse in distance
SAD.A89/21
Sirdar (Lord Grenfell) at Government House, presenting rewards to Sudanese and Egyptian soldiers after the action. Guard of honour furnished by 11th Sudanese
SAD.A89/22
Col. Kitchener with British officers of the 1st Brigade
SAD.A89/23
The Sirdar with fellow officers on board ship for Cairo
SAD.A89/24
Group of Egyptian soldiers
SAD.A89/25
Soldiers disembarking from steamer
SAD.A89/26
Sirdar and staff: Maj. Chapman (D.A.G.), Lt.Col. Settle (Senior Staff Officer), Lord Grenfell (Sirdar), Capt. Maxwell (A.D.C.), Dr. Rogers, Lt. Prinsep (Intelligence Officer)
SAD.A89/27
Dervish prisoner wearing patched jibbah and holding spear
SAD.A89/28
Dervish prisoners, `Uthman Diqnah's nephew in centre of group
SAD.A89/29
Hospital ward after the battle
SAD.A89/30
British officers' servants
SAD.A89/31
Group of boys, Suakin
SAD.A89/32
Refugee family
SAD.A89/33
Refugees from outside Suakin
SAD.A89/34
Handanduwah warrior ( “friendly”), with spear, sword and shield
SAD.A89/35
Refugees from outside Suakin, with Sudanese policeman
SAD.A89/36
Two refugee men
SAD.A89/37
British soldiers lined up on parade
SAD.A89/38
Group of British men, dressed for leisure
SAD.A89/39
Group of unidentified British men
SAD.A89/40
Large group of British soldiers
SAD.A89/41
12th Sudanese on parade (Photograph by A. Lekegian and Co.)
SAD.A89/42
Drummers and buglers of the 12th Sudanese (Photograph by A. Lekegian and Co.)
SAD.A89/43
Servants in mess garden (?) (Photograph by A. Lekegian and Co.)
SAD.A89/44
Officers of the 12th Sudanese (Photograph by A. Lekegian and Co.)
SAD.A89/45
Spectators at race-meeting, 14 Feb 1890
SAD.A89/46
Syce and young boy holding two horses
SAD.A89/47
Two British officers on horseback
SAD.A89/48-51
Sudanese/Egyptian soldiers
SAD.A89/52
European woman with two Sudanese children seated at the base of Egyptian columns; statue of Pharoah in background
SAD.A89/53
Group of British men with polo sticks
SAD.784/3/1-98
[c. 1900]
Album of photographs, mainly taken in Cairo, many of which are unidentified. Contact prints have been made from an original album still in the possession of the Hunter family and reproduced here in the same order:
SAD.784/3/1
Painting of Kasa [Qasr?] el Dubarah, Cairo, by Leon Maskens
SAD.784/3/2,6,8
Abbey and Duncan Hunter with their daughters
SAD.784/3/3
Group of men including G.G. Hunter and Sir Horace Pinching (front right)
SAD.784/3/4
Abbey Hunter and daughters
SAD.784/3/5
G.G. Hunter at Gezira races
SAD.784/3/7
Egyptian Army polo team, c. 1900; G.G. Hunter captain
SAD.784/3/9
Crowds at the Gezira races
SAD.784/3/10
Horses at the Gezira race course
SAD.784/3/11
Polo match
SAD.784/3/12
Cartoon of G.G. Hunter
SAD.784/3/13
Archie and Hylda Hunter
SAD.784/3/14,16
Hylda Hunter
SAD.784/3/17
G.G. Hunter on polo horse
SAD.784/3/19-20
Polo pony ‘Starlight’
SAD.784/3/21
Garden, Gezira
SAD.784/3/22
Hylda Hunter and ‘Starlight’
SAD.784/3/23
River scene, possibly in Cairo
SAD.784/3/24
Ruined building with water wheel
SAD.784/3/25
Flooded street, possibly in Cairo
SAD.784/3/26
Palm trees by the side of a water hole
SAD.784/3/27
Mud built houses and palm trees at oasis
SAD.784/3/28
Jack Gorst, G.G. Hunter, (Aunt) Eva Gorst, Hylda Hunter and Aunt Dol
SAD.784/3/29
Street scene, probably Cairo
SAD.784/3/30
Couple seated with back to the camera. The woman is probably Evelyn (Doll) Gorst, wife of J. E. Gorst
SAD.784/3/31
British official conversing with group of shaykhs
SAD.784/3/32
Group of men drawn up in line, possibly prisoners, with soldier on horseback
SAD.784/3/33-34,41
‘The Hall', G.G. Hunter's house at Gezira; interior views
SAD.784/3/35-39
Family photographs at the Residency, Cairo
SAD.784/3/40
Front view of house, probably G. G. Hunter's home at Gezira
SAD.784/3/42
View of house on river, probably Cairo
SAD.784/3/43
View of river, probably Cairo
SAD.784/3/44
Two persons on horseback, probably at G. G. Hunter's home at Gezira
SAD.784/3/45-46
Hylda Hunter
SAD.784/3/47-50
Watercolours by Eva Gorst
SAD.784/3/51-53,56
Cartoons of Egyptian Army officers (?)
