Lantern slide. Showing the Temple of Millions of Years (sometimes called the Qurna temple) on the West Bank at Thebes. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'Here we have the Gurneh temple at Karnak'. This temple was built by Sety I and completed by his son Rameses II.
Lantern slide. Showing a village in Nubia. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'This is the Bishereen Arab camp at Nubia between Assouan and Philae. It gives one a good idea of the type of dwellings that are to be seen throughout Egypt in most of the villages...'
Lantern slide. South gate of the temple at Karnak. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'Here we have the south gate of the temple at Karnak (Karnak in arabic means window)....' This is the Karnak Gate of Ptolemy III Euergetes. Similar view to EC1708 and EC1726.
Touch judge's flag, Swansea v Walker's XV 1951. Red with Ranji Walker's team 'Swan' emblem and crown in white. Also motto: Nil Desperandum Nisi Amicitia" All sewn onto cloth. Reverse is white with Walker's XV Festival of Britain 1951 St Helen's Ground Swansea" sewn in red on cloth. Wooden flag handle attached.
Lantern slide. Showing the guard at Aswan. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'Here we have the Sudanese guard who guard the barrage. They all readily fell in for me to take their photos and naturally expected me to show it to them as soon as I had taken it, but of course that didn't come off.'
Lantern slide. Showing the Esna barrage. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'Here we have views of the Esna barrage taken from the shore which gives a good idea of what the barrage is like and it is here shown to advantage' The 'Esna barrage' built 1906-1908 is near Edfu. This view is similar to EC1752.
Lantern slide. Showing the Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. His notes read 'Sultan hassan Mosque Cairo. The walls show the marks of the canon ball fired from the Citadale by Napoleon'. The mosque is one of the largest in the world. Work was begun on the mosque in 1356 and it remains one of the finest examples. This view is similar to EC1747.
Lantern slide. Showing the Sultan Hassan Mosque mauseleum in Cairo. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. His notes read 'Sultan hassan Mosque Cairo. The walls show the marks of the canon ball fired from the Citadale by Napoleon'. The mosque is one of the largest in the world. Work was begun on the mosque in 1356 and it remains one of the finest examples. This view is similar to EC1795.
Lantern slide. Showing the Great Barrage of the Aswan dam. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'Not far below the Island of Sehel stands the great barrage which was built for the purpose of storing water in Lower Nubia during the Winter in order to use it when the nile is low in the summer...'. This view is similar to EC1788 and EC1791.
Lantern slide. Showing the First Catarct. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'Here we have the first cataract. This shows you the water as it leaves the sluices of the barrage. By the way there are 120 sluices to the barrage which is 1 1/4 miles long and 40 feet wide at the base.' This view is similar to EC1789.
Lantern slide. Showing the Temple of Isis on the Island of Philae. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'In front of the Great Pylon are two fallen lions of pink granite which stood on pedastals of which only one still remain. This is not the Great Pylon, but is the only photograph of a Pylon of the Isis Temple that I have' This is a similar view to negative EC1706 and EC1715.
Photograph, B&W. Mounted and titled. Swansea RFC first fifteen 1888-1889 season. Photographer's name obscured by title. Dimensions: w17" x h13" (w43cm x h33cm).
Lantern slide. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. His notes read 'Jaffa Gate Jerusalem. An enterance was cut here to allow the Kaiser to enter into the old city rather than allow him to pass through the gates, as the Mohammeden authorities were afraid the people would resent the triumphal ride of the Kaiser through the gates. The marble clock tower was given by the Kaiser as a token of gratitude for the reception he received'. This view is similar to EC1756 and EC1808.
Original drawing of Frank Gilbertson by Harold Morgan (newspaper cartoonist of the “Cambria Daily Leader” and later “The South Wales Daily Post”) “regarded as more typical of him than any of the few photographs he ever permitted” [23].
Frank warned of serious economic problems on the horizon as the artificial prosperity of wartime gave way to normal international trading competition in peacetime. He appealed for cooperation from all sides of industry in meeting the reconstruction challenges ahead.
Photograph, B&W, mounted and titled. Brass strips hold image to mount. Swansea RFC first fifteen 1895-1896 season. Photograph by Sielde Brothers, Swansea. Dimensions: w15" x h13 1/2" (w38cm x h34.3cm).
Slogan: Proletarians of all Countries Unite. To the fighting British Miners' wives from the working women of Krasnaya Presna. Moscow, June 1926
Dai Lloyd Davies, Secretary of Mardy Lodge brought the banner back from Moscow. He had accepted it on behalf of the British workers and their wives from the women of Krasnaya Presna, when he’d been in Moscow during the 1926 lockout to acknowledge the financial support given to South Wales miners by the Russians.
It was deposited at the SWML in 1974, having been located in the office of the Communist Party in Cardiff.
Lantern slide. Showing the Kom Ombo from the river. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'Thirty five miles from Assuaan in a northerly direction we come to the temple of Kom Ombo... which is beautifully situated on the east bank of the river Nile...On the south side the temple is continually menaced by the water which had already swallowed a large portion of the terrace and one side of the entrance pylon before it was held in check by the construction of a stone embankement in 1893...'. This is a similar view to EC1718.
Photograph, B&W, mounted and titled. Swansea RFC first fifteen 1923-1924 season. Photograph by H A Chapman studios, High St, Swansea. Dimensions: w18" x h14" (w45.7cm x h35.5cm).
Photograph, B&W, mounted and titled. Swansea RFC first fifteen 1967-1968 season. Photograph by Jack Thomas, 20 Glanmor road, Swansea. Dimensions: w18" x h14" (w45.5cm x h35.5cm).
Photograph, B&W, mounted and titled. Swansea RFC first fifteen 1894-1895 season. Photograph by J Harrison Goldie, corner of Northampton Place & Craddock Street, Swansea. Dimensions: w20 1/4" x h17" (w51.4cm x h43.1cm).
Photograph, B&W, Mounted and titled. Swansea RFC first fifteen 1925-1926 season. Photographed by Jack Thomas of St Helen's Rd, Swansea. Dimensions: w18" x h14" (w45.7cm x h35.5cm).