Photographs recording

Oriental Journeys

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This album contains photographs taken on cruises to or from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ceylon, India, Suez Canal, Italy, France the UK in 1933 and 1934. One young man features in several of the photographs but, despite the fact that the album and photographs contain notes of the subject, date and location, he is described only as "Self". Possible clues to the identity of the young man may lay in the fact that he was photographed at Swanbourne House School which, we believe, to be the school of the same name which exists today in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Some photographs were taken in Froyle, Hampshire; Hampstead Heath, London; and at 16 Worsley Road.

Other photographs were taken on board the cruise liner Conte Rosso in 1933. At the time, this ship was owned by Lloyd Triestino line. During the second world war, the Conte Rosso was used as a troop ship by the Italian Government until May 1941 when it was torpedoed and sunk by HMS Upholder.

The album also features photographs taken on a journey to Hong Kong on the Conte Rosso's sister ship, the Conte Verde. The Conte Verde was one of the ships used by Jews emigrating to Shanghai after Kristallnacht. Further information on this is available in Ralph Harpuder's article "The Ships That Brought Us To Shanghai". In 1940, the Conte Verde was laid up in Shanghai until 1942 when it was chartered to the Japanese Government. In 1943 she was scuttled by her Italian crew, but was subsequently salvaged and re-named the Kotobuki Maru before being finally sunk near Kyoto in a US air attack in 1944 (Source: The Ships List).

Hong Kong - Conte Rosso

Photograph.  13 April 1933.  oj0001

Hong Kong - On Board Conte Rosso

Photograph.  13 April 1933.  oj0002

Deck Game On Board Conte Rosso

Photograph.  13 April 1933.  oj0003

Arriving Singapore

Photograph.  17 April 1933.  oj0004

Singapore - Post Office

Photograph.  17 April 1933.  oj0005

Singapore - Botanical Gardens

Photograph.  17 April 1933.  oj0006

Singapore - Governor's House

Photograph.  17 April 1933.  oj0007

Singapore - Nean Jungle

Photograph.  17 April 1933.  oj0008

Singapore - Wealthy Chinaman's House

Photograph.  17 April 1933.  oj0009

Singapore - Sunbeam Car Belonging to Wealthy Chinaman

Photograph.  17 April 1933.  oj0010

Singapore - Hut Among the Palms

Photograph.  17 April 1933.  oj0011

"Self"

