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
Archive of photographs from between 1928 and 1947. Negatives, prints and paperwork held in single envelopes using sequenced numbers, but sometimes with the same number and A, B, C added. Custodial history: Ownership Sir Victor Sassoon 1928-1957; Ranjit Madhavji 1957-; Owned by Hamilton Studios ...