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31. Photo 1180/2(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(14)
Title:
Pressing jute (filling boxes). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Interior view of the press house, showing bales of jute in the pressing machinery. Photograph presumably taken at Narayanganj.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 1180/4(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(13)
Title:
Pressing jute [probably at Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
A second view of the jute press, also seen in print 12, in operation in a press-house.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 1180/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(3)
Title:
Heavy laddering (preparing the earth) [in a jute field]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing two labourers at work with bullock-drawn laddering equipment, in a jute field.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 1180/2(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(12)
Title:
Carrying bojhas [bundles of jute] to press house. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing a line of labourers carrying loads of coiled jute into the press house, with a European overseer posed in the foreground. Photograph presumably taken at Narayanganj.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 1180/2(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(13)
Title:
Making ropes for tying bales [of jute]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View looking along a ropehouse shed, presumably at Narayanganj, with workers (including young children) making rope.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 1180/4(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(10)
Title:
Assorting jute in godown [probably at Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View inside a warehouse in a jute press-house, showing labourers sorting coils of jute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 1180/2(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(16)
Title:
Pressing (removing finished bales [of jute] from press). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing pressed and tied up bales of jute being removed from the machinery. Photograph presumably taken at Narayanganj.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 1180/4(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(14)
Title:
Pressing jute (the cyclone press) [probably at Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View of workers operating a massive jute press, probably in a Calcutta press-house.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 1180/4(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(17)
Title:
Exporting jute from press-house to rail [probably at Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View showing workers loading bales of jute from railway trolleys onto goods wagons.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 1180/2(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(18)
Title:
Exporting jute (loading into flats from jetty). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View showing bales of jute being loaded onto a covered barge moored at the end of the jetty, probably at Narayanganj.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item