PHOTOGRAPHS OF CALCUTTA
(KOLKATA) 1912
(KOLKATA) 1912
Amazing collection of photographs depicting life in India
a century ago are found in an old shoebox. A tennis
party pose among tea trolleys:
full-length dresses and sun hats for the ladies; shirt-sleeve order,
neat moustaches and optional pipe for the men.
One image shows buildings in the city of Calcutta lit up over the
Lal Dighi body of water, commemorating a British royal visit,
while another depicts ships arriving at the Chandpal Ghat,
the main landing site for visitors to the city along
the Hooghly River.
All 178 of the plate-glass negatives were found inside a size-nine
Peter Lord shoebox by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and
Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) in Edinburgh.
All 178 images were found in a Peter Lord shoe-box
in Edinburgh and are about 100 years old.
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A tennis party poses (one, far right, with a pipe) among tea trolleys in this photo taken in India around a century ago.
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[2]
Two men stick dance in front of a crowd in Maidan,
Calcutta. The dance represents a mock fight between
legendary warrior Durga and the mighty demon
king Mahishasura.
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[3]
Buildings on the south-east side of Lal Dighi, Calcutta,
lit at night for the 1912 British royal visit by
King George V and Queen Mary.
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Archivists have confirmed some of the images were
definitely taken in 1912, when the royals visited.
It was the only trip by a British monarch to India
as Emperor of the subcontinent.
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King George V and the Queen arrive in Delhi in 1911.
King George V and the Queen arrive in Delhi in 1911.
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[6]
A crowded riverside with bathers at Chandpal Ghat
in Calcutta, the main landing site for visitors to the city
along the Hooghly River.
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A Jain temple complex in Calcutta called Dadaji's Temple.
even today it is a sight-seeing place for visitors.
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[10]
A street hairdresser giving a 'Hindustani haircut' (pudding bowl)
in Strand Road South, Calcutta.
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A Muhurram (sacred month) procession through a crowded
Calcutta street with tazieh theatre performance in the
background. Tazieh drama re-enacts heroic tales
of love and sacrifice.
A group seated in two ferry canoes moored in
a stream at an unknown location.
a stream at an unknown location.
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Waterside with a group of washer-men at a Dhobighat
(open-air laundry zone).
(open-air laundry zone).
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