[View of the Writers' Buildings, Calcutta, shrouded in scaffolding during the reconstruction work of 1881-82.] Photographer: Parnell, R.J.
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = British colonial architecture; construction work; European architecture in India; government buildings; scaffolding
[View of the Writers' Buildings, Calcutta, shrouded in scaffolding during the reconstruction work of 1881-82.] Photographer: Parnell, R.J.
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = British colonial architecture; construction work; European architecture in India; government buildings; scaffolding
[Group of European men posed on steps.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Four of the group are named below the print: Mr Odling, Mr Hanlon(?), Mr Mumford and Mr Wicks. Odling is probably the engineer, Charles William Odling, who worked in the Sone Circle of the Bengal PWD. Subjects =
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal's official residence. Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; official residences
The Ball room, Belvedere, Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the interior. Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; interiors; official residences
[General view of an unidentified industrial building.] Photographer: Nicholson, E.
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Genre: Architectural Photography Possibly a colliery building near Giridih. See notes with Print 66. Subjects = British colonial architecture; coal mines; coal mining; European architecture in India; industrial buildings; mining; unidentified Location = Bihar; Giridih; India
[General view of a railway station. A group is sitting in a railway trolley in the middle distance, with two other European men standing at the edge of the platform.] Photographer: Nicholson, E.
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Genre: Landscape Photography Print signed by photographer. An E. Nicholson is listed in Thacker's Directory as a mining contractor working at the East Indian Railway Company's Kurharbari colliery at Giridih. A railway station was built here linked to the main line at Madhupur. It's possible tha...