Photographs

  • Reference
    • GB 248 UGD 091/1/1/12
  • Dates of Creation
    • 20th century
  • Physical Description
    • linear metres

Scope and Content

Email the Duty Archivist for the full catalogue: library-asc@glasgow.ac.uk .

Photographs have been sub-divded into five different sections:

  • UGD 091/1/12/1: James Finlay original photographic index, includes the company references, dates & descriptions per photograph.
  • UGD 091/1/12/2: Albums & loose photographs accountable too, concern or originate from the James Finlay Co Ltd head office based in Glasgow.
  • UGD 091/1/12/3: Loose photographs includes scenes from the tea estate environment, tea pluckers, managers' & assistants', factories & equipment, transport, leisure and business activity. Content heavily used in Finlay magazine publications (UGD 091/1/9/1).
  • UGD 091/1/12/4: Photograph albums includes scenes from the tea estate environment, tea pluckers, managers' & assistants', factories & equipment, transport, leisure and business activity. Content heavily used in Finlay magazine publications (UGD 091/1/9/1).
  • UGD 091/1/12/5: Corporate photographs, content mainly concerns Board visits to James Finlay international tea & rubber estates, scenes from various Finlay associated / subsidiary business operations. Themes include crop inspections, factories & equipment, managers & assistants, Board members, tea pluckers, tea packaging & trade.