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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 972

171. Photo 972, 3(164)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(164)
Title:
Man Kour. Hindoo (Brahmin) widow. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. Oval image. 'Man Kour is a Hindoo widow, of about twenty-five years of age, by caste Brahmin, and a resident of Hurdwar, chiefly living on the charity given her by the visitors...' Subjects = Brahmins (caste); ethnic groups; print...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

172. Photo 972, 3(165)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(165)
Title:
Wuzeerun. Bazar woman. Mahomedan. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. Oval image. 'This photograph represents a Mahomedan bazar woman, or professional courtezan. Her dress is a yellow tunic, green silk trowsers, and red Cashmere shawl. There is little to be said for women of this class, who exist unde...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

173. Photo 972, 3(166)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(166)
Title:
Diljan. Bazar woman. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length seated portrait, background painted out. Oval image. 'Diljan, the 'heart of life', is, like Wuzeerun, a Mahomedan courtezan. Her dress is s black tunic, black silk trowsers, and Cashmere shawl.' Subjects = ethnic groups; occupations; printed books...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

174. Photo 972, 3(167)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(167)
Title:
Mussulman female. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. Oval image. 'The person represented in the photograph is married; and is the wife of one of the bridge keepers on the Ganges Canal, near Hardwar, who is in the employ of the Government, and, therefore, in a humble but respectable cl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

175. Photo 972, 3(168)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(168)
Title:
Thakoor Brahmin girl. Hindoo. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait. 'The subject of this illustration belongs to a tribe of Brahmins of the Upper Provinces, who are known by the name of Thakoors: a title of respect. She is a good specimen of the women of her tribe, in appearance as well as in cost...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

176. Photo 972, 3(169)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(169)
Title:
Cultivators. Russia Rajpoots. Hindoos. Dehra Dhoon. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two seated men. Oval image, faded. 'These peasants are residents of Jumnootri, or the source of the Jumna...The hill Rajpoots are not inferior to those of the plains in bravery, but they seldom take service, and subsist by farming and hunting, of wh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

177. Photo 972, 3(170)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(170)
Title:
Niltoo. Hill porter. Rajpoot. Dehra Dhoon. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait. 'The subject of this photograph is Niltoo, a coolie or hill porter, carrying milk. He is a Hindoo, and by caste a Rajpoot of low degree, resident at Gurwhal.' Subjects = ethnic groups; hill porters; occupations; porters; printed...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

178. Photo 972, 3(171)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(171)
Title:
A charcoal carrier. Kolee caste. Dehra Dhoon. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of man carrying a basket of charcoal on his back. 'This man is a resident of Gurhwal, by caste a 'Kolee', one of the lowest classes...' Subjects = charcoal carriers; ethnic groups; Kolees; occupations; printed books; Watson and K...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

179. Photo 972, 3(172)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(172)
Title:
Hill porter. Brahmin. From Gungootri. Dehra Dhoon. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait, against a plain backdrop. 'The subject of this photograph is a hill porter, who is represented carrying salt, which he has exchanged for the produce of his land.' Subjects = Brahmins (caste); castes; ethnic groups; hill porters;...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

180. Photo 972, 3(173)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(173)
Title:
A Patar. Dehra Doon. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. Oval image, some fading. 'This woman is a resident of the interior of Gurhwal, and by designation a Patar. The word 'Patar' involves no caste distinction: it is the Hindi term for courtezan or prostitute, but it is employed to desig...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item