Howrah Bridge with Howrah Station in the background. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking westwards across the bridge from the east bank. An excellent view, with the roadway in the foreground busy with bullock carts and pedestrians. The date of 1909 visible on the pediment of a building on the riverbank supplies the earliest possible date fo...
Alan Cedric Dyke Collection: Vol 1. Album of snapshot views in India. Photographer(s): Dyke, Alan Cedric
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Black cloth-covered post-bound album, 300x407mm, containing captioned prints inserted in corner mounts. Corporal Alan Cedric Dyke of the RAF was attached to No 6 Squadron, Indian Air Force (Fighter Reconnaissance) from 12/5/43 to 21/6/46. A note pasted on to the front free endpaper reads: 'Early...
Genre: Architectural Photography 'Calcutta boasts the third largest cantilever bridge in the world. Its real importance, however, lies in the fact that it serves as Calcutta's gateway to the west, being the city's only bridge spanning the Hooghly. Taking 7 years to build, it cost $10,000,000. I...