Persian Gulf. Two albums of photographs by Captain Eady, with a box of negatives, 1930-8

PERSIAN GULF ̶ EADY, GROUP CAPTAIN THOMAS W.G.

Two albums of over one hundred and ninety photographs of the Gulf, Emirates, and Aden, together with a quantity of negatives, 1930-38

2 albums, oblong 4to (each approximately 180 x 250mm.), 170 photographs (from 55 x 80mm. to 115 x 160mm.), mounted on card recto and verso, most with captions on mounts, contemporary cloth bindings, one album with wear to spine; together with 21 unmounted copy prints loose, and a large quantity of original negatives in envelopes filed geographically and Eady's British Forces ID card and a military pass

A large collection of photographs and negatives by Group Captain Thomas Eady of the Royal Air Force covering his time in the Gulf, Iraq and Aden. Eady began his pilot training in Egypt in 1928, in 1930 he was posted to 84 Squadron, and later converted to seaplanes. He served with 201 Squadron and in 1936 was posted to 203 in Aden and was stationed in Basra, Iraq in 1937. One album covers Bahrain and the Gulf, including "the Sheik's Palace", a pearl dealer, and views of Dubai and Sharjah, the second album includes Aden, Basra, and Bahrain. The negatives include more images of Aden, Basra, Bahrain and the Gulf. See also lot 149.