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Subject Architectural Types Name Johnston and Hoffmann Level [41] Item

1. Photo 364/13(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 364/13(24)
Title:
The 108 temples, Nawab Hat. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Caption continues: 'There are really 109 temples here. The 109th is outside the Quadrangle, representing the 'Meru' or top bead of the Hindu rosary, which contains 109 beads, and a devotee going round these 109 temples containing the symbol of Shiva is supposed ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1170/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1170/1(4)
Title:
Telegraph Office, Calcutta. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Postcard view.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1170/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1170/1(5)
Title:
Writer's Buildings, Calcutta. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Postcard view, looking along the south façade of the Writers' Buildings (by this time the Bengal Secretariat).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1170/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1170/1(11)
Title:
Native shop, Calcutta, Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Postcard view of an Indian shopkeeper with his wares laid out in baskets and hanging from the verandah of his premises.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1180/2(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(9)
Title:
Assorting jute. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View in a shed, presumably at Narayanganj, showing labourers sorting bundles of jute for processing.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1180/2(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(10)
Title:
Assorting jute. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Similar to print 9, showing labourers sorting bundles of jute for processing, presumably at Narayanganj.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1180/2(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(11)
Title:
Morahing for Bojhas. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing labourers coiling bundles of jute into coils, presumably at Narayanganj.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1180/2(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(12)
Title:
Carrying bojhas [bundles of jute] to press house. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing a line of labourers carrying loads of coiled jute into the press house, with a European overseer posed in the foreground. Photograph presumably taken at Narayanganj.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1180/2(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(13)
Title:
Making ropes for tying bales [of jute]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View looking along a ropehouse shed, presumably at Narayanganj, with workers (including young children) making rope.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1180/2(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(14)
Title:
Pressing jute (filling boxes). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Interior view of the press house, showing bales of jute in the pressing machinery. Photograph presumably taken at Narayanganj.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item