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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 181

41. Photo 181(41)

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Photo 181(41)
Title:
Clean and airy Chowringhee Road (Esplanade at left) looking N. over Calcutta. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = stereoscopic prints; street scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 181(42)

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Photo 181(42)
Title:
Welcome fellows in thirsty India - Bheestis (water carriers) with their leather bottles - Calcutta. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of bhistis gathered on the Maidan. Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = bhistis (water carriers); occupations; stereoscopic prints; water carriers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 181(43)

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Photo 181(43)
Title:
Bathing at a ghat on the Ganges near Howrah Bridge, Calcutta. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = ghats; stereoscopic prints
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 181(44)

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Photo 181(44)
Title:
Street showmen exhibiting superbly handsome snakes before an admiring crowd, Calcutta, India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = entertainers; snake charmers; stereoscopic prints
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 181(45)

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Photo 181(45)
Title:
Looking N.W. across tree-shaded Dalhousie Sq., and its charming lake to P.O., Calcutta, India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the balcony of the Telegraph Office looking across Dalhousie Square and Tank towards the Post Office. With a portion of the Dalhousie Institute in the foreground. Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 181(46)

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Photo 181(46)
Title:
How Hindu cows enjoy life in Calcutta - sidewalk scene on Harrison St., looking W., India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Large group of cows on pavement. Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = animals; cows; stereoscopic prints; street scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 181(47)

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Photo 181(47)
Title:
Hindu Goddess Kali the Terrible, who demands bloody sacrifice - idol in street, Calcutta, India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Indian carrying an image of the goddess Kali on his head: 'This is a street leading out to Kali Ghat where there is a specially popular temple to goddess represented by this image...It is not the occasion of a religious procession; the Hindu who carries the image is merely the porter delivering ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 181(48)

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Photo 181(48)
Title:
Seven goats slain but Kali wants more - horrid sacrifice to the Hindu Goddess - Calcutta, India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Sacrifice scene photographed in the Kalighat Temple. Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = religion; religion (Hinduism); sacrifices; stereoscopic prints
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 181(49)

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Photo 181(49)
Title:
Hindu devotee doing penance on a bed of spikes near the shrine of Kali, Calcutta, India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = ascetics; ascetics (Hindu); stereoscopic prints
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 181(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 181(50)
Title:
Famous 'man-eater' at Calcutta - devoured 200 men, women and children before capture - India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Tiger behind bars in the Zoological Gardens. Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = animals; man-eaters; stereoscopic prints; tigers; zoos
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item