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Photo 527/1(119)
- Record Id:
- 041-003098479
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003098359
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025910660.0x0008fd
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 527/1(119)
- Title:
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[View of the Negative Section of the Survey of India Photographic Department, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
-
Showing interior of Survey of India studio, with operators posed beside massive copying cameras. Pencilled note on the reverse reads, 'Photo taken in Decr 1907 after major Hedley appointed men by selection as heads of the different sections. You see me [Murphy] here as Head Asstt. Negative Section. When Major Hedley's reorganization scheme came into force, shortly after I was promoted to officiate as Asst. Supdt. Photo - the title has recently been changed to Asstt. Manager - You will recognize your old asstts. here, Andrews,Srinibas Pattra, Thompson, Nasir Ahmed, & myself. Another small camera is at the back of the large one & is worked by Nasir's younger brother, another very promising youth.'
Subjects = cameras; photographers; photographic equipment; photographic studios; Survey of India Photographic Department
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003098359
040-003098360
041-003098479 - Is part of:
- Photo 527 : Henry Haward Collection: Indian views and photographs relating to the Photographic Branch of the Survey of India. Photographer(s):…
Photo 527/1 : Henry Haward Collection: Indian Views and Photographs Relating to the Survey of India Photographic Department. Photographer(s):…
Photo 527/1(119) : [View of the Negative Section of the Survey of India Photographic Department, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003098359[0001]/040-003098360[0119]/041-003098479
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 527
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1907
- End Date:
- 1907
- Date Range:
- Dec 1907
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Ahmed, Nasir, fl 1907
Ahmed, Nasir, fl 1907
Ahmed, Nasir, fl 1907
Ahmed, Nasir, fl 1907
Ahmed, Nasir, fl 1907
Andrews, C., fl 1907
Andrews, C., fl 1907
Andrews, C., fl 1907
Andrews, C., fl 1907
Andrews, C., fl 1907
Murphy, F.N., fl 1907-1911
Murphy, F.N., fl 1907-1911
Murphy, F.N., fl 1907-1911
Murphy, F.N., fl 1907-1911
Murphy, F.N., fl 1907-1911
Pattra, Srinibas., fl 1907
Pattra, Srinibas., fl 1907
Pattra, Srinibas., fl 1907
Pattra, Srinibas., fl 1907
Pattra, Srinibas., fl 1907
Thompson, W., fl 1907
Thompson, W., fl 1907
Thompson, W., fl 1907
Thompson, W., fl 1907
Thompson, W., fl 1907 - Places:
- Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia