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Subject Hill Stations

101. Photo 11(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(23)
Title:
Through the trees from Dodabet [Ootacamund]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Oval image. View framed by trees, looking along the valley at Dodabetta in Ootacamund (Ooty), taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

102. Photo 11(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(75)
Title:
Picturesque view of the Church, Simla, from Jakko. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of the Christ Church from Jakko hill, Shimla, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Mount Jakko, 2,450 m, is the highest peak in Shimla. Christ Church designed by Colonel J.T. Boileau was built between 1844 and 1857. The large porch added in 1873 was a popular place for meetings before and a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

103. Photo 11(76)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(76)
Title:
View from Talbot House, Simla. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
General view of roads and tree-lined hillside, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

104. Photo 11(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(77)
Title:
General view of Simla. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
A general view of Shimla, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The hill-station of Simla is built across a range of hills and connecting ridges.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

105. Photo 11(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(78)
Title:
North side of Mount Jakko, Simla. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View from Elysium Hill towards Jakko, Shimla, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Mount Jakko, 2,450 m, is the highest peak in Shimla. The hill-station of Shimla, now the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh, became a popular resort with British residents of India in the 1820s. It also beca...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

106. Photo 11(80)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(80)
Title:
View on the Mall, Simla [in] winter. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of a section of the Mall near Barnes' Court, under snow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

107. Photo 11(81)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(81)
Title:
The Church, Simla [in] winter. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Distant view of Christ Church, Simla, and snow covered hillside, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Christ Church designed by Colonel J.T. Boileau was built between 1844 and 1857. The large porch added in 1873 was a popular place for meetings before and after services and was also the best sit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

108. Photo 11(82)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(82)
Title:
General view of Mussoorie and Landour. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of Mussorie and Landour, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Mussorie in the Himalayas is perched on a horseshoe shaped ridge above the Doon valley at a height of 2,002 m. It has been a popular hill station since the1820s when the British military officer Captain Young laid the foundations...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

109. Photo 11(84)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(84)
Title:
Nynee Tal. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Distant view of the Naini Tal from the lakeside near Buttress Castle, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. According to legend, Nainital takes its name from the Hindi word for eye as it is said to be the spot at which Sati's (Parvati) eye fell to earth and is one of the 64 Peethas, or sacred pi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

110. Photo 11(85)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(85)
Title:
A 'peep' at the south end of the Lake, Nynee Tal. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the lake in Naini Tal, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The lake forms the focal point of Nainital and is surrounded by high peaks covered in woodlands.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

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