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Photo 934(3)
- Record Id:
- 040-003125990
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003125987
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026100107.0x001290
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 934(3)
- Title:
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[Aerial view of Calcutta from the Howrah Bridge, looking south.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Landscape Photography
'Aerial view of Calcutta downtown. In the upper left background is Hindusthan Building, U.S. Army HQ. The oldest part of the city starts at the Esplanade and extends upwards. The city was founded in the early 1700s [sic].' View looking south over the city, with the dome of the Post Office visible in the distance. In the extreme foreground is Chotulal's Ghat. For other views of this ghat, see Photo 792 (2834), Photo 406/2 (19 and 22) and Photo 1081/1 (47) . In these earlier views the ghat is immediately to the north of the floating Howrah Bridge, while in this view it is immediately to the south. This apparent anomaly is explained by the fact that the new bridge, completed in 1943, was a little to the north of the older structure (the remains of the first pontoon of which can be seen in this view).
Subjects = ghats
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003125987
040-003125990 - Is part of:
- Photo 934 : Clyde Waddell: 'A Yank's Memories of Calcutta.'
Photo 934(3) : [Aerial view of Calcutta from the Howrah Bridge, looking south.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde - Hierarchy:
- 032-003125987[0003]/040-003125990
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 934
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1945
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- c 1946
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Waddell, Clyde
- Subjects:
- Chotulal's Ghat (Calcutta)
- Places:
- Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia