Oriental hospitality - State barges of the Maharajah conveying guests, Srinagar, India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
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Genre: Landscape Photography Barges berthed at a ghat, with a carpet laid out over the steps down to the water. 'The Residency...is a mile away up-stream...These boats with the awnings are carrying toward the Residency the Viceregal guests of the native ruler of Cashmere; they have just come fr...
A hill-country 'Ekka' with passenger and baggage, coming from Cashmere to Murree, India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
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The heavily-laden ekka halted for the photographer on a hill road, the European passenger seated up front with the driver. Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = ekkas; road transport; stereoscopic prints; transport
Before Christ Church, at Simla, India's charming 'Summer Capital' in the Himalayan Mountains. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
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The scene in front of the church at the end of a service, with Europeans conversing or climbing into rickshaws drawn by liveried pullers. Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = churches; hill stations; rickshaws; road transport; stereoscopic prints; transport
South front of Viceregal Lodge, Palace of the Viceroy, at Simla the summer capital of India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
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Genre: Architectural Photography Looking along the main façade of Viceregal Lodge towards the porte-cochère. Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; government houses; stereoscopic prints