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040-003184214 Collection Area Visual Arts

1. Photo 1180/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4
Title:
Jute. (Baling for export). Vol. IV. Johnston and Hoffmann, Calcutta. Photographer(s): Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Commercially produced photograph album (volume four of four), measuring 208 x 310 mm, half-bound in blue and green cloth, with title as above stamped in gilt on upper board. The volume contains 22 gelatin silver prints, mounted one to a page on card (recto only), with letterpress captions printe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
22 items

2. Photo 1180/4(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(2)
Title:
Hatkhola (native bazar). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View showing three labourers carrying bales of jute along a street in the Hatkhola district of Calcutta.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1180/4(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(16)
Title:
Weighing jute [probably at Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Close view of a bale of jute being weighed on scales under the superintendence of a European manager, with workers posed in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1180/4(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(3)
Title:
Hatkhola (native bazar) coolies with jute. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Group portrait of labourers, posed with bales of jute in front of a railway goods wagon, in the Hatkhola district of Calcutta.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1180/4(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(12)
Title:
Pressing jute [probably at Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View showing a massive hydraulic jute press in operation in the press-house.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1180/4(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(4)
Title:
Street in Chitpore [Calcutta] shewing congested traffic. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Street scene in the north Calcutta district of Chitpur, showing the thoroughfare crowded with bullock carts loaded with bales of jute and other produce.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1180/4(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(13)
Title:
Pressing jute [probably at Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
A second view of the jute press, also seen in print 12, in operation in a press-house.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1180/4(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(21)
Title:
Overside loading jute from country-boats at Kidderpore Docks [Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View showing bales of jute being loaded onto a steamer at Calcutta, from barges moored alongside.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1180/4(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(8)
Title:
Exterior of [jute] press-house [probably at Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View of press-house buildings, probably at Calcutta, with bullock carts loaded with bales of jute in front of the buildings.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1180/4(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(10)
Title:
Assorting jute in godown [probably at Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View inside a warehouse in a jute press-house, showing labourers sorting coils of jute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item