Photographs made and collected by James Reid Graham during his travels in India and Asia. They document the people, the natural and built environments, religious shrines and objects (including Buddhist, Hindu, and Catholic representations), transportation (including by yak, donkey, boat, airplane, and ricksha), games (particularly polo and field hockey), gatherings, and crafts.
The photographs depict locations in northern India and Pakistan, southern India and Ceylon, Egypt, Greece, Israel and Palestine, Syria, Hong Kong, Japan, Hawaii, and possibly Yale University.
Some photographs by Ralph Randles Stewart, a botanist who worked at Gordon College from 1911-1954; Reverend Henri R. Ferger, a missionary and teacher for the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in India; and K. L. Malhotra. Includes postcards by Sarrafian Bros, Isaac Behar, Karimeh Abbud, Michel Harriz, Albertype Co., Asheville Postcard Co., Dexter Press, Lehnert & Landrock, Honolulu Paper Co., Collotype Co., Mahatta & Co., Island Curio Co., and H. A. Mirza & Sons.
Biographical/Historical note:
James Reid Graham was as a Presbyterian missionary at Gordon College in Rawalpindi, Punjab (1929-1932). His doctoral dissertation for the Yale University Department of Religion was "The Arya Samaj as a Reformation in Hinduism, with Special Reference to Caste," submitted in 1943.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 88-37
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Albertype Company negatives can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 25.
Additional Isaac Behar and Lehnert & Landrock postcards can be found in the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives Postcard Collection.
Restrictions:
Original nitrate negatives are in cold storage and require advanced notice for viewing.
Photo Lot 88-37, James Reid Graham photographs and postcard collection relating to India and Asia, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Picture postcard printed by Lehnert & Landrock; series 108.
Printed text on recto reads: "108 Bédouine." Translated caption reads:[Bedouin woman.] Left side profile of a young woman wearing sashes around her head, large hooped earings, attached to her hair the ''hand of Fatma''. Beaded necklaces around her neck. Circular shaped fastener, holding her coat, crossed by a long and sharp needle.
Printed text on verso reads: "Editeurs: L. & L." Publishers logo: "LT&L."
Local Numbers:
EEPA AE-20-20
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Picture postcard printed by Lehnert & Landrock; series 113.
Printed text on recto reads: "113 Aisha." Translated caption reads: [Aisha.] Portrait of a young girl wearing a sash around her head, large hooped earings, flowers in her hair. Fasteners at her shoulders holding her coat.
Printed text on verso reads: "Editeurs: L. & L." Publishers logo: "LT&L."
Duplicate items: EEPA AE-20-73, and in Stephen Grant postcard collection, binder: Egyptian Misc. 1 vol. vi, item: EEPA 2001-011767.
Local Numbers:
EEPA AE-20-21
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Picture postcard printed by Lehnert & Landrock; series 115.
Printed text on recto reads: "115 Une Ouled Nail." Translated caption reads: [An Ouled Nail woman.] Young woman wearing coin headdress which extends onto her chest, and a pearl necklace finished by a large circular pendant.
Printed text on verso reads: "Editeurs: L.& L." Publishers logo: "LT&L."
Local Numbers:
EEPA AE-20-22
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Picture postcard printed by Lehnert & Landrock; series 240.
Printed text on recto reads: "240 - Fillettes arabes." Translated caption reads: [Arab little girls.] Girls with long cloths wrapped around their waists. One holding a jar in her right hand, necklaces around their necks and large hooped earings.
Manuscript on recto reads: "SAÏDA.28.6.15 - Edmond[?]."
Printed text on verso reads: "Lehnert et Landrock, Phot."
Postmark on verso reads: "1830 / 28 -6 / 15 / ORAN"
Manuscript on verso reads: "Merci pour ta belle carte que j'ai reçu aujourd'hui, et... si j'avais le droit de choisir c'est l'anglaise ou Casque d'Or que je choisirais. Sûrement tu as dů recevoir des nouvelles depuis. Je crois que c'est plutôt toi que ne te décides pas souvent car moi je te réponds jour pour jour. tout à toi. Edmond / Troupes de l'Afrique du Nord." Translated verso reads: [Thank you for your beautiful postcard which I received today, and... if I could choose it will be either the English woman or ''Golden Helmet''. Naturally you should have received some news since. I think it must be you who doesn't decide often to write because for me I am responding day by day. All for you. Edmond. / North Africa troops.] Addressed to: "Madame [script not legible] 47 rue Condorcet - Paris IX - France."
