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151. Photo 146/1(443)

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Photo 146/1(443)
Title:
The Port Officer's Office at Mangalore. The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The Collectorate Headquarters of the South Canara District and to which a senior officer of the Madras Port Department is posted. An open roadstead communicating with an inner harbour only over a shallow and often turbulent bar. Nonetheless Mangalore has an impo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

152. Photo 146/1(450)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(450)
Title:
Three Moplah lighterage contractors. Mangalore, The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Moidden, Ahmed and another – who between them control and own all ‘manjies’ in the port, not owned by certain exporting firms. All three are tough customers albeit men of their word, once given.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

153. Photo 146/1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(36)
Title:
Bombay Harbour, ruins of the Portuguese church. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Ruins within the fort on the summit of Lower Karanja. Taken by assault in 1774 by troops under the command of Colonel Keatinge, Bombay Army.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

154. Photo 146/1(84)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(84)
Title:
The Konkun Coast, Chaul - otherwise Rewdanda. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A former Portuguese settlement on the banks of the Ambalika river. 30 miles by sea from Bombay and 7 from Alibagh. An inscription in the forecourt states that the ramparts were completed in 1577, but many additions to the defences were subsequently made. But on ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

155. Photo 146/1(98)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(98)
Title:
Shrivardhan, The Konkun Coast. The Bombay Presidency. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A small seaside village where the Hubshee of Janjira had a country seat, high walled seclusion of his harem. A luxury in which present day holders of the title do not indulge. The gardens, formerly quite extensive, are now only partly maintained. The wheel &am...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

156. Photo 146/1(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(99)
Title:
Shrivardhan, The Konkun Coast. The Bombay Presidency. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Said to have been the Hubshee's treasure chest. Empty! A situation not uncommon of old times. A small seaside village where the Hubshee of Janjira had a country seat, high walled seclusion of his harem. A luxury in which present day holders of the title do not indulge.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

157. Photo 146/1(137)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(137)
Title:
Jaigad [Jaigarh], Shastri River, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking upstream towards Sangameshwar and Kurdund, where it joins the Lower Konkun Road. Between Severndrug and Gheria (Viziadrug) was at one time within the dominions of the Angria piratical family. On the north bank of the river over against Jigad itself, is the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
24 December 1934
Extent:
1 item

158. Photo 146/1(141)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(141)
Title:
A temple pond near Tiveri. The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
The red lotus was in full bloom.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

159. Photo 146/1(251)

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Photo 146/1(251)
Title:
English Cemetery at Cabo. Goa, Portuguese India. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Enclosed and, during the British regime, reasonably cared for. It would seem that during the British Occupation of Goa 1798-1815 burials were at Aguada, although that place is not enclosed, presumably, too, is not consecrated ground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

160. Photo 146/1(253)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(253)
Title:
Aguada, Goa, Portuguese India. Graves of British Officers. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Buried on the laterite plateau outside the fortress of Aguada during the British Occupation of Goa 1798-1815. These monuments had marble name plaques, but these have been purloined, probably for the domestic purpose of grinding curry powders. The British regiments, or detachments of them, statio...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item