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61. Photo 451/1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(16)
Title:
Preparing the seed. The mass of vegetation in the background gives an idea of the density of the virgin jungles of Assam before the area was cleared for tea planting. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Workers hoeing and planting in the seed beds. Subjects = agriculture; crops; industries; plantations; tea; tea industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 451/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(20)
Title:
Chest-high among the closely growing tea bushes. A gang of women plucking leaf from a mature area. Tea like this gives as much as 1600 lbs per acre [Upper Assam]. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = agriculture; crops; industries; labour; plantations; tea; tea industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

63. Photo 451/1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(23)
Title:
Small boys spread the leaf on the shelves or 'chungs' of the withering house. it will remain there until soft and flaccid but still retaining its green colour [Upper Assam]. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Subjects = industrial buildings; industrial processes; industries; interiors; tea factories; tea industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

64. Photo 451/1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(25)
Title:
In the cool half darkness of the fermenting room the rolled leaf lies on beds of polished and sterilised glass or concrete. Within the space of an hour or two, it changes from green to a bright copper colour. [Upper Assam.] Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Subjects = industrial buildings; industrial processes; industries; interiors; tea factories; tea industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

65. Photo 451/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(5)
Title:
A typical contract labourer from the Munda tribe of Chota Nagpur. These men serve a term of three years in Assam with the right of repatriation on completion. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length portrait of a Munda man standing among tea plants. Subjects = contract labourers; ethnic groups; industries; labour; Mundas; tea industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 451/1(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(35)
Title:
Tea sold for consumption abroad being loaded for shipment at the warehouses near the docks [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Tea chests being loaded onto lorries from the station platform. Subjects = industrial processes; industries; lorries; road transport; tea industry; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

67. Photo 451/1(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(22)
Title:
The green [tea] leaf in baskets is carried to the factory for weighing in - Jamirah Tea Estate [Upper Assam]. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Lines of tea pluckers queueing outside the tea estate factory. Subjects = industries; labour; tea industry Location = Assam; India; Jamirah
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

68. Photo 451/1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(15)
Title:
The bush which provides the tea leaf: Thea Camillia in flower and seed [Upper Assam]. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Close-up view of tea plant. Subjects = industries; tea industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

69. Photo 451/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(1)
Title:
What a modern tea garden in the plains of northern India looks like. An aerial view of Nalani Tea Estate, Upper Assam, showing the factory buildings on the left of the pictures. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = aerial views; agriculture; crops; industries; tea; tea industry; tea plantations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

70. Photo 451/1(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(21)
Title:
Two leaves and a bud only are plucked. (These samples have far too much stalk) [Upper Assam]. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Tea plucker holding tea samples. Subjects = agriculture; crops; industries; labour; plantations; tea; tea industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item