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032-003125987 Material Type Photographs

21. 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

22. Photo 934(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(9)
Title:
[Old Court House Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'Calcutta's traffic is usually snarled. And the reasons are clearly shown. Shuffling coolies and pedestrians with little regard for their lives seem completely oblivious to the perils of automotive traffic.' Street scene with trams. The view looks south along Old Co...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 934(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(37)
Title:
[Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta (Haora).] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'Sacred cattle and coolies push and pull great carts to the loading platform of the Howrah railroad station in background, one of the city's two stations. Howrah is on the west bank of the river, and Sealdah, the other station, is in another section of Calcutta ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 934(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(17)
Title:
[Professor Sher Mohamed, Theatrical performer, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'Believe it or not, this man has just bitten the head from a live Krait snake. He is Professor Sher Mohammed and his feats include drinking acid, eating glass, fire-walking. He is a legitimate performer and has spent the war touring for the entertainment of Indian tr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 934(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(31)
Title:
[Woman dying in the street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'The indifference of the passersby on this downtown Calcutta street to the plight of the dying woman in the foreground is considered commonplace. During the famine of 1943, cases like this were to be seen in most every block, and though less frequent now, the harden...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 934(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(15)
Title:
[Snake charmer, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
'A group of GIs take a close look at the snake-wallah's hooded cobra. Both the snake and his master are good specimens. The fangs, of course, have been removed so the reptile can strike at will, scaring no one.' Subjects = entertainers; snake charmers; street scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 934(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(24)
Title:
[Nimtollah Burning Ghat, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
'Nimtollah burning ghat where Hindus burn the bodies of their dead and commit the remains to the Hooghly river. Several funeral pyres still burn while abandoned baby in foreground awaits burning.' Subjects = cremation; funerals; funerary practices (Hindu); ghats; rites and customs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 934(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(10)
Title:
[Old Court House Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
'This buffalo herd's movements seem to be guided by whim alone and are typical of the complete indifference to traffic control by man and animal alike. This is Old Court House Street, one of Calcutta's busiest. In left background is Great Eastern Hotel, Calcutta's best, used by U.S. officers as ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 934(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(28)
Title:
[Woman and child in the street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'India has thousands of child brides. The unfortunate young woman shown here feeding the infant from the giant cocoanut in the foreground has been seen on Calcutta's streets day after day with the child. Her misery is more than typical of thousands of India's unfortu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 934(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(22)
Title:
[Brahmins worshipping in the Kalighat Temple, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'Brahmins worship in the Kalighat temple. Spoon-shaped brass container holds Ganges water. Brahmins are the highest caste of Hindus, their mark of distinction being the piece of string seen in hand of gray-haired senior Brahmin.' Subjects = Brahmins (caste); ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item