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032-003184143 Subject Labourers

11. Photo 1180/1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(14)
Title:
Binding jute previous to retting. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View showing agricultural worker, standing waist-deep in the water, binding up bundles of harvested jute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 1180/1(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(22)
Title:
Drumming jute (filling the drum). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing two workers demonstrating the stages of binding up the jute fibre into drums (the whole process up to the finished bale is shown in prints 21-25).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 1180/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(19)
Title:
Drying jute on bamboos. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing jute being hung to dry on a bamboo frame.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 1180/2(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(8)
Title:
Weighing jute. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Interior view in the jute sheds, presumably at Narayanganj, showing bales being weighed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 1180/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(13)
Title:
Pulling jute up by the roots. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing agricultural workers, standing waist-deep in the water to harvest jute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 1180/4(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(2)
Title:
Hatkhola (native bazar). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View showing three labourers carrying bales of jute along a street in the Hatkhola district of Calcutta.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 1180/2(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(10)
Title:
Assorting jute. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Similar to print 9, showing labourers sorting bundles of jute for processing, presumably at Narayanganj.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 1180/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(5)
Title:
Light laddering previous to sowing [jute]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing a labourer operating bullock-drawn laddering equipment in a jute field.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 1180/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(18)
Title:
Peeling off the jute fibre. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View showing workers at the water's edge of a river, engaged in separating the jute fibre.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 1180/4(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(16)
Title:
Weighing jute [probably at Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Close view of a bale of jute being weighed on scales under the superintendence of a European manager, with workers posed in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item