[BITList] Old Calcutta

Sun Nov 20 07:43:35 GMT 2011

Vintage Photos of Old Calcutta

Strand Road Showing Group in Costume with Bullock Carts and Horse-Drawn Carriages, Sailing Ships and Other Boats On Hooghly River - Calcutta (Kolkata)

Great Banyan Tree at Botanical Gardens in Howrah

Pontoon Bridge Over Hooghly River in Calcutta (Kolkata) - and Bullock Carts Nearby

Bengal group Bathing at Kali Ghat Near Boats on River And Ashore, Suspension Bridge in Distance - Samuel Bourne 1863

Bengali Men in Costume by Pond Near Village of Mud and Thatch Houses by Samuel Bourne 1863

Calcutta (Kolkata) View - Sailing Ships and Other Boats Docked Along River Hooghly

Great Eastern Hotel - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1930's

Source: ebay

Funeral Procession of Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1925

C. R. Das, the president of Swaraj Party and first Mayor of Calcutta Corporation expired in Darjeeling. His body was brought from Darjeeling by train and the crowds waited outside of the Railway station in Calcutta.

Image Source: ebay

Great Banyan Tree at Botanical Gardens in Howrah near Calcutta (Kolkata)

Bengal Village Showing villagers Outside Thatch Houses, Bullock Cart Near Roadside - Samuel Bourne 1863

1864 Cyclone - Calcutta (Kolkata)

View of Calcutta (Kolkata) - 1880's

Source: ebay

View over the Maidan - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1870's

Source: ebay

Bullock Cart going through Maidan, Ochterlony Monument in back - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1900's

Source: ebay

View From Museum - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1880's

Source: ebay

Workers loading Waste Materials in a Truck - Calcutta (Kolkata) December 1970

Photographer: Larry Burrows

Source: Life Archive hosted by Google

Two Man Carrying a Cart in a Calcutta (Kolkata) Street - December 1970

Photographer: Larry Burrows

Source: Life Archive hosted by Google

A Man carrying a Cart loaded with Hay in a Calcutta (Kolkata) Street - December 1970

Photographer: Larry Burrows

Source: Life Archive hosted by Google

People Sleeping in Foothpath with Animals - Calcutta (Kolkata) December 1970

Photographer: Larry Burrows

Source: Life Archive hosted by Google

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Statue in Shyambazar Five Point Crossing - Calcutta (Kolkata) December 1970

Photographer: Larry Burrows

Source: Life Archive hosted by Google

A Meat Shop of Calcutta (Kolkata) - December 1970

Photographer: Larry Burrows

Horse Coach Waiting for Passenger in a Busy Street - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1940's

Source: ebay

Smitha Visakhan

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