Private Collection of Royal family of Cussimbazar (Roy)
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: Around 1700 AD Ajodhya Ram Roy of Pirojpur village near Bhagabangola and the river Padma (who traced his descent from Patrasayer of Burdwan District) came with his family to settle down in Cossimbazar, a renowned port city of Bengal closed to Murshidabad, the capital of the Na...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Not applicable
Date Range:
1st half of the 19th century-1st half of the 20th century
This collection contains 262 files and 2522 images. NILGIRIS DOCUMENTATION CENTRE (NDC) officially inaugurated by British council Director Mr. Chris Gibson in 2006. This is the only surviving unique collection in this region, and not yet explored by any researchers. 1) Mr. A. Dharmalingam, son o...
This photo negative image shows an cart board kept under sunlight, a square cart board is seen with paper pasted on the board and a borken piece of wooden bark is kept for drying under the sunlight, this cart board is placed outside of house where the vessels and side walls are seen in backside....
Genre: Landscape Photography [Square format print taken in the shadow of a mountain peak. The view looks down the side of a grass covered valley to the rounded mountain tops on the other side; a stone wall follows along the bottom edge of the print.] The original print is not in the collection,...
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: ' 1850.1.39a / P19'. Genre: Landscape Photography In the distance, a couple stand on top of a mound, (once the fort) and look out to the skyline; in the foreground there are the archaeological remains of the castle’s moat. Published on page 19 of ‘The Oldest Ro...
East Kennett Long Barrow. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'p50 top'. Genre: Landscape Photography View of the long mound atop an incline of fields and surrounded by tall trees. Published on page 50 of ‘The Oldest Road: An Exploration of the Ridgeway’ (London: Wildwood House, 1975). Image size 220 x 159 mm.
West Kennett Long Barrow (entrance). Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '2096.2.9 / pp58/59 / p52 / E890 [crossed out]'. Genre: Landscape Photography A row of megaliths of varying sizes, the central stone being the largest; a grass mound is just visible behind. Published on pages 58/9 of ‘The Oldest Road: An Exploration of the Ridg...
West Kennett Long Barrow (entrance). Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'p.60 / £10 if lost or damaged'. Genre: Landscape Photography A close-up of a cluster of large megaliths; fields are in the distance to the left. Published on page 60 of ‘The Oldest Road: An Exploration of the Ridgeway’ (London: Wildwood House, 1975). Image siz...