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RCS/Fisher contains:
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18 Volume XVIII : Singapore and Borneo, December 1908-January 1909
19 Volume XIX : Borneo and Hong Kong, January 1909
20 Volume XX : China and Hong Kong, January-February 1909
21 Volume XXI : Great Britain, 1909
22 Volume XXII : Great Britain, 1909
23 Volume XXIII : Gibraltar and Malta, October-November 1909
24 Volume XXIV : Maltese Islands, Victoria, Tasmania, November 1909
25 Volume XXV : South Africa
26 Volume XXVI : New Zealand, 1910
27 Volume XXVII : New Zealand
28 Volume XXVIII : New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji, 1910
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Fisher photograph collection

Title Volume XXIII : Gibraltar and Malta, October-November 1909
Reference Fisher 23
Creator Fisher, Alfred Hugh, 1867-1945
Covering Dates Oct. 1909-Nov. 1909
Extent and Medium 163 images in 1 boxed album
Content and context

The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 6001-6177 (originally there were 169). Added number is: 6111A; not used: 6023, 6026, 6055, 6056, 6058, 6063, 6079, 6098 and 6155; missing: 6002, 6033, 6046, 6095, 6096 and 6154.

Subjects covered in the album are:

Gibraltar: from the sea; buildings and general; Alameda Gardens and Parade Ground; Catalan Bay; 2nd Battalion Bedfordshires on Parade; Rock apes; Europa; Rock galleries; schools.

Malta: harbour scenes; Valetta [also Valletta]: buildings and general; Marsa races; granaries; schools; butterflies and birds in Museum; two journeys to Civita Vecchia: villages, aqueduct, K.O.M.R.; Verdala; market; Casa Leone; King's birthday; views from the sea en route to Gozo.

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Indexed

This album is available on microfiche: General Collections, fiche numbers 109-111.

