Large photograph album of 30 folios interleaved with tissue, bound in yellow silk, containing:
- front pastedown: brief biography of Otto Samson
- folio 1 recto: 4 x business cards of Otto Samson, 2 x Chinese business cards (also Samson's?), 2 x photographs of Otto Samson
- folios 1 verso to 14 recto: assorted photographs of scenes, monuments and people, mostly Asian
- folio 14 verso: typescript letter from Otto Samson to Elizabeth (presumably Elizabeth Samson), dated Srinagar 12 May 1936, describing his travels
- folio 16 verso: copy of typescript letter from A. D. Cochrane, Governor of Burma, recommending Otto Samson, dated 4 May 1939
- folios 17 recto to 22 verso: typescript lists of collections made by Otto Samson for the Governor of Burma (April 1937) and K. De B. Codrington, Keeper of the India Museum (January 1936)
The album appears to be later than its contents.
Otto Samson silk photo album
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35mm slide: House interior with group members. Peter has ‘Shaping’ rather than ‘Shapang’ here, probably a reference to the village they were leaving.
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