Local Numbers:
EEPA AE-20-63
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Printed text on verso reads: "Editeurs: L. & L." Publishers logo: "LT&L."
Portrait of a young girl wearing a sash around her head, large hooped earings, flowers in her hair.
Duplicate items: EEPA AE-20-21, and in Stephen Grant postcard collection, binder: Egyptian Misc. 1 vol. vi, item: EEPA 2001-011767.
Local Numbers:
EEPA AE-20-73
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
1 Postcard (halftone., monochrome, 14.5 x 8.5 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Libya
Date:
circa 1940
Scope and Contents:
Printed caption on recto reads: "101. La piccola nomade."
Printed text on verso reads: "Editori: Fantocci & Beretta - Tripoli." Publisher's logo on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA LY-20-18
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Printed caption on recto reads: "Nella Libia Italiana - Una Giovane donna araba."
Printed text on verso reads: "Ediz. G. Cometto, Torino. Da Fotographia di Lehnert & Landrock, Tunis. Serie 4. / Ripr. vietata. Modelli depositati sotto tutte le forme."
Manuscript message, address, and postmarked postage stamp on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA LY-20-04
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Printed caption on recto reads: "Nella Libia Italiana - Donna Beduina alla cisterna."
Printed text on verso reads: "Ediz. G. Cometto, Torino. Da Fotographia di Lehnert & Landrock, Tunis. / Ripr. vietata. Modelli depositati sotto tutte le forme."
Local Numbers:
EEPA LY-20-03
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Printed caption on recto reads: "224. Danseuses arabes."
Tranlsated caption reads: "224. Arab dancers."
Printed text on verso reads: "Editeurs: L. & L." Publisher's logo on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA LY-08-01
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Translated caption reads: ''Arab palace." In the foreground, corinthian columns supporting arches, in the background men leaning on a railing, walls decorated with mosaic.
Local Numbers:
EEPA MR-07-10
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Printed text on verso reads: "Editeurs: Lehnert & Landrock, Tunis."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MR-20-63
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Printed caption on verso reads: "Le Maroc Pittoresque; Coiffes et costumes; Aït Haddiddou Imilchil."
Printed text on verso reads: "Editeurs: Lehnert & Landrock, Tunis."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Cl. Ektachrome - Photo et Edition Bertrand. Marrakech." Series number on verso: "BR.402."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MR-20-64
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Printed caption on recto reads: "Femmes arabes faisant la lessive."
Translated caption reads: "Arab women doing laundry."
Item number on recto: "229."
Printed text on verso reads: "Editeurs: L. & L." Logo on verso: "L&L." Manuscript date on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA MR-12-10
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Printed text on verso reads: "Editeurs: L. & L." Logo on verso: "L&L."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MR-16-10
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Printed caption on recto reads: "La petite nomade."
Translated caption reads: "The little nomad."
Series number on recto: "101."
Printed text on verso reads: "Editeurs: L. & L." Logo on verso: "L&L."
Items EEPA MR-20-25 and EEPA MR-20-26 are duplicate postcards.
Local Numbers:
EEPA MR-20-25
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Printed caption on recto reads: "La petite nomade."
Translated caption reads: "The little nomad."
Series number on recto: "101."
Printed text on verso reads: "Editeurs: L. & L." Logo on verso: "L&L."
Items EEPA MR-20-25 and EEPA MR-20-26 are duplicate postcards.
Local Numbers:
EEPA MR-20-26
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Printed caption on recto reads: "Femme arabe voilée."
Translated caption reads: "Veiled arab woman."
Series number on recto: "107."
Printed text on verso reads: "Editeurs: L. & L." Logo on verso: "L&L."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MR-20-27
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Printed caption on recto reads: "Jeune femme beduine."
Translated caption reads: "Young Beduin woman."
Series number on recto: "109."
Printed text on verso reads: "Editeurs: L. & L." Logo on verso: "L&L."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MR-20-28
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Printed text on verso reads: "Editeurs: L. & L." Logo on verso: "L&L."
Manuscript message and address on verso; postmark on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA MR-20-29
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
