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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 934 Material Type Photographs

41. Photo 934(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(40)
Title:
[Roadside shop, probably near Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta (Haora).] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'The Calcutta counterpart of the American railroad magazine stand. Available are canes, suitcases, soda water, shopping bags, cigarettes and a hundred other items peculiar to the Indian taste.' Nighttime shot of a street stall, probably near Howrah Station. Subjec...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. Photo 934(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(44)
Title:
[Street scene with shoeshine boys outside the New American Kitchen,Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'After a couple of years in India, the bizarre aspects of street life become commonplace to the average soldier, as evidenced by the scant notice given to the passing snake-walla by the GI at right bargaining for a shine from one of the city's hundreds of bootblacks...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 934(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(45)
Title:
[Street traders and American G.I.s, Chowringhee Road, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'The GI tourist here ponders the purchase of a 'rare gem' - a typical camera study of life on Chowringhee during the war. Firpo's famous restaurant is in the background, and dhoti-clad Indians and a British officer in shorts lend a bit of atmosphere.' Subjects = ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 934(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(46)
Title:
[Street traders and American G.I.s, Chowringhee Road, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'These Sikh lads have chosen an auspicious stand for their business selling 'precious' stones to GIs. No more than 12 years old, these boys are shrewd and 'malum' English well enough to trim a sucker every time.' With Hamilton & Co., jewellers, in the background...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 934(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(47)
Title:
[American G.I.s buying souvenirs, Chowringhee Road, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'Signs notwithstanding, you can't buy cameras, binoculars, photo goods or accessories here, but the stock does include anything from a Legion of Merit ribbon to an ivory necklace, brass ashtray, ladies evening bag, shoestrings or napkin rings. Typical shoppers ponde...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 934(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(48)
Title:
[American G.I.s at a bookstall, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'Corner bookstalls, specializing in lurid novels, sex treatises, are fascinating spots for British and American soldiers alike. Typical titles, 'The Escapades of Erotic Edna', 'Kama Sutra, the Hindu Art of Love.' Nighttime shot of American and British soldiers brows...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 934(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(49)
Title:
[Street scene at night, with hack gharries, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'Nightfall in Calcutta stirs the imagination and curiosity as to what goes on down dimly-lit alleys often leads an occasional soldier into the out-of-bounds areas. If you don't know the way, five rupees will buy a trip to the few still existent brothels in one of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item