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11. Photo 934(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(33)
Title:
[Howrah Bridge, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 934(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(51)
Title:
[Street people asleep, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'Most any block in the slum areas will find natives sleeping huddled together under any shelter they can find, frequently none at all. How the thousands of homeless can survive under such conditions is beyond the understanding of many Western visitors.' Subjects ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 934(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(59)
Title:
[Cocoanut market, Cornwallis Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'This cocoanut market on Cornwallis Stree is a sample of the haphazard way inwhich many bazars are operated. The popular pause for refreshment is indulged by Indian in central foreground drinking cocoanut milk.' Subjects = markets; street scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 934(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(29)
Title:
[Marble Palace, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'In contrast to the magnificent palace in the background, two sweating coolies strain at a load of precious firewood. The building is known as the Marble Palace, contains a rich collection of paintings, lavishly furnished. It belongs to a Bengali family who are ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 934(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(57)
Title:
[Paan seller, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
'One of the commonest street vendors is the paan wallah, or betel nut vendor. One tenth of the world chews the mixture of leaf, spices, nut and other variable ingredients. Chief by-product of the habit is a reddish splatter of stain, indiscriminately spat upon walls and sidewalks in Calcutta by ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 934(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(19)
Title:
[Shitalanatha Jain Temple, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'The Jain temple, Parashnath Mandir, is Calcutta's gaudiest and most elaborate temple. The Jains are a sect of the Hindus, a great many of whom belong to the money-lending class, are shrewd and frequently wealthy. Jains do not believe in taking a life, often wea...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 934(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(30)
Title:
[Queueing to buy kerosene, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'Calcutta's poor form a line to buy kerosene at 6 a.m. Each little cubicle may contain a shop and living quarters for a family ranging possibly from 6 to 12. Sanitary facilities consist of an open street drain.' View looking along an alley. Subjects = street scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 934(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(50)
Title:
[Street scene with shoemakers, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'Down one alley you might see a shop such as this one, packed with shoemakers sewing and cutting or pulling on a hookah such as the one at right. Combined with the shoemaking enterprise is a laundry (dhobie). During monsoon, dhobie must contrive to dry clothes insid...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 934(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(4)
Title:
[Hindusthan Building, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
'Hindusthan Building, one of the most modern in Calcutta, was built for an insurance company, but occupied upon its completion by the U.S. Army. Located in the heart of the city, it is the nerve centre of all military business, containing post office, finance office, Base Section offices, air ra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 934(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(52)
Title:
[Chinese opium den, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Interior of an opium den, with three Chinese men smoking pipes: 'A little snooping in Chinatown will turn up one of the little opium dens stuck down an alley (not recommended without police escort). Actually, the smokers shown in this picture do it legally. Each den is licensed for so many rupee...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item