Photo Engraving Section. A corner of the machine room. Francis at the router [Photographic Department, Survey of India, Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
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Subjects = photographers; Survey of India Photographic Department
[Survey of India officers with camera for photographing Halley's Comet, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group of three men posed beside the equatorial camera. Pencilled note dated 25 May 1911 in Murphy's hand reads: 'This was taken last year after we photographed Halley's Comet. We were on the job for 2 months, and only managed to get one good negative. The camera is o...