Index Terms
Europe
Gibraltar
Malta
Fisher, Alfred Hugh (1867-1945)
RCS/Fisher 23 contains:
6001 Gibraltar from the sea. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
6002 Quarter-plate. [No print]. Missing. Nearer view.
6003 The doctor's launch coming out. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Gibraltar from an anchored steamer with warship in harbour].
6004 Gibraltar : from anchored steamer. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Clearer view of Gibraltar].
6005 Gibraltar : the Cathedral. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [View of street beside the Cathedral].
6006 Looking along Southport Street from Government House. Quarter-plate. [Showing large houses and wrought-iron fence and a few pedestrians].
6007 The Convent Guard, from Government House. Quarter-plate. [Showing guard by one of four pillars of porch].
6008 Government House. Quarter-plate. [Sunny street with Government House and flag in the shade on the left and large building on opposite corner in the sun. Man sitting on edge of large pot containing tree in the near right].
6009 South Gate, Gibraltar, from the south. Quarter-plate. [Two similar pictures showing pony and trap coming through arch].
6010 South Gate, Gibraltar, from the south. Quarter-plate. [Two similar pictures showing pony and trap coming through arch].
6011 The Wellington Bust: Alameda Gardens, Gibraltar. Half-plate. Monument erected by money obtained by stopping one days pay from the Garrison. [Showing Bust on a pillar with cannons below. Man in uniform and woman in hat and long black skirt looking up at the bust with trees in the background].
6012 Alameda Gardens : Gibraltar : cactus plants. Half-plate. [Showing donkey cart on the left and garden on the right].
6013 In the Alameda Gardens. Half-plate. [Showing man in boater hat walking along road with over hanging trees on the right, and woman seen in 6011 standing beside the wall in far left].
6014 Nurse and Child, Alameda Gardens. Half-plate. [Taken from same place as 6013].
6015 View from the Alameda Gardens : Gibraltar. Half-plate (landscape format). Showing Roman Catholic Church, and to the left, the Lunatic Asylum. [Trees in the foreground and town to the right].
6016 Child on a donkey, Alameda Gardens. Quarter-plate.
Blurred..
6017 British Soldiers at football on the Alameda Parade Ground: Gibraltar. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing horse and carriage in the foreground and football in the distance in front of building].
6018 British Soldiers at football on the Alameda Parade Ground: Gibraltar. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Clearer view of previous picture, without horse and cart].
6019 The Rock, from Devils Tower Road (north).
Slightly faded..
6020 Dipping fish nets, Catalan Bay, Gib[raltar]. Quarter-plate. [Group in foreground and boats tied up along the beach beyond].
6021 In Catalan Bay: inhabited chiefly by Genoese Fishermen. Quarter-plate. Hauling boat in.
6022 In Catalan Bay. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing boats along beach and cliffs above].
6024 Rocks in Catalan Bay. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing man paddling in the sea in front of rocks].
6025 Rocks in Catalan Bay. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
Slightly faded..
6027 On the Alameda Parade Ground, early morning. Quarter-plate (landscape format). The 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshires. [One of three faded prints of the Battalion at different stages of parade with one man on horseback].
Slightly faded..
6028 On the Alameda Parade Ground, early morning. Quarter-plate (landscape format). The 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshires. [One of three faded prints of the Battalion at different stages of parade with one man on horseback].
Slightly faded..
6029 On the Alameda Parade Ground, early morning. Quarter-plate (landscape format). The 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshires. [One of three faded prints of the Battalion at different stages of parade with one man on horseback].
Slightly faded..
6030 Rock monkeys near South Gate. Quarter-plate. [Showing animal behind wrought-iron fence with houses in the background].
6031 Rock monkey, South Gateway: Gibraltar. Quarter-plate. [Showing animal on top of stone gateway].
6032 Rock monkeys on cannon : Gibraltar. Quarter-plate.
6034 The Jews' Market : Commercial Square, Gib. Quarter-plate. This was formerly the site of 'Grand Parade.' [Showing market in front of houses with hills in the background].
6035 The Jews' Market: Commercial Square, Gibraltar. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Closer view than 6034].
6036 The Jews' Market. Quarter-plate. [Close up view of chair and glass lampshade stalls].
Slightly faded..
6037 Europa Main Road, Gibraltar. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing wooded area on left with horse and cart on the right and two people walking in the centre].
6038 The Dockyard from Europa Main Road. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
6039 Europa Pass : fortified by Lieut. Col. Colin Campbell, 1811. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing gateway with three people nearby].
6040 Goats at Europa : Gibraltar. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing goats grazing among rocks above the sea].
6041 Lighthouse : Europa. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
Faded..
6042 The Rock at Europa. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Second Europa Advance Battery. [Showing Rock coming out of the sea and walls in the foreground].
6043 The Rock from the Governor's Cottage: Gibraltar. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Building to left, Rock in centre back and cactus trees to the right].
Faded..
6044 The same [as 6043, i.e. The Rock from Governor's Cottage]. Quarter-plate. [Not showing building on the left of previous picture].
