[A musician for the Royal Nepalese Army poses with a cornet and a conductor's baton.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a musician for the Royal Nepalese Army poses with a cornet and a conductor's baton. The title of the sheet of music on the stand is "Florine Waltz."
Nepalese dancing girl [Female dancer with band playing traditional instruments.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a female dancer with band playing traditional instruments. The dancer is wearing traditional Newar clothing: parsi (a sari with many pleats), misālan (blouse fastened with cloth ties and (shawl) wrapped around her upper body. The headdress is worn for special events. The instruments held ...
Nepal Army [The Royal Nepalese Army at Tundikhel, the military parade ground in the centre of Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of the Royal Nepalese Army at Tundikhel, the military parade ground in the centre of Kathmandu. Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa (r. 1804-1837) began the conversion of Tundikhel to military purposes as part of his creation of a permanent modern Nepali army. The militarization of Tundikhel contin...
[A regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry (British Indian Army) showing their musicians in the front row.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a large group. A regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry (British Indian Army) showing their musicians in the front row. Joseph Gaye was bandmaster to the bands of the 32nd (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry (Pioneers), 45th (Rattray's Sikhs) Bengal Native Infantry and 38th Bengal Infantry fo...
Prisoners outside jail, Katmundu, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of four prisoners are posed for the camera wearing leg irons, the chains kept from dragging by strings around the prisoners' waists. The Central Jail was created in 1914 from several prisons - including the Bhadragol, the double-walled Golghar Jail and the men's and women's prisons - located...