[A crowd in front of the western facade of the Newar-style Gaddi Baithak, Basantapur Darbar Square, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a crowd in front of the western facade of the Newar-style Gaddi Baithak, Basantapur Darbar Square [Kathmandu Durbar Square], Kathmandu. Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana replaced this structure with a neoclassical building in 1908. This building became the primary reception and ceremonia...
[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...
[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...