SAD.784/3/57
Cartoon of Col. David Chapman
SAD.784/3/58
Cartoon of G.G. Hunter
SAD.784/3/60
Pen and ink drawing of Sudanese soldier, possibly drawn by J.K. Watson, A.D.C. to Kitchener
SAD.784/3/62
Cartoon of Kaimakam F. R. Wingate (Egyptian Army, 1882-1916) as Director of Military Intelligence. The artist identifies himself as Marcel Pic
SAD.784/3/63
Cartoon of Miralai T. J. Gallwey (Egyptian Army, 1892-ca.1900) as Principal Medical Officer. The artist identifies himself as Marcel Pic
SAD.784/3/64
Cartoon, probably of Kaimakam W. H. Drage (Egyptian Army, 1886-ca.1904) as Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General. The artist identifies himself as Marcel Pic
SAD.784/3/65
Cartoon of unidentified British Egyptian Army Officer, captioned “I[nspector] of Musketry”. The artist identifies himself as Marcel Pic
SAD.784/3/66
Cartoon, probably of Bimbashi Lord Athlumney (Egyptian Army, 1889-1897). The artist identifies himself as Marcel Pic
SAD.784/3/67
Cartoon of the Chief Engineer Department of Works, possibly Kaimakam C. Godby (Egyptian Army, 1896-1902). The artist identifies himself as Marcel Pic
SAD.784/3/68
Cartoon of the Financial Secretary, possibly Bimbashi W. E. O'Leary (Egyptian Army, 1894-1900). The artist identifies himself as Marcel Pic
SAD.784/3/69
Cartoon of the Assistant Adjutant-General, Kaimakam C. G. martyr (Egyptian Army, 1886-1896). The artist identifies himself as Marcel Pic
SAD.784/3/70
[Gardener] with dog
SAD.784/3/71
G.G. Hunter driving a tandem
SAD.784/3/72
G.G. Hunter's house, Gezira
SAD.784/3/73
G.G. Hunter and Hylda Hunter in their garden, Gezira
SAD.784/3/74-76
G.G. Hunter's garden, Gezira
SAD.784/3/77
Group including Lord Cromer
SAD.784/3/78
Hylda Hunter
SAD.784/3/79
Percy Machell, Inspector, Ministry of the Interior, Egyptian Government
SAD.784/3/80-83
Garden views
SAD.784/3/84,89
Archie V. Hunter in pram
SAD.784/3/85,92
Hylda Hunter with Archie
SAD.784/3/87-88
Archie's christening, including Sir Archibald Hunter
SAD.784/3/91,93
G.G. Hunter's house at Gezira
SAD.784/3/94
Barbara Hunter at Hyères
SAD.784/3/95
Archie V. Hunter
SAD.784/3/96
Archie with B. de C-H. [?Brenda de Courcy Hamilton, sister of John A. de Courcy Hamilton]
SAD.784/3/97
Khedive's yacht
SAD.784/3/98
Group on yacht, including `Abbas Hilmi II, the Khedive
SAD.784/1/1-128
1904-1905
Album of photographs covering a trek through N.E. Sudan. Contact prints from an original album still in the possession of the Hunter family:
SAD.784/1/1
The ship `Abd el Mouneym
SAD.784/1/2
First camp at Jabal Shellel
SAD.784/1/3
Nimr Afandi, André von Dumreicher and Radwan Afandi
SAD.784/1/4
‘D’ on ‘Didan’ (camel) and Dumreicher
SAD.784/1/5
Loading camels at Mersa Halaib
SAD.784/1/6
Sudanese man
SAD.784/1/7
Starting from Mersa Halaib
SAD.784/1/8
G.G. Hunter starting off to shoot gazelle
SAD.784/1/9
Dumreicher with group of Sudanese
SAD.784/1/10
The camp at Shellal. ‘D’ hanging up towels
SAD.784/1/11
Camp at Shellel: ladies' tents
SAD.784/1/12
Camp at Shellel: the kitchen
SAD.784/1/13
Buying a camel at Shindon Dei (?)
