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Reference Collections
Economic Botany Transparencies (Harlan Collection)
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The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has an extensive collection of photographic transparencies relating to fieldwork, artefacts and other aspects of economic botany. A recent, important, addition is the lifetime slide collection of Professor Jack Harlan (1917-1998) donated by his family. Jack Harlan was a well-known and widely published specialist in crop domestication and evolution. He travelled extensively and his photographic collection reflects both this and his range of interests, from archaeology to genetics.
A summary of the 4,500 slides in the Harlan collection can be found below and entry of the slides into the collection database is in progress.
Outline of Jack Harlan Photographic Slide Collection
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Box 1 |
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Box 1, Drawer 1 |
Number of slides, subjects |
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Group 1 |
26 Purchased slides, predominantly fine art from Berlin galleries/museums |
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Group 2: |
10 - Indian sculpture |
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Group 3 |
15 - Duplicates of Agricultural Techniques. |
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Group 4 |
24 - Stemler SEM, wheat and barley. |
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Loose Divider |
Afghanistan |
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Group 5 |
6 - Miscellaneous. (3 slides of orchids, 1 slide Oats SF, 2 slides sieve, pestle and mortar. |
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Box 1, Drawer 2 |
Africa |
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Group 1 |
26 - African Scenes - mixed |
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Group 2 |
23 - Africa People - mixed |
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Group 3 |
49 Afr. Crops mixed |
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Group 4 |
60 - Ethiopia mixed views. |
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Box 1, Drawer 3 |
Asia |
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Group 1 |
52 -Holy Land mixed, views. |
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Loose Divider |
Jerusalem and vicinity, mixed, views |
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Group 2 |
32 - Misc. Turkey mixed, views |
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Group 3 |
27 - Giigit Chitral, mixed, views |
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Folded sheet |
Description of Dead Sea Expedition 1979 |
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Group 4 |
53 - Jordan 1977, mixed, some views, mainly archaeological. |
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Group 5 |
36 - Jordan 1977, mixed, views of countryside |
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Group 6 |
14 - Jordan 1981, (Oct81), archaeological. |
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Group 7 |
38 Jordan 1981, (oct81), archaeological. |
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Folded sheets (3) |
Description of Slides from 1981 Field Season. |
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Box 1, Drawer 4 |
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Group 1 |
9 - Miscellaneous; - wild sesame Nov78C2 (x4), pigeon pea Oct76C2 (x1), cave drawings Feb76C6(x2), Mayan art May75C9 and Jun75C15(x2) |
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Group 3 |
15 - Dioscorides, - bot. Illustration |
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Group 4 |
47,Early Oklahoma - mixed, views, plants, old photos, map etc |
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Group 5 |
73 Herbals 16th C various |
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Box 1, Drawer 5 |
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Group 1 |
168 - Harlan and Friends |
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Group 2 |
9 Maize plus 1 seemingly unrelated cartoon (these all probably belong with below) |
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Group 3 |
45 Teocintle Tripsacum Recovered Maize |
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Box 1, Drawer 6 |
Asia |
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Group 1 |
93 - Misc. Scenes India |
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Loose Dividers I |
India Gilgit/Chitral |
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Group 1 |
2 - Wild soya beans, NE China (loose) |
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Group 2 |
49 Iran Misc.- mixed, views, the odd plant |
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Group 3 |
24 Central Asia 60, mixed, views |
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Group 4 |
23 Afghanistan assorted views |
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Group 5 |
12 Aden views |
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Box 2 |
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Upper Tray. |
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Group 1 |
23 - Maya Ruins |
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Group 2 |
20 - Mexico scenes |
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Group 3 |
21 - Mexico scenes |
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Group 4 |
22 - Mexico background |
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Group 5 |
20 - Mexico background |
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Group 6 |
15 - Maize in art (incl. one photo of a woman processing maize) |
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Group 7 |
16 - Maize in art |
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Group 8 |
17 - Maize in art/ Aztec/ Tula (incl. 3 Teotihuacan) |
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Group 9 |
23 - Teotihuacan / Maya |
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Group 10 |
20 - Maya ruins |
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Group 11 |
24 - Tomato (3 plus 8 of other mainly crop plants) / Art of C. America (13) |
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Group 12 |
23 Mexican art |
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Group 13 |
23 Mexican art |
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Group 14 |
23 Mexican art |
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Group 15 |
21 - Maize in art |
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Group 16 |
19 Guatemala (assorted views including some plants) |
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Group 17 |
23 Guatemala (assorted views including some crops) |
