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Brass Bazaar, Benares, 1908-01 - 1908-02

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/554

Scope and Contents

From the File:

The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 512-669 (originally there were 162). Added numbers are: 605A, 598A, 719A-B, 529A (refers to a painting); spoiled: 515, 555-559, 650; not used: 517, 530, 535, 569, 591, 625, 639, 649, 653 and 664; missing: 558. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 605A follows 528; 554 follows 598; 719A-B follow 669.

Subjects covered in the album are: India: Calcutta, Botanical Gardens; Darjeeling [Darjiling] and Himalayas, Sikkim; Benares, River Ganges and temples; Sarnath; Lucknow, Mutiny memorials, bazaar and tobacco planting; Cawnpore, Mutiny memorials, cloth and leather industries; Agra, Taj Mahal, Moharam Festival.

Dates

  • Creation: 1908-01 - 1908-02

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Underexposed and faded.

General

GD.

Finding aid date

2002-08-16 16:11:23+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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