SAD.784/1/14
Group of Hamedurab
SAD.784/1/15
Aged Badawiun man
SAD.784/1/16
A camp
SAD.784/1/17
Another camp in the ‘Foul Plain’
SAD.784/1/18
6.30 am. Breakfast in the ‘Foul Plain’; André von Dumreicher
SAD.784/1/19
Washing camels
SAD.784/1/20
Evening camp at Jabal Abu Amner (?), 10 Dec 1904
SAD.784/1/21
Trying camels on the sand between Jabal Abu Amner and Ras Rawaya
SAD.784/1/22
Guides on the march to Bir Salala
SAD.784/1/23
Hylda Hunter, wife of G.G. Hunter, washing her clothes
SAD.784/1/24
The ‘Foul Plain’ between the mountains and the Red Sea
SAD.784/1/25
View of the plain
SAD.784/1/26
The hamla
SAD.784/1/27
In camp, after lunch, 15 Dec 1904
SAD.784/1/28
Servants lined up in front of tent
SAD.784/1/29
Amara men at Bir Salala
SAD.784/1/30
Buying Amara camels
SAD.784/1/31
On the march: ‘D’ and A. von Dumreicher on camels
SAD.784/1/32
On the road to Salala
SAD.784/1/33
Amara with camels for sale
SAD.784/1/34
Amara at Bir Salala
SAD.784/1/35
Amara man on camel
SAD.784/1/36
Buying Nurab camels near Suakin
SAD.784/1/37
Group of Nurab
SAD.784/1/38
Nurab man on camel
SAD.784/1/39
Examining a camel
SAD.784/1/40-41
Paying Badawiun for camels
SAD.784/1/42
Hylda Hunter on ‘Senacre’ and ‘D’ on ‘Didan’ (camels)
SAD.784/1/43
Suakin: the causeway, 22 Dec 1904
SAD.784/1/44
The mudiriyah, Suakin
SAD.784/1/45
Camp, Christmas Day, 1904
SAD.784/1/46
Ordering the Christmas dinner
SAD.784/1/47
Kokreb
SAD.784/1/48
Near Kokreb
SAD.784/1/49
Berber road
SAD.784/1/50
Breakfast on 25 Dec 1904. Fire in foreground. André von Dumreicher seated centre
SAD.784/1/51-52
Camels drinking on the Berber road
SAD.784/1/53
Arriving at Kokreb camp
SAD.784/1/54
G.G. Hunter and Hylda Hunter after the day's journey
SAD.784/1/55-56
Camels drinking at a pool of rain water on the Berber road
SAD.784/1/57
By the road to Berber
SAD.784/1/58
The Ababdi hamla
SAD.784/1/59
View from a hill near Kokreb
SAD.784/1/60
On the road to Berber
SAD.784/1/61
Hadanduwah on camels
SAD.784/1/62
Hylda Hunter and G.G. Hunter on camels
SAD.784/1/63
Pure white camel
SAD.784/1/64
Putting up a tent near Berber
SAD.784/1/65
At Berber
SAD.784/1/66
Berber suq
SAD.784/1/67
The mudir of Berber's saloon carriage, on the way to Abu Hamed. André von Dumreicher seated right
SAD.784/1/68
Express train from Khartoum at the platform in Abu Hamed
SAD.784/1/69,78
`Uthman, an Ababdi boy
SAD.784/1/70-71
The cataract at Abu Hamed
SAD.784/1/72
The old village at Abu Hamed, 6 Jan 1905
SAD.784/1/73
On the Nile between Halfa and Shellal, 8 Jan 1905
SAD.784/1/74-76
Nile views
SAD.784/1/77
Hylda Hunter on ‘Senacre' (camel)
SAD.784/1/79-81
British women on camels
SAD.784/1/83-84
Archie Hunter (son of G.G. Hunter)
SAD.784/1/85
British woman mounting a camel
SAD.784/1/86
Arab with camels, N. Sudan
SAD.784/1/87
British woman resting during a trek
SAD.784/1/88
British woman reading under a parasol in front of a tent
SAD.784/1/89
G.G. Hunter lighting a cigarette
SAD.784/1/90
G.G. Hunter, André von Dumreicher and Hylda Hunter seated at table
SAD.784/1/91-100
Camels and riders
SAD.784/1/101
Hylda Hunter, probably with May Russell who married A. von Dumreicher
SAD.784/1/102
André von Dumreicher in uniform of the Egyptian Army
SAD.784/1/103-104
British woman on camel
SAD.784/1/105-112
Camels descending mountain path
SAD.784/1/113
Palm trees
SAD.784/1/114
André von Dumreicher leading camel
SAD.784/1/115-120
On trek
SAD.784/1/119
André von Dumreicher and Hylda Hunter (?)
