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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 934 Language Not applicable Subject New Market (Calcutta)

1. Photo 934(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(41)
Title:
[The New Market (Sir Stuart Hogg Market), Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'Probably the largest market in the east is the New Market. Covering several blocks in the downtown area, the 2,000 stalls offer most anything you could ask for, wartime shortages excepted. In addition to all the items appealing to the local and tourist trade, t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 934(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(42)
Title:
[American G.I.s buying souvenirs, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
'A couple of GIs consider the purchase of trinkets for the girl friend, harassed by the ever-present plea for 'Baksheesh, Sahib', 'You American Rajah', 'No food, no money, no poppa'. Scene at one of the stalls, presumably inside the New Market, with a woman begging in the foreground. Subjects ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 934(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(43)
Title:
[American G.I.s buying souvenirs, New Market, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
'Brassware and Gurkha knives are two of the most popular souvenir purchases made by soldiers. Bargaining is the rule and only the sucker pays the first price asked. The New Market is alive with stalls like this.' Subjects = brassware; interiors; markets
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

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