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221. Photo 1123/10(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1123/10(3)
Title:
Work under construction [on the Mettur Dam] Decr. 1931. Towers are 306 ft. high. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the length of the dam under construction.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1931
Extent:
1 item

222. Photo 1148(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1148(47)
Title:
Peasant housewife weaving cotton cloth — shuttle in hand ready to pass through the warp. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Stereoscopic view.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

223. Photo 1152(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1152(25)
Title:
La drague No. 16 après son enfoncement dans le Canal. Photographer: Zangaki
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed, numbered and captioned as above in the negative. Genre: Industrial Photography View of the dredger and other craft on the Suez Canal.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

224. Photo 1153(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1153(15)
Title:
The De Beers Diamond Mines, Kimberley, Kimberley, S. Africa. Photographer: George Washington Wilson
Scope & Content:
Captioned, numbered and signed G. W. W. in the negative. General view of the mines.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1895-1900
Extent:
1 item

225. Photo 1178(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(19)
Title:
Matara Railway, May 1895. The Gonja Pana Bridge. One span 120 feet. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View from the side of the bridge under construction, with European engineers and railway labourers posed beside a steam crane in the foreground. Precise location unidentified.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1895
Extent:
1 item

226. Photo 1180/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(1)
Title:
Ploughing the jute field. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View showing workers ploughing a field with bullock ploughs.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

227. 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

228. 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

229. Photo 1180/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(6)
Title:
Harrowing after the jute seeds are sown. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing an agricultural worker operating a bullock-drawn harrow in a jute field.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

230. 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

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