Record

RefNoACS/6/4
LevelFile
Title'Institution of Electrical Engineers visit to Switzerland, 1899' by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton
CreatorSwinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863-1930); British electrical engineer
Kodak Limited, 43 Clerkenwell Road, London, E. C
Date1899
DescriptionAlbum of black and white photographs from Swinton’s 1899 visit to Switzerland with the Institution of Electrical Engineers, comprising images of individuals attending the trip, as well as landscape photography of mountainous regions and cityscapes. Individuals appearing in the photographs are identified in the album, listed below in order of appearance:

Professor [John] Perry
Colonel [Rookes Evelyn Bell] Crompton
Silvanus [Phillips] Thompson
Harold Thompson Lyon
Gisbert Kapp
Crawley
Piper
[Henry Alexander] Mavor
[Emile Oscar] Garcke
[illeg]
[Alexander Pelham] Trotter
[Robert Stewart] Erskine
Extent1 volume; 9 pages; 17 photographs
FormatPhotograph
PhysicalDescriptionHard back photograph album featuring green crocodile skin motif, inscribed 'Kodak'
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8285Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer1863 - 1930
NA5509Perry; John (1850 - 1920); electrical engineer and mathematician1850 - 1920
NA7141Thompson; Silvanus Phillips (1851 - 1916); physicist and electrical engineer1851 - 1916
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