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51. Photo 181(50)

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Photo 181(50)
Title:
Famous 'man-eater' at Calcutta - devoured 200 men, women and children before capture - India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Tiger behind bars in the Zoological Gardens. Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = animals; man-eaters; stereoscopic prints; tigers; zoos
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

52. Photo 181(51)

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Photo 181(51)
Title:
Jain Temple, the richest place of worship in Calcutta, India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Exterior view of the Shitalanatha Temple, with tank in foreground. Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Jain); stereoscopic prints; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

53. Photo 181(52)

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Photo 181(52)
Title:
Among the aerialm roots of a single banyan tree 1000 ft. in circumference, Calcutta, India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = banyans; botanical gardens; stereoscopic prints; trees & plants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

54. Photo 181(53)

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Photo 181(53)
Title:
Grasses at whose feet men are like insects - bamboos in Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = bamboos; botanical gardens; stereoscopic prints; trees & plants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

55. Photo 181(54)

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Photo 181(54)
Title:
H.H. the Maharaja of Tagore in Durbar costume, jewels worth $200,000 - Calcutta. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Indian rulers; stereoscopic prints
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

56. Photo 181(55)

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Photo 181(55)
Title:
A burning ghat on the Ganges, at Benares, India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of Manmandir Ghat. Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = ghats; stereoscopic prints
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

57. Photo 181(56)

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Photo 181(56)
Title:
Who dies in the waters of the Ganges obtains Heaven - bathing and burning Hindu dead - Benares, India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = cremation; funerals; funerary practices (Hindu); ghats; rites and customs; stereoscopic prints
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

58. Photo 181(57)

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Photo 181(57)
Title:
Hindu pilgrims bathing in the sacred well of their god Vishnu - N. bank of Ganges, Benares, India. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking into the tank near the Manikarnika Ghat. Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = religion; religion (Hinduism); stereoscopic prints; tanks
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

59. Photo 181(58)

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Photo 181(58)
Title:
Suttee pillar at a Benares burning Ghat, where Hindu widows died on husbands' funeral pyres. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along ghat, with low pillar in foreground. Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = funerals; funerary practices (Hindu); ghats; rites and customs; rites and customs (Hindu); sati; sati stones; stereoscopic prints
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item

60. Photo 181(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 181(59)
Title:
Dabee Chowdray Palwan at Benares, India, a vegetarian of 46 years, lifting a 560 lb. weight. Photographer: Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Stereoscopic pair. Subjects = entertainers; stereoscopic prints; weight lifters
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 item