Loose photographs
MS. 23701 photogr. 25
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Loose photographs
Shelfmark
MS. 23701 photogr. 25
Summary
Folder 1: 35 photographs of a young Ralph Furse (baby to university), 1887-c. 1906, including:
Ralph with nurse 'Whitty' (Whitham), Aunt Lou Montagu and Fuller (a groom), at Caynton House, Swaffham, Norfolk, three photographs, c. 1888
Ralph at 11 months old with a toy horse, five photographs, 1888
Ralph sitting on horse 'Blackbird', aged approximately 3 years old, c. 1890
Ralph reading, aged approximately 5 years old, two sepia photographs, c. 1892
Studio portraits of Ralph aged 17, 1905
Folder 2: 35 photographs of an adult Ralph Furse, some taken with Celia Furse, c. 1910-1949, including:
Ralph in uniform outside a tent during King Edward's Horse training camp, n.d. [pre-First World War]
Ralph in uniform with the King Edward's Horse during the First World War: eight photographic postcards some with messages from Watford just after mobilization and from France, 1914, and a studio portrait, late First World War
Picture postcards (blank) of Borobudur, Java, Indonesia, n.d.
Press cutting showing Ralph and R.L Robinson arriving in Australia for the Empire Forestry Conference, 1928
Photographs taken on Ralph's world trip, including New Zealand, c. 1928
Attendees at University Colonial Week, the Colonial University of Belgium, 1949
Date
1887-c.1949
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Newbolt and Furse family archive
Papers of Ralph Furse
Loose photographs
