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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 934 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 934

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934
Title:
Clyde Waddell: 'A Yank's Memories of Calcutta.'
Scope & Content:
Black string-tied album measuring 337x260mm, with prints loosely inserted in corner slits on pages, with extended typescript captions beneath each image. The album is prefaced by a one-page printed introduction by M. Charles Preston of New York City, 'ex-enlisted man, former CBI'er and co-worker...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
60 items

2. Photo 934(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(1)
Title:
[Chowringhee Road, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking south from the northern end of Chowringhee Road, at the junction with Esplanade Row. 'Chowringhee Street - Calcutta's main thoroughfare, an amazing parade of fascinating sights and sounds.. Every soldier who has trod its length retains memories of one o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 934(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(2)
Title:
[View of the River Hugli from the Howrah Bridge, looking north, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography The view appears to have been taken from a vantage point on the Howrah Bridge, looking north along the river bank, with Strand Road in the foreground and Howrah on the far shore. 'Hooghly River and part of Calcutta's east bank. But for this giant stream Calcutta wou...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 934(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(3)
Title:
[Aerial view of Calcutta from the Howrah Bridge, looking south.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'Aerial view of Calcutta downtown. In the upper left background is Hindusthan Building, U.S. Army HQ. The oldest part of the city starts at the Esplanade and extends upwards. The city was founded in the early 1700s [sic].' View looking south over the city, with the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 934(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(4)
Title:
[Hindusthan Building, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
'Hindusthan Building, one of the most modern in Calcutta, was built for an insurance company, but occupied upon its completion by the U.S. Army. Located in the heart of the city, it is the nerve centre of all military business, containing post office, finance office, Base Section offices, air ra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 934(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(5)
Title:
[Corner of Harrison Street and Strand Road, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'A bewildering mass of billboards at the corner of Harrison Street (Burra Bazar) and Strand Road. One of the oldest sections of Calcutta, at the foot of the Howrah Bridge, it is a fine vantage point for photographing the passing parade of oddly dressed natives and c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 934(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(6)
Title:
[View looking south along Chowringhee Road, with the Dhurrumtollah Mosque in the foregound, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'Chowringhee Square. the Mohammedan mosque, Juma Masjid [sic, for Dhurrumtollah Mosque], is shown at left. This is actually one of the quiet moments when GI trucks, taxis, bicycles and other modes of transport can move with comparative freedom.' The view looks south...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 934(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(7)
Title:
[Karnani Estates, U.S. Army officers apartment hotel, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'Karnani Estates, mammoth apartment hotel for U.S. Army officers. Known to many thousands of transient and locally based officers as a social center, it has been provided with one of the most elaborately decorated bars of any Officers' Club in the CBI theater.' ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 934(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(8)
Title:
[The American Red Cross Burra Club, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'The American Red Cross Burra Club, leave center for GIs and recreation spot for all enlisted men. The unpretentious facade belies an interior complete with dormitory, snack bar, restaurant, music room, games room, lounge, barber and tailor shops, wrapping servi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 934(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(9)
Title:
[Old Court House Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'Calcutta's traffic is usually snarled. And the reasons are clearly shown. Shuffling coolies and pedestrians with little regard for their lives seem completely oblivious to the perils of automotive traffic.' Street scene with trams. The view looks south along Old Co...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item