[View of machine room where tea is rolled?] Photographer: Vellancey, J.A.
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Probably in one of the gardens of the Buxa Dooars Tea Co Ltd (at Kalchini and Raimatang) in West Bengal, bordering Assam. The photographer is almost certainly J. A. Vellancey.
[After oxidation the tea is rolled again and dried.] Photographer: Vellancey, J.A.
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View of heaps of tea in a machine room during the rolling/drying process. Probably in one of the gardens of the Buxa Dooars Tea Co Ltd (at Kalchini and Raimatang) in West Bengal, bordering Assam. The photographer is almost certainly J. A. Vellancey.
[Tea being mechanically sifted ready for packing.] Photographer: Vellancey, J.A.
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View of heaps of tea in a machine room during the sifting process. Probably in one of the gardens of the Buxa Dooars Tea Co Ltd (at Kalchini and Raimatang) in West Bengal, bordering Assam. The photographer is almost certainly J. A. Vellancey.
[Tea chests being loaded on to bullock carts.] Photographer: Vellancey, J.A.
Scope & Content:
Probably in one of the gardens of the Buxa Dooars Tea Co Ltd (at Kalchini and Raimatang) in West Bengal, bordering Assam. The photographer is almost certainly J. A. Vellancey.
[Detail of a heap of tea after processing.] Photographer: Vellancey, J.A.
Scope & Content:
Probably in one of the gardens of the Buxa Dooars Tea Co Ltd (at Kalchini and Raimatang) in West Bengal, bordering Assam. The photographer is almost certainly J. A. Vellancey.
[View of the tea estate manager's bungalow.] Photographer: Vellancey, J.A.
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The manager and his wife are sitting in their car outside the bungalow. He is possibly Mr G. E. Williams, who in 1909 was manager of the Buxa Dooars Tea Co Ltd. The photographer is almost certainly J. A. Vellancey who is attributed with Print 5 in which this man appears.