Geca Kon was the most important Serbian and later Yugoslav publisher at the beginning of the 20th century. Having glorified the victory of the Serbian army, he was imprisoned during the First World War and the books from his bookstore were publicly burnt by the Austro-Hungarian army. In the Seco...
Land Register Law commentary: (Law on land books, internal organization, establishment and correction of land books, on land register divisions, write-offs and additions), with the explanation of the aforementioned laws, Land Register regulations, Guidelines for the first establishment of land b...
Dirgha Man Collection of photographs [Late 1800s-mid 1940s] Ganesh Man Chitrakar [mid 1940s- early 1950s]
Scope & Content:
These glass plate negatives were taken by Dirgha Man (1877-1951) and Ganesh Man Chitrakar (1916-1985). They are interesting in the context of Nepal’s history as they were Court Photographers. Furthermore, Nepal did not open up to outside visitors until the early-1950s. The photographs that Dirgh...
Bag Durbar as seen from atop the Dharahara. The complex to the south of the palace is the Central Prison. A sizeable portion of the Valley's food supply was grown on the fertile land along the Bagmati river.