Postcard.  oj0012

Boat Drill Aboard Conte Rosso

Photograph.  oj0013

Miss Krogh - Conte Rosso

Photograph.  oj0014

Swimming Aboard the Conte Rosso

Photograph.  April 1933.  oj0015

In the Swimming Pool On Board the Conte Rosso

Photograph.  April 1933.  oj0016

Colombo - Grand Oriental Hotel

Photograph.  21 April 1933.  oj0017

Colombo - York Street

Photograph.  oj0018

Colombo - Bungalow

Photograph.  oj0019

Colombo - Mount Lavinia Beach

Photograph.  21 April 1933.  oj0020

Colombo - Mount Lavinia Beach

Photograph.  oj0021

Colombo - Temple

Photograph.  21 April 1933.  oj0022

Bombay - From Malabar Hill

Postcard.  24 April 1933.  oj0023

Bombay - Victoria Station

Photograph.  oj0024

Bombay - Street Scene

Photograph.  oj0025

Bombay - Museum

Photograph.  oj0026

Bombay - Hindoo Funeral

Photograph.  24 April 1933.  oj0027

Bombay - Taj Mahal Hotel from the Gateway of India

Photograph.  24 April 1933.  oj0028

Tsingatau (Tsingtau; Tsingtao) - On the Beach

Photograph.  26 June 1932.  oj0029

Self and Ilsa Just Before Suez

Postcard.  oj0030

Suez Canal, Salt Lakes - M V Victoria

Postcard.  1 May 1933.  oj0031

Brindisi - Entrance to Harbour

Postcard.  4 May 1933.  oj0032

Venice - St Mark's

Postcard.  5 May 1933.  oj0033

Ilsa and Friend On Board Conte Rosso

Postcard.  5 May 1933.  oj0034

Photograph.  28 May 1933.  oj0035

Froyle - Tommy & Ken at Isington Cross Roads

Postcard.  14 May 1933.  oj0036

At Swanbourne House School

Photograph.  June 1933.  oj0037

Hong Kong

Photograph.  June 1933.  oj0038

Photograph.  oj0039

Postcard.  September 1933.  oj0040

Bottle Party in Tapson's Room

Postcard.  29 September 1933.  oj0041

London, Hampstead Heath - Baldy, Self, Ken & Friend

Postcard.  September 1933.  oj0042

Hella, Ken, Ruby & Self

Postcard.  13 January 1934.  Possibly taken at 16 Worsley Road.  oj0043

Photograph.  28 January 1934.  oj0044

Hanchow - Bobby, Cook, Self, Hilda, Nora, Betty, Mrs Martin & Boy

Photograph.  April 1934.  oj0045

Hanchow - Chinaman and Cook's Car

Photograph.  April 1934. oj0046

Hanchow - Self, Mrs Martin & Mr Martin, Hast-Baber, Hilda, Cook

Photograph.  April 1934.  oj0047

Hanchow - The Way to Quakchow

Photograph.  April 1934.  oj0048

The Party after Lunch

Photograph.  22 July 1934.  oj0049

The Party Resting for Lunch

Postcard.  22 July 1934.  oj0050

Bourne Farm - The Party at Lunch

Photograph.  22 July 1934.  oj0051

The Party on the Way to Bodian Castle After Lunch

Postcard.  22 July 1934.  oj0052

London, Golders Green - The Elux Team at Crestor Cafe

Photograph.  5 September 1934.  oj0053

Paris - Fountains in the Garden of the Louvre

Photograph.  6 September 1934.  oj0054

Paris - Gardens in Front of the Louvre

Photograph.  6 September 1934.  oj0055

Paris - Monument Erected by Napoleon

Photograph.  6 September 1934.  oj0056

Paris - Arc de Triomphe

Photograph.  6 September 1934.  oj0057

Venice - Canal Scene

Photograph.  7 September 1934.  oj0058

Venice

Photograph.  7 September 1934.  oj0059

Venice - On Grand Canal

Photograph.  7 September 1934.  oj0060

From Bow of Conte Verde

Photograph.  September 1934.  oj0061

Dodd & Self in Swimming Pool Between Brindisi and Port Said

Photograph.  10 September 1934.  oj0062

On Way to Port Said

Photograph.  10 September 1934.  oj0063

Arriving at Port Said

Photograph.  11 September 1934.  oj0064

Port Said - Afternoon Drink in Hotel

Photograph.  11 September 1934.  oj0065

Port Said - Street Scene

Photograph.  11 September 1934.  oj0066

Self & Dodd on Sports Deck

Photograph.  September 1934.  oj0067

Dodd & Dyer on Sports Deck

Photograph.  September 1934.  oj0068

Life Boat Drill Red Sea

Photograph.  September 1934.  oj0069

Bombay - View from Malabar Hill

Photograph.  19 September 1934.  oj0070

Bombay - Law Courts

Photograph.  19 September 1934.  oj0071

Bombay - Water Tower Hanging Gardens

Photograph.  19 September 1934.  oj0072

Colombo - In Honour of the Duke of Gloucester

Photograph.  21 September 1934.  oj0073

Colombo Harbour - Conte Verde

Photograph.  21 September 1934.  oj0074

Colombo - Mango Tree Trick

Photograph.  21 September 1934.  oj0075

Colombo - Zwick Charming the Snake

Photograph.  21 September 1934.  oj0076

Colombo - Banyan Tree

Photograph.  21 September 1934.  oj0077

Sports Deck Between Singapore and Hong Kong

Photograph.  September 1934.  oj0078

Hong Kong - The Peak - Early Morning 29 September 1934

Photograph.  29 September 1934.  oj0079

Hong Kong - New European Liner N Y K

Photograph.  29 September 1934.  oj0080

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