6045 Lower Union Galleries : exterior. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Rock caves].
6046 [No print]. [Missing]. View from inside Lower Union Galleries. Showing North Front, Neutral Territory, and Linea (Spain).
6047 Looking from Queen's Gallery to the Windsor Galleries. Quarter-plate. Focussed for distance.
6048 Looking from Queen's Gallery to the Windsor Galleries. Quarter-plate. Focussed for near view. These wo should be printed together.
6049 View from Windsor Galleries : Upper Gallery. Quarter-plate. Looking across the water to Campoments, Spain, and polo ground.
6050 Look-out, Windsor Galleries. Quarter-plate. [View out across the water dotted with boats].
6051 North Peak of Rock, above Catalan Bay. Quarter-plate. Note water catchment: corrugated iron washed over with cement on a sand bed and bolted to the rock at the top - otherwise hanging loose like a curtain.
6052 Signal Station : and wall of Charles V. Quarter-plate.
6053 The same, showing aerial line. Quarter-plate.
6054 South End of the Ridge by Mediterranean Steps. Quarter-plate. Looking north towards the Sierra Nevada.
6057 St Michael's Cave, Gibraltar. Half-plate. (9 min. exposure).
6059 St Michael's Cave. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Entrance seen from the interior of the cave. [Dark and indistinct].
6060 Healy's Mortar used in the siege of Gibraltar. Quarter-plate.
6061 Rock Monkey above the Devil's Gap. Quarter-plate. [Distant view].
6062 The same [i.e. Rock monkey above Devil's Gap]. Quarter-plate.
Blurred..
6064 Devil's Gap, Gibraltar. Quarter-plate.
Blurred..
6065 Class in the Hebrew school, Gibraltar. Half-plate (landscape format). This room is used on Saturdays as the boys synagogue, and the ark is behind the curtain at the back.
6066 In the playground : Hebrew School : Gibraltar. Quarter-plate. [Showing two groups of children].
6067 In the playground : Hebrew School : Gibraltar. Quarter-plate. [Showing two groups of children].
6068 Classroom in St Mary's (Girls') School : Gibraltar. Half-plate (landscape format). (Roman Catholic). [Showing girls sitting in rows with a nun and tutor standing with them].
6069 (The same). [Classroom in St Mary's (Girls') School : Gibraltar]. Half-plate (landscape format). [Nun blurred].
Blurred..
6070 The same school [St Mary's (Girls') School : Gibraltar] : infant class. Half-plate (landscape format). [A large group of smaller girls with a nun standing by them in a classroom].
6071 St Mary's School (Roman Catholic). The infant class: recreation. [Showing nun and group of girls].
6072 The Same. [St Mary's (Girls') School : Gibraltar]. Quarter-plate. [Pictures of a nun with two smaller groups].
6073 The Same. [St Mary's (Girls') School : Gibraltar]. Quarter-plate. [Pictures of a nun with two smaller groups].
6074 St Mary's School : infants. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Nun with a group of girls].
6075 Playground of the Sacred Heart Boys' School. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [By Sacred Heart Church].
6076 Playground of the Sacred Heart Boys' School. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Kept by the Christian Brothers of Cork. [Group near high wall].
6077 Playground of the Sacred Heart Boys' School. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Two photographs of the same group bit 6077 taken from a slightly higher position].
6078 Playground of the Sacred Heart Boys' School. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Two photographs of the same group but 6077 taken from a slightly higher position].
6080 The Reading Lesson in one of the classrooms of the Sacred Heart. Quarter-plate. The schools illustrated in the foregoing views are for children of the colony exclusive of the children of the military inhabitants who have separate schools in their quarters. All the children in the views are British subjects - Gibraltarians. [Showing boys standing with their books].
6081 The Old Moorish Castle, Gibraltar. Quarter-plate. [Two similar views].
6082 The Old Moorish Castle, Gibraltar. Quarter-plate. [Two similar views].
6083 Gibraltar, Governor's Parade. Quarter-plate (landscape format). The building behind the palm tree is the Garrison Library, reputed to be the largest library in any British Colony and to include 50 000 volumes. [A street scene].
6084 Valetta, Malta, And Fort Lascairs. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [View with boats in the foreground: should be Lascaris].
6085 Senglea, and Fort St Angelo, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
6086 Fort Lascairs, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
6087 Fort Lascairs, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
6088 Fort Lascairs, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
Overexposed..
6089 The Harbour, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
6090 Senglea and Fort St Angelo, Malta. Quarter-plate( landscape format).
6091 Landing horses at Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate(landscape format).
6092 Landing horses at Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate.
6093 Landing horses at Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate.
6094 Landing horses at Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate.
6095 Quarter-plate. [No print]. Missing. View from Lower Baracca, Valetta, on the King's Birthday.
6096 Quarter-plate. [No print]. Missing. The same: showing the Aboukir and other warships.
6097 The entrance corridor, Palazzo del Grande Maestro. Quarter-plate. Now the Governor's Palace, Valetta, Malta.
6099 View of Grand Harbour from Lower Baracca. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Showing the Santa Barbara bastion: Valetta, Malta.
6100 Scenes at the races, The Marsa, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [People socialising near the race course].
6101 Scenes at the races, The Marsa, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [People socialising near the race course].
