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Photo 189

Record Id:: 032-003055715
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-003055715
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100025702187.0x000524
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 189
Title:: 'Album of photographs of six of the ten filatures and sericultural operations at Srinagar, Kashmir, India'. Photographer: Diwan Alimchand, State Photographer.
Scope & Content:: Light brown album, 308x373mm, containing prints in window mounts with typed captions. The title is printed on a label on the front cover and carries the following dedication: Presented to the Secretary of State for India, through Sir Thomas Wardle, by Major-General His Highness the Maharaja Sir Pratap Singh, GCSI, of Jammu and Kashmir. The photographs record operations in the manufacture of silk.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Hierarchy Tree:: [{ "id" : "032-003055715", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 189: 'Album of photographs of six of the ten filatures and sericultural operations at Srinagar, Kashmir, India'. Photographer: Diwan Alimchand,…" },{ "id" : "040-003055716", "parent" : "032-003055715", "text" : "Photo 189(1): Waste-silk drying and packing premises & offices, Srinagar. Photographer: Chand, Alim" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003055717", "parent" : "032-003055715", "text" : "Photo 189(2): Four of the ten Filatures of which Number 3 is one. The upper part of the 3 stories is for storing cocoons; the lower or floor part is…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003055718", "parent" : "032-003055715", "text" : "Photo 189(3): Exterior of one Filature, used for cocoon storage, length 435 feet, width 42 feet. Photographer: Chand, Alim" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003055719", "parent" : "032-003055715", "text" : "Photo 189(4): Interior of Number 3, showing Bassines, tavalettes, etc. There are 550 men and boys in each Filature. Photographer: Chand, Alim" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003055720", "parent" : "032-003055715", "text" : "Photo 189(5): The same as No.4, but in operation... Photographer: Chand, Alim" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003055721", "parent" : "032-003055715", "text" : "Photo 189(6): Shows two of the Filatures. Photographer: Chand, Alim" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003055722", "parent" : "032-003055715", "text" : "Photo 189(7): Shows six of the Filatures. Photographer: Chand, Alim" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003055723", "parent" : "032-003055715", "text" : "Photo 189(8): A making-up room. Photographer: Chand, Alim" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003055724", "parent" : "032-003055715", "text" : "Photo 189(9): Bale-ing room. Photographer: Chand, Alim" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003055725", "parent" : "032-003055715", "text" : "Photo 189(10): Denier-testing room. Photographer: Chand, Alim" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003055726", "parent" : "032-003055715", "text" : "Photo 189(11): A group of mulberry-trees. Photographer: Chand, Alim" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003055727", "parent" : "032-003055715", "text" : "Photo 189(12): Two hibernation houses where the silkworm-eggs are kept at a temperature of not more than 40F awaiting the budding of the mulberry…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003055728", "parent" : "032-003055715", "text" : "Photo 189(13): Another of the same [hibernation houses, Srinagar]. Photographer: Chand, Alim" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-003055715
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Contains:: Photo 189(1) : Waste-silk drying and packing premises & offices, Srinagar. Photographer: Chand, Alim
Photo 189(2) : Four of the ten Filatures of which Number 3 is one. The upper part of the 3 stories is for storing cocoons; the lower or floor part…
Photo 189(3) : Exterior of one Filature, used for cocoon storage, length 435 feet, width 42 feet. Photographer: Chand, Alim
Photo 189(4) : Interior of Number 3, showing Bassines, tavalettes, etc. There are 550 men and boys in each Filature. Photographer: Chand, Alim
Photo 189(5) : The same as No.4, but in operation... Photographer: Chand, Alim
Photo 189(6) : Shows two of the Filatures. Photographer: Chand, Alim
Photo 189(7) : Shows six of the Filatures. Photographer: Chand, Alim
Photo 189(8) : A making-up room. Photographer: Chand, Alim
Photo 189(9) : Bale-ing room. Photographer: Chand, Alim
Photo 189(10) : Denier-testing room. Photographer: Chand, Alim
Photo 189(11) : A group of mulberry-trees. Photographer: Chand, Alim
Photo 189(12) : Two hibernation houses where the silkworm-eggs are kept at a temperature of not more than 40F awaiting the budding of the…
Photo 189(13) : Another of the same [hibernation houses, Srinagar]. Photographer: Chand, Alim

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Record Type (Level):: Fonds
Extent:: 13 items
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Techniques:: Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Start Date:: 1903
End Date:: 1905
Date Range:: c 1904
Era:: CE
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Physical Characteristics:: Dimensions: 212 mm x 269 mm
Source of Acquisition:: Presented to the Secretary of State for India by the Maharaja, Sir Pratap Singh of Jammu & Kashmir, on 28 December 1904.
Material Type:: Photographs
Legal Status:: Not Known
Places:: Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmīr, India, Asia