One of the most popular readings, a must in every literate family was an annual calendar, i.e. an almanac of literary, scientific, instructive and entertaining texts which were read by the whole family throughout a year. In addition to low quality paper, calendars were not preserved after the en...
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...
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...