SAD.784/1/121
British woman on camel in sea
SAD.784/1/122
G.G. Hunter with André von Dumreicher and two British women in tent
SAD.784/1/123
G.G. Hunter
SAD.784/1/124-125
Probably Mrs Hylda Hunter, wife of G. G. Hunter
SAD.784/1/126
G. G. Hunter and friend paddling in the sea
SAD.784/1/127
Mrs Hylda Hunter, wife of G. G. Hunter, in front of tent
SAD.784/1/128
British party and escort on trek
SAD.784/4/1-84
[c. 1906]
Album of photographs of a trek by camel through Eastern Egypt to the Red Sea and across into the Sinai Peninsula. Contact prints from an original album still in the possession of the Hunter family:
SAD.784/4/1
G.G. Hunter on ‘Shellal’
SAD.784/4/2
Hylda Hunter on ‘Omdeh’
SAD.784/4/3
D. Gorst (Eva) on ‘Abu Nadara’
SAD.784/4/4
C. Robertson on ‘Pasha’
SAD.784/4/5
T. Gorst on ‘Gameel’
SAD.784/4/6
D. Gorst (Eva) on ‘Abu Dagu’
SAD.784/4/7
The men of the party on camels
SAD.784/4/8
The women of the party on camels
SAD.784/4/9
Shawish Morghan and his wife
SAD.784/4/10-11
The start from Keneh
SAD.784/4/12
Marching across the plain of Negateir
SAD.784/4/13
The hamla
SAD.784/4/14
After the plain of Negateir
SAD.784/4/15-17
The second camp
SAD.784/4/18
Leaving the second camp
SAD.784/4/19
Fatiri
SAD.784/4/20-21
At the Fatiri gold mine
SAD.784/4/22
Mound of tailings left by the Romans
SAD.784/4/23
Through the Fatiri mountains
SAD.784/4/24
Fatiri el Iswad
SAD.784/4/26
The road to Um Disi
SAD.784/4/27
Passing through the Abu Hassan range
SAD.784/4/28
Climbing up the pass
SAD.784/4/29
The top of the pass
SAD.784/4/30
Leading the camels down from the pass
SAD.784/4/31
Bir Um Disi
SAD.784/4/32
Breakfast at Bir Um Disi
SAD.784/4/33
Pitching a tent at El Qattar
SAD.784/4/34
The ladies' tents
SAD.784/4/35-36
At El Qattar
SAD.784/4/37-38
Valley leading to the ravine at El Qattar
SAD.784/4/39-43
Ravine at El Qattar
SAD.784/4/44
Leaving El Qattar
SAD.784/4/45
The guides, Ahmad and Didan
SAD.784/4/46
Marching through the mountains
SAD.784/4/47
Typical rocky terrain
SAD.784/4/48
Some of the El Qattar mountains
SAD.784/4/49
In the Qattar mountains
SAD.784/4/50
Wadi Belih
SAD.784/4/51
Rocks in the Wadi Belih
SAD.784/4/52
Dukhan mountains
SAD.784/4/53
Altering a saddle
SAD.784/4/54
In the Wadi Belih
SAD.784/4/55,59
A halt
SAD.784/4/56
Ahmed the guide, on camel
SAD.784/4/57,60
The Munfia range
SAD.784/4/58
Starting after lunch
SAD.784/4/61
First view of the Red Sea
SAD.784/4/62
First camp in the Great Plain
SAD.784/4/63
The camels barracked
SAD.784/4/64
Packing up the camp
SAD.784/4/65
Bir Mellaha
SAD.784/4/66
Second camp in the Great Plain
SAD.784/4/67
The ladies' tents
SAD.784/4/68
G.G. Hunter taking a rest
SAD.784/4/69
The petroleum wells near Jabal Zeit
SAD.784/4/70
The Abbas, coastguard cruiser
SAD.784/4/71
Landing at Tor
SAD.784/4/72
Building at Tor
SAD.784/4/73
The pilgrims' quarantine enclosure, Tor
SAD.784/4/74
The cholera huts at Tor
SAD.784/4/75
Soldiers' tents
SAD.784/4/76
Valley leading to the turquoise mines, Sinai Peninsula
SAD.784/4/77
Inscription at the turquoise mine, dating from the IV dynasty
SAD.784/4/78
The Yahoudieh mine
SAD.784/4/79
View from the turquoise mines
SAD.784/4/80
Shaykh of the Sinai Peninsula
SAD.784/4/81
Valley leading to Moses' well
SAD.784/4/82
The rock which Moses struck
SAD.784/2/1-78
[c. 1908]
Album of photographs covering a trek through the Sinai Peninsula and coastguard service on the Egyptian Red Sea coast. Contact prints made from an original album still in the possession of the Hunter family. Many are unidentified:
SAD.784/2/1-8,10
Interior and exterior views of house, probably occupied by G.G. Hunter
SAD.784/2/9,12
British woman in horse-drawn trap and on camel
SAD.784/2/11
British man on camel
SAD.784/2/13-14
Motor car
SAD.784/2/15
Group of shaykhs
SAD.784/2/16
British woman standing by rowing boats
SAD.784/2/17
Group of British officials and soldiers
SAD.784/2/18
Group of British officials watching the firing of a cannon
SAD.784/2/19
Group of British offficers and officials watching a military exercise
SAD.784/2/20
Group of British offficers and officials watching a military exercise
SAD.784/2/21-22
G.G. Hunter and Hylda Hunter seated in front of tent
SAD.784/2/23
Unidentified person with a parasol mounted on a donkey
SAD.784/2/24
Sailing yacht, with three persons on board
SAD.784/2/25
Egyptian man in tarbush with camels, in front of wooden hut
SAD.784/2/26
British woman (possibly Mrs Hylda Hunter) on camel back
SAD.784/2/27
Unidentified British woman, probably a relative of G. G. Hunter
SAD.784/2/28
Unidentified stone building, probably a fort
SAD.784/2/29
Interior of unidentified building
SAD.784/2/30
Unidentified stone building
SAD.784/2/31
Egyptian woman with spinning wheel
