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71. Photo 1180/2(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(12)
Title:
Carrying bojhas [bundles of jute] to press house. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing a line of labourers carrying loads of coiled jute into the press house, with a European overseer posed in the foreground. Photograph presumably taken at Narayanganj.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

72. Photo 1180/4(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(21)
Title:
Overside loading jute from country-boats at Kidderpore Docks [Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View showing bales of jute being loaded onto a steamer at Calcutta, from barges moored alongside.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

73. Photo 1180/2(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(13)
Title:
Making ropes for tying bales [of jute]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View looking along a ropehouse shed, presumably at Narayanganj, with workers (including young children) making rope.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

74. Photo 1180/4(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(8)
Title:
Exterior of [jute] press-house [probably at Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View of press-house buildings, probably at Calcutta, with bullock carts loaded with bales of jute in front of the buildings.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

75. Photo 1180/4(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(10)
Title:
Assorting jute in godown [probably at Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View inside a warehouse in a jute press-house, showing labourers sorting coils of jute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

76. Photo 1180/2(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(16)
Title:
Pressing (removing finished bales [of jute] from press). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing pressed and tied up bales of jute being removed from the machinery. Photograph presumably taken at Narayanganj.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

77. Photo 1180/4(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(14)
Title:
Pressing jute (the cyclone press) [probably at Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View of workers operating a massive jute press, probably in a Calcutta press-house.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

78. Photo 1180/4(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(17)
Title:
Exporting jute from press-house to rail [probably at Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View showing workers loading bales of jute from railway trolleys onto goods wagons.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

79. Photo 1180/4(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4(22)
Title:
Jute in export godown ready for shipment [probably at Kidderpore Docks, Calcutta]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
View showing a stack of baled jute in a Calcutta godown, presumably at the Kidderpore Docks.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

80. Photo 1180/2(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2(17)
Title:
Exporting jute (loading into flats from jetty). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing pressed bales of jute being transported by rail along the jetty from the press house. Photograph presumably taken at Narayanganj.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item