gambarnya tak tampak... hikhikhik.... On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 9:12 AM, aga madjid <[email protected]> wrote:
> ** > ------------------------------ > *From: * [email protected] > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Tue, 8 May 2012 13:03:50 -0400 (EDT) > *Subject: *Chumma:*) PHOTOGRAPHS OF CALCUTTA (KOLKATA) 1912 DINESH VORA > > > > > *PHOTOGRAPHS OF CALCUTTA > (KOLKATA) 1912 > DINESH VORA > > * > > *Amazing collection of photographs depicting life in India > a century ago are found in an old shoebox. A tennis > party pose among tea trolleys: > full-length dresses and sun hats for the ladies; shirt-sleeve order, > neat moustaches and optional pipe for the men. > > One image shows buildings in the city of Calcutta lit up over the > Lal Dighi body of water, commemorating a British royal visit, > while another depicts ships arriving at the Chandpal Ghat, > the main landing site for visitors to the city along > the Hooghly River. > > All 178 of the plate-glass negatives were found inside a size-nine > Peter Lord shoebox by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and > Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) in Edinburgh. > All 178 images were found in a Peter Lord shoe-box > in Edinburgh and are about 100 years old. > > * > ** > > * > [1] > A tennis party poses (one, far right, with a pipe) among tea trolleys in > this photo taken in India around a century ago. * > * > ------------------------------ > * > * > [2] > Two men stick dance in front of a crowd in Maidan, > Calcutta. The dance represents a mock fight between > legendary warrior Durga and the mighty demon > king Mahishasura. * > * > ------------------------------ > * > > * > [3] > Buildings on the south-east side of Lal Dighi, Calcutta, > lit at night for the 1912 British royal visit by > King George V and Queen Mary. * > * > ------------------------------ > * > * > [4] > Archivists have confirmed some of the images were > definitely taken in 1912, when the royals visited. > It was the only trip by a British monarch to India > as Emperor of the subcontinent. * > * > ------------------------------ > * > ** > ** > *[5] > King George V and the Queen arrive in Delhi in 1911. * > * > ------------------------------ > * > > > > > * > [6] > A crowded riverside with bathers at Chandpal Ghat > in Calcutta, the main landing site for visitors to the city > along the Hooghly River.* > * > ------------------------------ > * > > > > > * > [7] > A street scene in an unknown location, capturing life in > India at least a century ago. * > * > ------------------------------ > * > * > [8] > Ships arriving at Chandpal Ghat, while crowds gather > by the docks.* > * > ------------------------------ > * > * > [9] > A Jain temple complex in Calcutta called Dadaji's Temple. > even today it is a sight-seeing place for visitors. ** > * > * > ------------------------------ > * > * > [10] > A street hairdresser giving a 'Hindustani haircut' (pudding bowl) > in Strand Road South, Calcutta.* > * > ------------------------------ > * > * > [11] > Celebrations for the visit of King George V and Queen Mary > to Calcutta in 1912. > * > * > ------------------------------ > * > > > * > [12] > A Muhurram (sacred month) procession through a crowded > Calcutta street with tazieh theatre performance in the > background. Tazieh drama re-enacts heroic tales > of love and sacrifice. * > * > ------------------------------ > * > *[image: http://bit.ly/zb0q5y] > [13]* > *Calcutta is lit up for the royal visit > ------------------------------ > > [14]* > *A group seated in two ferry canoes moored in > a stream at an unknown location. * > * > ------------------------------ > * > ** > *[15]* > *Waterside with a group of washer-men at a Dhobighat > (open-air laundry zone). > ------------------------------ > > * > > -- > you have this email because you join to "aga-madjid" GoogleGroups. > to post emails, just send to : > [email protected] > to join this group, send blank email to : > [email protected] > to quit from this group, just send email to : > [email protected] > please visit to www.facebook.com/aga.madjid, > add my Yahoo Messenger at [email protected] or > add my twitter @aga_madjid > thanks for joinning this group. > -- Thanks, Deasy Rajagukguk -- you have this email because you join to "aga-madjid" GoogleGroups. to post emails, just send to : [email protected] to join this group, send blank email to : [email protected] to quit from this group, just send email to : [email protected] please visit to www.facebook.com/aga.madjid, add my Yahoo Messenger at [email protected] or add my twitter @aga_madjid thanks for joinning this group.