SAD.784/2/32
Capt. Scott-Higgins and some shaykhs in Wadi Hebran on their way to the Wadi Akhdar conference
SAD.784/2/33
Chapel on top of Jabal Musa, Sinai. Taken by William J. Ellis and marked ‘not for publication’)
SAD.784/2/34
Mosque on top of Jabal Musa. Taken by William J. Ellis and marked ‘not for publication’)
SAD.784/2/35
Jabal Catherine from the summit of Jabal Musa. Taken by William J. Ellis and marked ‘not for publication’)
SAD.784/2/36
The gateway, St. Catherine's monastery. Taken by William J. Ellis and marked ‘not for publication’)
SAD.784/2/37-38
St. Catherine's monastery, Mt. Sinai, including the minaret, belfry and chapel. Taken by William J. Ellis and marked ‘not for publication’)
SAD.784/2/39
Group of unidentified British officers. Taken by William J. Ellis and marked ‘not for publication’)
SAD.784/2/40
Unidentified settlement
SAD.784/2/41-42
Soldiers on camels
SAD.784/2/43-46
Views in Sinai
SAD.784/2/47-48
Garden, visitors' quarters and library, St. Catherine's monastery, Mt. Sinai
SAD.784/2/49-52
St. Catherine's monastery, Mt. Sinai
SAD.784/2/49
St. Stephen's chapel and garden
SAD.784/2/50
The old windless which operates the elevator
SAD.784/2/51
The battery
SAD.784/2/52
Entrance to monastery
SAD.784/2/53
Capt. Scott-Higgins and escort in Wadi Hebran
SAD.784/2/54
Jabal Musa with chapel and mosque on summit
SAD.784/2/55
Chapel of Elijah, 1000ft from the top of Jabal Musa
SAD.784/2/56
Some Sinai peaks from Jabal Musa
SAD.784/2/57,59
G.G. Hunter
SAD.784/2/58
Tennis court
SAD.784/2/60
Sailing boats in harbour
SAD.784/2/61
Felucca
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Suakin
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Unidentified waterfront
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Street scene, probably Egypt
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British woman, probably Hylda Hunter, in front of tent
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Camels at Marsa Halaib
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Marsa Halaib
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Family at Marsa Halaib
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French gunboat Surprise entering Marsa Halaib
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Mt. Atakar from Suez dock
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Garden at Marsa Halaib
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Archie Hunter (son of G.G. Hunter) and Nino at Hall's farm
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G.G. Hunter and younger son
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G.G. Hunter and Hylda Hunter with Nino and Archie
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Portrait of Hylda Hunter
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Hylda Hunter on coastguard camel at Shaikh Obeid, 1908
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Hylda Hunter with gazelle
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1911
Album of photographs from G.G. Hunter's coastguard service in Egypt, covering a journey from Alexandria to Siwa. Contact prints from an original album still in the possession of the Hunter family:
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Coastguards' cruiser Abbas at Alexandria harbour just before sailing for Sidi Barrani, 7 Nov 1911
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Iskander Afandi and Mustafa Afandi of the caostguards on board the cruiser Abbas, 7 Nov 1911
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Just after landing at Sidi Barrani, the cruiser Abbas heading for Salum, 8 Nov 1911
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Sidi Barrani town site and the Greek grocery store, 9 Nov 1911
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Coastguards' barracks at Sidi Barrani, 9 Nov 1911
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`Ali Afandi `Abd al-Wahab, Commanding Officer, Sidi Barrani District, in front of the main gate of the barracks, 9 Nov 1911
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Mr. Salim and `Abd Allah Afandi, sub-lieutenant of the coastguards at the main gate, Sidi Barrani barracks, 9 Nov 1911
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The only railway at Sidi Barrani; coastguard track and mule, 9 Nov 1911
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Coastguards with camels just before leaving Sidi Barrani for Siwa, 10 Nov 1911
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First meal in the ‘Atmoor’ at noon, 10 Nov 1911
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Coastguard camp ‘Sebil’, one day's ride from Sidi Barrani, 11 Nov 1911
