[An unidentified man wearing full formal evening wear.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of an unidentified man wearing full formal evening wear, including a jacket with tails, a waistcoat and a white tie - common late-Victorian formal wear. The photograph was likely taken in India.
Fountains, Nepal [The Naudhara (“nine spouts”).] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a building with some fountains on the right. The Naudhara (“nine spouts”) is located in Godawari municipality at the base of Phulchoki, the tallest hill of the Kathmandu Valley. Phulchoki is on the southern rim of the Valley about 18 kilometres south-east of the Kathmandu Darbar Square. G...
[Chyasing Deval Krishna Temple (18th century), Patan Darbar Square, Lalitpur, from the southwest.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of Chyasing Deval Krishna Temple (18th century), Patan Darbar Square, Lalitpur, from the southwest. There is uncertainty about its builder. King Vishnu Malla is credited with its construction in 1723 but the daughter of King Yoga Narendra, Yogamati, is also credited with building it later in...
[A family group dressed for a special occasion. Kathmandu Valley.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a family group dressed for a special occasion. The men are dressed in traditional Newari tapālan (long shirt) and suruwā (tight trousers) and the women are wearing the traditional parsi (sari) and gā (long white shawl). Kathmandu Valley.
The ancient south gate of City, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a gateway with two people standing in the middle of arch. The ancient south gate of City, Nepal. Cities in the Kathmandu Valley were historically surrounded by walls with gates at entrance points. Patan, for example, is reputed to have had 21 gates. Some of the gates have long disappeared...
[Herbert Victor Gaye, son of Joseph and Mary Gaye.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a boy wearing a child's British sailor outfit and pointing a toy gun. The boy is Herbert Victor Gaye, son of Joseph and Mary Gaye. Herbert was born in 1894 in Calcutta, India and died 1954 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The photo was taken in Simla (Shimla), India, where the family live...