Jamirah Tea Factory, Upper Assam, showing the factory building and the barn-like corrugated iron sheds in which the leaf is withered. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = industrial buildings; industries; tea industry
The health and welfare of the labour force are an important part of the tea planter's duties. Nurses' Quarters at the Central Hospital, Panitola, Upper Assam. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of modern nurses' quarters. Subjects = health care facilities; hospitals; industries; tea industry Location = Assam; India; Panitola
Tea garden labourers work on a family basis. 'Pay Day' for women and children at Jamirah Tea Estate. All pay is distributed by the Manager or Assistant Manager of the Estate. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Estate workers queueing to receive wages. Subjects = industries; labour; tea industry Location = Assam; India; Jamirah
The start of the long road to the tea consumer overseas. Looking down the River Hooghly, with the Calcutta Transit sheds and warehouses in the foreground. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Aerial view. Subjects = aerial views; docks and dockyards; river scenes Location = Calcutta; Hugli (river); India; West Bengal
Four-year old plants in the plucking area. These bushes will soon be producing tea [Upper Assam]. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Estate labourers at work among the tea bushes. Subjects = agriculture; crops; industries; labour; plantations; tea; tea industry
The River Brahmaputra still carries the bulk of Assam's tea crop. Chests of tea leaving the railway wagon for a river steamer. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Quayside scene, with labourers carrying chests of tea onto the river steamer Swati. Subjects = industries; named vessels; river steamers; steamers; Swati (river steamer); tea industry; transport; water transport
Arrival at Calcutta - a human conveyor belt unloads tea chests into the transit sheds. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Tea being unloaded from the river steamer Magok, with a smaller river steamer, the Joan, moored in the foreground. Subjects = industries; Joan (river steamer); Magok (river steamer); named vessels; river steamers; steamers; tea industry; transport; water transport