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Lantern slide. Showing a barque painted on the wall of the temple Sety I at Abydos. 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 'Paintings and engravings on the ceiling of the Holy of Holies showing the sacred boat'. This is similar to EC1745.

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Lantern slide. Showing the Delta barrage at 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. The barrage was designed by the French engineer Moughal Bey and was finally complete in 1862. It was replaced by a new barrage in 1939. This view is similar to EC1748.

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Lantern slide. Showing the Esna canal. 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 a small barrage at Esna which spans a canal cut for the purpose of irrigation. This canal is 50 miles long. This view is similar to EC1753 and EC1792.

Isabel Frances de Winton Thomas of Glanmor (1868 – 1955) with Frank’s portrait around the time of their betrothal in 1895.

Isabel Frances de Winton Thomas of Glanmor (1868 – 1955). Frank’s portrait with his signature during his early years helping to manage the family firm and around the time of his betrothal to Isabel.

Conference of the Physical Society of Great Britain, Autumn 1958

On the occasion of the Autumn 1958 Conference of the Physical Society of Great Britain. Shown outside the Physics Department are, from left to right: Dr C.G. Morgan; Professor H.S.W. Massey FRS [23], who delivered the inaugural address to the meeting; Dr. H.T. Miles; Professor J.M. Somerville; the Society President Professor J.A. Ratcliffe FRS; Mr. D. Harcombe; Dr A.C. Stickland, the Society Secretary; Professor F.M. Bruce; Professor F.L. Jones and Dr J. Dutton.

PH017

Photograph, B&W, mounted and titled. Swansea RFC Snellings 7s winners 1982. Dimensions: w15" x h12" (w38cm x h30.5cm).

PH018

Photograph, colour, mounted and titled. Swansea RFC first fifteen 1983-1984 season. Dimensions: w15" x h12" (w38cm x h30.5cm).

PH019

Photograph, B&W, mounted and titled. Swansea RFC WRU National Seven-a-side Tournament winners 1979. Dimensions: w15" x h12" (w38cm x h30.5cm).

Painting of the Honourable Mr Justice Sankey

Portrait of the Honourable Mr Justice Sankey

Photographic portrait of the Honourable Mr Justice Sankey. Sankey was a heroic figure because he recommended coal nationalisation and for that reason his portrait was hung in a place of honour in the South Wales Miners' Federation offices in Cardiff in the 1920s. The portrait is a bequest to the South Wales Miners' Library by the National Union of Mineworkers, South Wales Area.

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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.

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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...'

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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.

Frank escorting Mary into St. Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge for her wedding to Hugh Vivian on 19th July 1917.

Mary and Hugh were married by special licence whilst Captain Vivian was on leave from Bulford Army Camp on Salisbury Plain [8].

OT016

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.

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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.'

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

PH012

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).

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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.

Presidential Address by Frank Gilbertson to the Swansea Royal Metal Exchange (October 1918).

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.

PH003

Photograph, B&W, mounted and titled. Swansea RFC second fifteen in 1911-1912 season. Dimensions: w17 1/2" x h14" (w44.5cn x h35.5cm)

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