[Unidentified guarded building. ] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of an unidentified guarded building with people and saddled horses on the right. The building, no longer standing, was located between the Jagannath Temple and the south end of Tundikhel, east of the Central Jail, Kathmandu. It is a large Newar-style, two to three story split-level structure...
A view of the front of the British Residency, Lainchaur, Kathmandu. Guards are stationed outside the Residency while an English group is at the entrance - perhaps the Resident and his family. The Residency was an outcome of the Treaty of Sugauli, ending the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-1816 between...
View of a group of lepers on the banks of a river. A copy of a photograph probably taken at Khokana near Kathmandu. Khokana was established in 1857 for a member of the ruling Rana dynasty who had contracted the disease. The colony is still home to those suffering from leprosy (Hansen's disease).
A view looking east over fields and the Bishnumati River to the Kathmandu skyline. The temples visible left to right are the tall Taleju Temple in the middle of the photograph, two temples in the Basantapur Darbar and the Jaisi Deval temple.
Prisoners outside jail, Katmundu, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of four prisoners are posed for the camera wearing leg irons, the chains kept from dragging by strings around the prisoners' waists. The Central Jail was created in 1914 from several prisons - including the Bhadragol, the double-walled Golghar Jail and the men's and women's prisons - located...
Natives with horses. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of four people dressed in Tibetan-style clothing. The building in the background (image on the opposite page), no longer standing, was located between the Jagannath Temple and the south end of Tundikhel, east of the Central Jail, Kathmandu. It is a large Newar-style, two to three story split...