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Group 18 |
17 Crops |
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Group 19 |
22 Crops |
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Group 20 |
22 Crops |
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Group 21 |
20 Peru art (including some archaeological sites) |
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Group 22 |
23 - Art (16)/ Peru (7) |
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Group 23 |
22 South America background |
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Group 24 |
19 Puerto Rico / Costa Rica (assorted views incl. A few plants) |
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Group 25 |
22 Martinique (9) / Jamaica (13) |
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Group 26 |
17 - Tisselli (Brazil) (4) / Forage legumes (11) plus 2 line maps of the americas |
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Group 27 |
21 Crops (some maps) |
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Group 28 |
20 Crops (some maps) |
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Group 29 |
18 S.A. [South American] crops |
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Group 30 |
14 Peru crops |
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Lower Tray |
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Group 1 |
21 Extra (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Niger, Podocarpus forest). |
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Group 2 |
16 - Konso / Ethiopia (assorted scenes) |
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Group 3 |
23 - Ethiopia / C. Africa (assorted scenes) |
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Group 4 |
23 - W. Africa (village and countryside) |
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Group 5 |
23 - Africa Background / W. Africa (village and habitat scenes, some economic botany) |
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Group 6 |
20 Sorghum |
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Group 7 |
Sorghum empty |
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Group 8 |
22 Sorghum |
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Group 9 |
24 Sorghum / Crops, Baobab etc /Extras |
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Group 10 |
22 Extras background (Central Africa various) |
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Group 11 |
Miscellaneous crops Empty |
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Group 12 |
Cowpea, Finger Millet, Tef Empty |
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Group 13 |
22 Tef, Fonid, Yam, Rice (and an assortment of other crops) |
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Group 14 |
12 Rice / P. Millet |
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Group 15 |
18 Pearl Millet |
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Group 16 |
22 Extra crops (mainly Poaceae) |
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Group 17 |
21 Extra techniques / Markets |
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Group 18 |
21 Markets / Techniques |
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Group 19 |
5 Techniques |
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Group 20 |
6 Techniques / Misc. Crops |
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Group 21 |
5 Ethiopia (crops) |
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Group 22 |
20 Mostly Ethiopia (mainly views, some crops) |
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Group 23 |
22 Ethiopia Crops |
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Group 24 |
23 Scenes of Africa ( landscapes, wildlife and some crops) |
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Group 25 |
21 Extra crops |
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Group 26 |
21 Blank (Ethiopia and Guatemala, views and assorted plants. |
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Group 27 |
19 Small slides of Solanum / Art (african) |
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Group 28 |
22 African Art |
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Group 29 |
23 African Art / West Africa |
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Group 30 |
21 Maps and Misc. |
Box 3 |
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Upper Tray |
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Group 1 |
20 - Kulu / Kashmir |
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Group 2 |
10 Agricultural scenes hay / India |
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Group 3 |
14 Sesame / Pidgeonpea (people, plants and views) |
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Group 4 |
22 Minor millets / rice (Sydney Botanic Garden, Otto, Views of Australia, Singapore |
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Group 5 |
19 S & SE Asia / Rice / Map (mainly shots of Australia plants, Canberra in particular) |
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Group 6 |
9 Betel Palm / Misc. (tea plus a few other plants and agric. Views) |
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Group 7 |
25 Scenes / Icrisat / So. India (Assorted Indonesian views, plants, people, buildings etc.) |
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Group 8 |
24 South India / Icrisat / Chitral (as above) |
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Group 9 |
26 - Chitral / Gilgit (as above) |
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Group 10 |
23 Gilgit / Kulu (as above) |
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Group 11 |
18 Sugar cane / South pacific (millet and rice) |
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Group 12 |
21 Coconut / South Pacific |
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Group 13 |
20 Pidgeon Pea / Bangladesh (Assorted fruit and spice plants, not necissarily Bangladesh) |
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Group 14 |
20 Bangladesh (assorted plants, localities not given for most) |
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Group 15 |
20 Bangladesh (assorted places, plants and views) |
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Group 16 |
24 SE Asian Fruits / Indonesia (Bangladesh agriculture) |
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Group 17 |
24 Bogor & vicinity (Assorted Bangladesh) |
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Group 18 |
21 Bing Bing / Colocasia / Banana Twine (SE Asia assortment) |
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Group 19 |
18 Banana collection (amongst other things) |
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Group 20 |
17 Banana collection in Philippines |
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Group 21 |
