[Joseph Gaye's son Herbert Victor.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a boy wearing a jacket with a white collar. The boy is Joseph Gaye's son Herbert Victor. Herbert was born in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, in 1854 and died in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1954.
[Joseph Gaye's daughter, Edith Marians.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a young girl wearing a pale dress and bonnet. The girl is Joseph Gaye's daughter, Edith Marian, was born in Simla (Shimla), India in 1896 and died in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1996. Edith is posed wearing western-style clothing worn by children for special occasions.
Temple, Nepal [The Gorakhnath Mandir Temple.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View looking east, showing a numerous Shiva shrines as well as two of the buildings (sattals) within the complex. The Gorakhnath Mandir Temple is located on the hill directly east across the Bagmati River from the Pashupati Temple and along the pathway leading from the footbridges to the Mrigasth...
[Taleju Temple, Kathmandu Darbar Square, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of Taleju Temple, Kathmandu Darbar Square, Kathmandu. The temple was built in 1564 by King Mahendra Malla and dedicated to Taleju Bhawani, a form of Parvati that originated in southern India and became the royal goddess of the Malla kings in the 14th century. The photograph is shot from the ...
[A post office, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a building with six men standing in front. A post office, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Signs stating, "Postal Notices" and "Letter Box" in three languages, including English and Nepali, are seen on either side of the doorway on the guarded building.
The Sundhara [Sundhara Spout (Golden Spout), Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View showing three of the five stone spouts and their shrines. The shrine behind the main spout, in the centre, is dedicated to Garuda while a carving of Bhagiratha is underneath the spout. A sattal (resting house) is seen behind the hiti. The sattal has been extensively renovated or replaced. Th...
[A copy of a photograph of Nepali officials.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a group of Nepali officials. All are unidentified but the person in the front row wearing a sash appears to be Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana and the person to his left could be his brother, Dev Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana. Chandra Shumsher became the 8th Rana prime minister in 1901 fo...