6102 Scenes at the races, The Marsa, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [People socialising near the race course].
6103 The Paddock. Quarter-plate. [Back sides of people and horses].
6104 Granaries, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Two views of paved court yard with millstones spaced about].
6105 Granaries, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Two views of paved court yard with millstones spaced about].
6106 Exterior of the Chapel of Bones, Valetta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). To the left is seen the outside of the Anatomical Theatre.
6107 Infant Department of Elementary Schools, Valetta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). In the playound. [View through wrought-iron gates to children with man in hat and woman in long dark skirt looking on].
6108 Infant Department of Elementary Schools, Valetta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Two similar views of crowds of infants in the playground taken from the gate way seen in 6107].
6109 Infant Department of Elementary Schools, Valetta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Two similar views of crowds of infants in the playground taken from the gate way seen in 6107].
6110 One of the classrooms, Infants' Department, Elementary Schools, Valetta (Boys). Half-plate (landscape format). [ Both with some blurred faces. Row of girls standing in the far left].
6111 One of the classrooms, Infants' Department, Elementary Schools, Valetta (Boys). Half-plate (landscape format). [ Both with some blurred faces. Row of girls standing in the far left].
6111A A classroom, Infants' Department, (Girls) Elementary Schools, Valetta. Half-plate (landscape format). [The same room as seen in previous pictures with the same white bearded man in the foreground left].
6112 Boys of Elementary School doing physical drill. Quarter-plate(landscape format). The Granaries, Valetta.
6113 Boys of Elementary School doing physical drill. Quarter-plate(landscape format). The Granaries, Valetta.
6114 The Singing Lesson. Half-plate (landscape format). Girls' Department, Elementary Schools. [Showing pianist with back to camera and girls grouped round facing her].
Slightly faded..
6115 Girls of Elementary School. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Valetta, drilling in playground. [View down onto playground].
6116 Doorway of the Auberge d'Aragon. Quarter-plate. Now Government House, Valetta, Malta. [Side view of the porch with great pillars and back view of guard walking away towards a pillar box].
6117 Birds of prey caught in Malta. Half-plate (landscape format). Natural History Museum, Valetta University. [Picture of stuffed birds of prey with more birds in cases behind].
6118 (Same as 6117). [Birds of prey caught in Malta]. Half-plate (landscape format). [A slightly clearer picture taken from the same view].
6119 The Butterflies of Malta : Nat Hist. Museum. Half-plate (landscape format). [27 mounted butterflies but all unnamed].
6120 (The same) [The Butterflies of Malta : Nat Hist. Museum]. Half-plate (landscape format). [A misty view of the 27 mounted butterflies of Malta seen in previous picture].
Faded..
6121 Valetta Harbour. Quarter-plate. From Crucifix Curtain. [Showing warship in harbour].
6122 View from the Aqueduct beyond Casa Leone, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [View across fields surrounded by stone walls].
6123 Distant view of Civita Vecchia. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Note the square low towers about the tilled land: used for keeping agricultural tools in, and for sleeping in during harvest.
Faded..
6124 Part of Aqueduct, near Casa Leone. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [A couple of people by the solid stone wall with a road otherwise empty].
6125 Part of Aqueduct, near Casa Leone. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Donkey cart in foreground. [Taken near previous picture].
6126 View through arches of Aqueduct, looking southward. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Man and horse in right foreground].
6127 Horse Drinking Fountain, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Fountain partly obscurred by horse and cart in the foreground].
6128 Labouring women at Birchcara, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [View down narrow street with women in foreground and pair of horses and carriage behind].
6129 White marble renaissance portal of Santa Maria Church, Casal Attard (= Attart Village) Malta. Quarter-plate. [Showing road sweeper in front plus man and girl standing by].
6130 Civita Vecchia. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Distant view in mist across walled fields].
6131 Civita Vecchia. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Nearer view from the east, showing the Connaught Hospital. [View across walled fields].
6132 Old Race Stand at Civita Vecchia. Quarter-plate (landscape format). The races still held on St Peter and St Pauls Day (29 July) date from pre-Roman times. Inscription: 'cum legitime certaverit 1696.' [Showing two horses and carts in front of stand snf people around].
Overexposed..
6133 Entrance to Civita Vecchia from within. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing donkey cart being led by covered girl throught the great arch gateway].
6134 Entrance Gateway to Civita Vecchia from within. Quarter-plate. Showing corner of Connaught Hospital. [Donkey cart just inside courtyard. Carvings above gateway].
6135 Entrance to Connaught Hospital, Civita Vecchia. Quarter-plate. This building was formerly the Autica Corte or Courts of Justice. It bears over the door the arms of Grand Master Manoel Antonio de Vilhena. It was converted into a hospital at the private expense of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and opened by the Queen in 1909. [Showing two nuns coming out of the doorway].