8 Kulu |
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Group 22 |
23 Banana varieties |
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Group 23 |
20 Icrisat, Hyderabad, Coimbatore various incl. Cropping techniques |
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Group 24 |
24 Bombay, Bangalore, Jabalpur various incl. Livestock, crops and buildings |
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Group 25 |
19 Bananas plus a few other plants |
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Group 26 |
19 Ottos Garden, Australia misc. |
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Group 27 |
19 Crops and other plants, Bogor, Djakarta and France |
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Group 28 |
15 Pigeonpea, Australia and Sesame, India |
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Group 29 |
19 Assorted crops and agricultural views, India |
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Group 30 |
26 Palgham, Kashmir, Kulu valley |
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Lower Tray |
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Group 1 |
21 China, sightseeing |
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Group 2 |
22 Assorted crops |
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Group 3 |
21 Assorted crops, China |
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Group 4 |
20 China, soya bean, rice |
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Group 5 |
19 China, ethnographic |
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Group 6 |
21 China,sightseeing |
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Group 7 |
23 China, sightseeing |
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Group 8 |
19 Misc. incl. some plants |
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Group 9 |
22 China, agriculture |
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Group 10 |
22 China, various crop plants |
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Group 11 |
17 Misc. incl. plants |
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Group 12 |
Empty |
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Group13 |
24 Hong Kong |
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Group 14 |
16 Singapore |
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Group 15 |
20 China, people |
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Groups 16-20 |
Empty |
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Groups 21-25 |
104 Japan, various |
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Groups 26&27 |
Empty |
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Groups 28-30 |
57 Japan, various |
Box 4 |
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Group 1 |
15 Wales and Scotland, various |
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Group 2 |
18 UK sightseeing |
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Group 3 |
19 Winchester and Stonehenge |
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Group 4 |
19 Kew |
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Group 5 |
14 York and Kew |
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Group 6 |
16 Spain (Jeans Castle) |
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Group 7 |
11 Copenhagen sights |
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Group 8 |
20 Copenhagen (Botanic Gardens and Tivoli) & Amsterdam |
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Group 9 |
23 Ireland |
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Group 10 |
23 UK cathedrals and abbeys |
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Group 11 |
20 purchased slides of Toledo paintings |
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Group 12 |
17 purchased slides, mainly Leon Cathedral |
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Group 13 |
13 Burgoz & Cordoba |
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Group 14 |
16 Sergovia |
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Group 15 |
20 assorted Spanish architecture |
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Group 16 |
23 Italy, mostly Venice |
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Group 17 |
22 Italy, mostly Firenze |
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Group 18 |
13 Italy, mostly Rome |
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Group 19 |
18 Mostly Rome |
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Group 20 |
25 Austria |
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Group 21 |
17 Bulgaria |
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Group 22 |
14 Yugoslavia |
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Group 23 |
18 Yugoslavia |
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Group 24 |
18 Germany |
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Group 25 |
12 mostly Paris |
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Groups 26-27 |
45 Leningrad |
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Groups 28-30 |
64 Moscow |
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Box 5 |
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Group 1a |
29 Assorted parts of the world, mostly crop and agriculture |
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Group 1b |
50 mixed bag including a number of plants |
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Group 1c |
39 Maize and Trip |
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Group 1d |
5 Veg. Maps |
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Group 1e |
42 around the world, mostly crops/agriculture |
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Group 1f |
23 Maize |
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Group 2 |
99 African agriculture |
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Group 3 |
70 mixed bag incl. crops |
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Group 4 |
38 Egypt 1994 (slides unlabelled) |
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Group 5 |
35 Mixed (maps, crops) |
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Group 6 |
29 Egypt 1994 (seconds) (slides unlabelled) |
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Group 7 |
25 unlabelled slides |
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Group 8 |
25 unlabelled slides |
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Group 9 |
41 Cynodon |
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Group 10 |
37 Cynodon |
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Group 11 |
37 Cynodon |
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Group 12 |
24 Cynodon |
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Group 13 |
39 Cynodon |
Box 1 = 1079 slides
Box 2 = 1129
Box 3 = 1035
Box 4 = 563
Box 5 = 684
Total = 4490