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Just before leaving ‘Sebil’ for the next post on the journey to Siwa, 11 Nov 1911
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Rearranging camel saddle in the ‘Atmoor’. Tripoli to the left; fifteen miles from Sebil, 11 Nov 1911
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Second camp ‘Aza’ two days' ride from Sidi Barrani, Sunday 12 Nov 1911
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`Abd Allah Afandi at G.G. Hunter's tent. Resting at Aza camp, Sunday 12 Nov 1911
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Meeting a coastguard patrol in the desert, 13 Nov 1911
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Fourth camp along the patrol line from Sidi Barrani to El Boueb, 14 Nov 1911
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Mr. Salim at El Boueb just after arrival, 14 Nov 1911
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Breakfast on the road from El Boueb to Kirba, 15 Nov 1911
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Bimb. Royle of the coastguards at Kirba, 15 Nov 1911
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Kirba, where the coastguards have their camp, 15 Nov 1911
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The best shot at Kirba. A Sudanese tracker in the coastguard service
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The quarantine physician at Kirba, 15 Nov 1911
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Friends at Siwa who gave G.G. Hunter valuable information. In the background an old karaob tree, 16 Nov 1911
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Working men at Siwa, 16 Nov 1911
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The remains of an ancient Egyptian temple at Siwa called locally Um Obeida, 16 Nov 1911
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Hammam spring at Siwa, 16 Nov 1911
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A typical scene at Siwa, 16 Nov 1911
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General view of Siwa, 16 Nov 1911
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Government officials at Siwa, 17 Nov 1911
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Physician's house at Siwa, 18 Nov 1911
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Government palace, Siwa, 18 Nov 1911
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Physician standing beside the weather station at Siwa, 18 Nov 1911
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Acting ma`mur and shaykhs of Siwa, 19 Nov 1911
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Donkeys carrying dates to the yard to be dried. Newly claimed land at Siwa, 19 Nov 1911
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The new mosque under consruction at Siwa, 19 Nov 1911
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Mistah (drying yard) at Siwa, 19 Nov 1911
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Donkeys: the only means of transport at Siwa, 19 Nov 1911
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Olive oil press, Siwa, 19 Nov 1911
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Small canals, 10-15 inches. The only system of irrigation at Siwa, 20 Nov 1911
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Several varieties of pomegranate, in abundance at Siwa, 20 Nov 1911
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Front of the richest merchant's house on the main street at Siwa, 22 Nov 1911
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General view of Siwa from the west, 19 Nov 1911
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Area where many thousands of acres could be reclaimed, Siwa, 20 Nov 1911
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Women at a spring, washing clothes, Siwa, 20 Nov 1911
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Interior of the remains of an Egyptian temple at Agormy village, Siwa, 20 Nov 1911
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Palm date gardens near Agormy, taken from the heights of the village, Siwa, 20 Nov 1911
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Agormy village, Siwa, 20 Nov 1911
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1911
Album of photographs from G.G. Hunter's service with the coastguard, covering a journey from Egypt to Siwa and back via Salum. Continuation of photographs in album SAD.784/5/1-48 above. Contact prints from an original album still in the possession of the Hunter family:
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Women from Siwa on the road at Agormy village, 20 Nov 1911
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Ruins of another temple at Agormy, Siwa, 20 Nov 1911