6136 A Saturday's market in Civita Vecchia, Malta. Quarter-plate.
Faded and blurred..
6137 The Roman Villa, Civita Vecchia. Half-plate. [Showing pots in cupboards behind and mosaic in the foreground, but very faded].
Overexposed..
6138 Norman House : Civita Vecchia. Quarter-plate. [On corner of Strada S.S. Salvatore and Strada des Carmine].
6139 Musta village from the North Rampart of Civita Vecchia. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Note olive wood in the foreground.
Faded..
6140 Portal of the Connaught Hospital, Civita Vecchia, Malta. Half-plate. [Showing three nursing nuns in white standing at the door below the arms of Grand Master Manoel Antonio de Vilhena].
6141 The C Company of the Kings Own Malta regiment. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Militia drilling in St Dominics Square, Civita Vecchia.
Slightly faded..
6142 Verdala Palace. Quarter-plate (landscape format). View from the grounds: olives and fir trees in the foreground. Verdala is the summer residence of the Governor.
6143 Verdala Palace. Quarter-plate. South front from the garden.
6144 Well in garden of Verdala Palace. Quarter-plate.
6145 Well in garden of Verdala Palace. Quarter-plate.
Blurred..
6146 Market on Sunday in Strada Mercante, Valetta. Quarter-plate. Looking west: many stalls selling almanacs, books of magic, old rope and metal, etc. [A narrow crowded street].
6147 Market on Sunday, Strada Mercante. Quarter-plate. Looking east.
6148 Working on one of the underground granaries. Quarter-plate. [Group of men around tripod and pulley on paved area].
6149 Working on one of the underground granaries. Quarter-plate. [Similar view to 6148 showing granary covered in the foreground].
6150 Working on one of the underground granaries. Quarter-plate. [Similar view to 6148 showing granary covered in the foreground].
6151 Garden of the Casa Leone, Malta. Half-plate. Looking towards the chapel built by Grand Master Manoel.
Faded..
6152 Garden of the Casa Leone. Half-plate. Looking towards the house. [Showing steps to gateway with creeper on it looking through to garden and house in the distance].
Faded..
6153 The Armoury Corridor, Valetta Palace. Quarter-plate. The Governors Palace.
6154 Half-plate. [No print]. [Missing]. King's Birthday Parade. The Harbour, Valetta, looking towards the sea from the Upper Baracca. For colour see F.
6156 Kings Birthday Parade, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [One of five views from the back of crowds, including the Governor in uniform, watching activities in the harbour during the King's Birthday Parade ceremony].
6157 Kings Birthday Parade, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [One of five views from the back of crowds, including the Governor in uniform, watching activities in the harbour during the King's Birthday Parade ceremony].
6158 Kings Birthday Parade, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [One of five views from the back of crowds, including the Governor in uniform, watching activities in the harbour during the King's Birthday Parade ceremony].
6159 King's Birthday Parade, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [One of five views from the back of crowds, including the Governor in uniform, watching activities in the harbour during the Kings Birthday Parade ceremony].
6160 Kings Birthday Parade, Valetta, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [One of five views from the back of crowds, including the Governor in uniform, watching activities in the harbour during the Kings Birthday Parade ceremony].
6161 In Balzan village. Quarter-plate. On the left house of one of the Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem; now Government School. [Street scene on corner of Vicolo with horse and cart in the far distance].
6162 Goats in Balzan village. Quarter-plate. [Goats and children in an open street scene].
6163 Church in Balzan village. Quarter-plate. [Church at the end of a street with a woman and children in the middleground].
6164 Church of Santa Maria, Casal Attard. Quarter-plate. [Children near left].
6165 Ploughing with an ox and a wooden plough near Zebbug. Quarter-plate. On the way to Civita Vecchia. [Rather distant view].
6166 Winding native cotton, Civita Vecchia. Quarter-plate. [Woman winding cotton on a wheel outside doorway with painted horses on the beam inside, and two men and a young girl posed on the right].
6167 Cross of Godfrey de Bouillon (silvergilt) in the Cathedral at Civita Vecchia. Half-plate. This was carried to the Crusades, both to Jerusalem and to Acre. [Cross standing in front of altar].
6168 Fort St Elmo. Quarter-plate (landscape format). From inside the harbour, Valetta, Malta. [Also shows wrought iron bridge to the right].
6169 Fort St Elmo. Quarter-plate (landscape format). From outside the harbour, showing the breakwater.
Faded..
6170 Valetta from the sea. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Distant view].
6171 Valetta from the sea. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Showing Marsa Muscetto Harbour. [Similar to prevous view but slightly more to he right].
6172 Tigue Point : Marsa Muscetto Harbour. Quarter-plate (landscape format). With Hamrun Parish Church in the distance.
Blurred..
6173 Royal Artillery Mess : Sleima [i.e. Sliema], Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [View from the sea].
Scratched print.
6174 St Paul's Bay, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Distant view from the sea].
6175 St Paul's Statue on St Paul's Island, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Distant view from the sea].
Slightly faded..
6176 St Paul's Statue on St Paul's Island, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [A slightly closer view].
Faded and blured..
6177 St Paul's Statue on St Paul's Island, Malta. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [A closer but indistinct view of the statue from the sea]..

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