Photograph of the Ramna Gate to the Race Course, in Dhaka, now capital of Bangladesh taken in the 1870s by an unknown photographer. The view shows a number of elephants being ridden through the gate.
[Dacca. Ruins of Pagla Pul: 5 miles from the city.] Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of the ruined bridge at Paglarpul taken in the 1870s by an unknown photographer. This famous bridge was built in the 17th century when Dhaka was a seat of Mughal Government. The area has a hot, damp tropical climate and is flooded periodically by waters from the Bay of Bengal as well ...
Photograph of a river scene taken in Dhaka district in the 1870s by an unknown photographer. This view illustrates a scene with a temple on the banks of the Buriganga River at an unidentified location in the Dhaka region in Bangladesh.
[View though the central arch of a brick bridge over a canal, Sonargaon?]. Photographer: Unknown
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This appears to be the central arch of the bridge also seen in print 45. Compare plate in Charles D'Oyly, Antiquiries of Dacca (London: ?1830), Bridge over Tantee Bazaar.
[Bridge on Mayurpanklin canal, Sonargaon (?), Dacca district.] Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of a bridge overgrown by vegetation in the Dhaka area, in Bangladesh taken in the 1870s by an unknown photographer . The location of this view is unidentified and the bridge could either be in Dhaka City or alternatively over the Mayurpanklin Canal at Sonargaon, which was the capital o...
[A lane in Sonargaon towards Panam (?).] Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of a lane in Sonargaon towards Panam. This print was taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s. The view shows a narrow path through a wood near Sonargaon in Bangladesh.
[View of the Malik-i-Maidan Gun in the Fort at Bijapur.] Photographer: Hinton, Henry
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Inscribed in pencil N.13 on lower right corner of mount. The pencilled number identifies this print as one of a series of views with letterpress published by Henry Hinton and entitled The ruins of Beejapoor, in a series of nineteen views from collodion negatives (Printed by Thomas Graham: Bombay...