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1. Photo 451/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1
Title:
Indian Tea Association Collection: Assam Tea. A pictorial record by Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. Photographer(s): Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Black cloth-covered post-bound album stamped 'Tea. Balmer Lawrie & Co., Ltd. Calcutta' in gold on front cover. Photographer's label laid down onto rear fixed endpaper. Album measures 292x385mm and contains prints mounted one to a page with tissue interleaving on which the captions are printe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1950s
Extent:
36 items

2. Photo 451/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(11)
Title:
Surgical treatment is given. An operation in progress at Panitola Central Hospital [Upper Assam]. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Scene in operating theatre. Subjects = health care facilities; hospitals; industries; operating theatres; tea industry Location = Assam; India; Panitola
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 451/1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(12)
Title:
Tea garden children are educated. The Primary School, Muttuck Tea Estate, Upper Assam. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Pupils grouped on the verandah of the brick and thatch school building. Subjects = British colonial architecture; education; European architecture in India; industries; schools; tea industry Location = Assam; India; Muttuck
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 451/1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(9)
Title:
Contract labourers frequently settle in Assam. These two young ladies are permanently resident labourers at Jamirah Tea Estate. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of two tea pickers standing among tea bushes. Subjects = agriculture; contract labourers; crops; industries; labour; tea; tea industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 451/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(4)
Title:
The Manager's bungalow, Panitola Tea Estate [Upper Assam]. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the bungalow from the lawn. Caption note continues: 'An Assam bungalow of the old style. The roof is thatched for coolness and the living quarters are raised on stilts, originally with the idea of escaping malarial miasma and the attentions of wi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 451/1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(26)
Title:
After passing through a mechanical drying machine, the leaf is sorted into the grades known to commerce. This is the sorting and bulking room at Jamirah Tea Factory [Upper Assam]. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Subjects = industrial buildings; industrial processes; industries; interiors; tea factories; tea industry Location = Assam; India; Jamirah
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 451/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(13)
Title:
Tea gardens procure and distribute food supplies to their labour forces. Distribution of subsidised rations - Jamirah Tea Estate. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Grain being weighted and distributed. Subjects = food and drink; food distribution; industries; labour; tea industry Location = Assam; India; Jamirah
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 451/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(2)
Title:
Leguminous trees interplanted in the tea provide both shade and nitrogenous manure. A section of Panitola Tea Estate, Upper Assam. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Aerial view. Subjects = aerial views; agriculture; crops; industries; tea; tea industry; tea plantations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 451/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(8)
Title:
Two contract labourers form the Sonthal Tribe, showing two different types of hoe used for weeding and cultivating. The Sonthals are a tribe of hunters and bowmen largely from the districts of Bihar, known as the Sonthal Paganas. [Upper Assam.] Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of two tea estate labourers. Subjects = agricultural implements; agriculture; contract labourers; crops; ethnic groups; hoes; industries; labour; Sonthals; tea; tea industry
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 451/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/1(27)
Title:
Tea packed into chests marked with the garden name at Jamirah Factory. The vibrating packing machine is in the left background. Photographer: Bose, P.
Scope & Content:
Subjects = industrial buildings; industrial processes; industries; interiors; machinery; tea factories; tea industry; tea packing machines Location = Assam; India; Jamirah
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 item

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