[Interior of the] New Market, Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events View of fruit and vegetable stalls. Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; interiors; markets
[The New Market (Sir Stuart Hogg Market), Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
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Genre: Architectural Photography 'Probably the largest market in the east is the New Market. Covering several blocks in the downtown area, the 2,000 stalls offer most anything you could ask for, wartime shortages excepted. In addition to all the items appealing to the local and tourist trade, t...
'A couple of GIs consider the purchase of trinkets for the girl friend, harassed by the ever-present plea for 'Baksheesh, Sahib', 'You American Rajah', 'No food, no money, no poppa'. Scene at one of the stalls, presumably inside the New Market, with a woman begging in the foreground. Subjects ...
[American G.I.s buying souvenirs, New Market, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
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'Brassware and Gurkha knives are two of the most popular souvenir purchases made by soldiers. Bargaining is the rule and only the sucker pays the first price asked. The New Market is alive with stalls like this.' Subjects = brassware; interiors; markets
Interior of the New Market, Calcutta. Photographer: Stretton, William George
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Inscription: Signed in the negative, '154 Stretton.' Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along one of the halls of the market, with vegetable produce laid out on wooden tables. A seated figure, possibly connected with the photographer, is posed for the camera beside one of the stalls.