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Land prepared for wheat and barley at Siwa, 20 Nov 1911
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Dwellings outside the walls of Agormy, Siwa, 20 Nov 1911
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Siwa olive trees; variety ‘Balteeggen Alfa’ in the foreground, 22 Nov 1911
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Siwa olive tree, variety ‘Balteeggen’, fallen because of its heavy crop, 22 Nov 1911
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Siwa apple trees, variety ‘Derra’, 22 Nov 1911
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The market place, Siwa, 22 Nov 1911
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The large square at Siwa, 22 Nov 1911
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New Khedivial mosque, Siwa, 22 Nov 1911
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Pomegranate trees at Siwa, variety ‘hamod’, 22 Nov 1911
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Tagzarty spring, Siwa, 22 Nov 1911
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Mounted police at Tagzarty spring, Siwa, 22 Nov 1911
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Mr. Salim at Kirba, taken by Maj. Royle, 23 Nov 1911
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Mr. Salim on camel just before leaving Kirba for Sidi Barrani, 23 Nov 1911
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Bimb. Royle of the coastguards at Kirba, 23 Nov 1911
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Watering camels at coastguard post, Kirba, 23 Nov 1911
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Coastguard camels going to pasture near Kirba, 23 Nov 1911
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Washing camels at Kirba, 23 Nov 1911
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Bird's eye view of Kirba coastguard camp, taken from the hill to the north, 23 Nov 1911
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First night on return journey, spent 15 miles north of Kirba, 24 Nov 1911
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Ma`mur of customs at Salum, now at Sidi Barrani, 3 Dec 1911
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Group of Egyptian officials at Sidi Barrani with Turkish ma`mur of Salum, 3 Dec 1911
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Badawiun girls at Sidi Barrani, 3 Dec 1911
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Bimb. Morice and G.G. Hunter at Salum, 8 Dec 1911
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General view of Egyptian camp at Salum, 8 Dec 1911
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G.G. Hunter at Salum, 8 Dec 1911
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Signal station, Egyptian camp at Salum, 8 Dec 1911
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Yuzbashi Tweedie, coastguard camp at Salum, 8 Dec 1911
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Turkish fort at Salum, 2 miles from the Egyptian camp, 8 Dec 1911
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Turkish fort at Salum with gulf in background, 8 Dec 1911
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Egyptian camp, Salum, 8 Dec 1911
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General view of Salum from the shore, 8 Dec 1911
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Conveying Mr. Salim and baggage to the cruiser Abdel Monaym at Salum, 8 Dec 1911
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On the shore, just before sailing from Salum, 8 Dec 1911
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General view of Marsa Matruh from the cruiser Abbas, 9 Dec 1911
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Coastguard port and barracks at Marsa Matruh, 9 Dec 1911
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Date palm at Siwa, variety ‘Saidy’, 16 Nov 1911
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Siwa date palms, variety ‘Wedi’, 16 Nov 1911
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Siwa date palms, variety ‘Taktakt’, 16 Nov 1911
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Siwa date palms, variety ‘Gorm Gazaly’, 16 Nov 1911
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Fermented grass used as date fertiliser, Siwa, 16 Nov 1911
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Siwa date palms, variety ‘Karamet’, 22 Nov 1911
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Siwa date palm, variety ‘Gazaly’, property of Shaykh Meshary, 22 Nov 1911
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Siwa date palms, variety ‘Frihy’, 22 Nov 1911