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Photo 1060(5)
- Record Id:
- 040-003167322
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003167317
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026374023.0x000a1b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100137775992.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1060(5)
- Title:
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Nynee Tal looking west. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
- Scope & Content:
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A photograph, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, of Nainital taken by John Edward Saché in the 1860s shows the sacred lake which forms the focal point of the hill station. View looking along the lakeside road towards the main part of the town. The town was founded in 1841 and became the summer headquarters of the colonial administration of the province. It was a popular retreat for the residents of the plains. Being popular with the British the town developed a British character with several European schools, barracks and a sanatorium. The area is vulnerable to landslides with a serious one occurring in September 1880.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003167317
040-003167322 - Is part of:
- Photo 1060 : Album of Indian views.
Photo 1060(5) : Nynee Tal looking west. Photographer: Saché, John Edward - Hierarchy:
- 032-003167317[0005]/040-003167322
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1060
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100137775992.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 1860s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- 275
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known