[BITList] Fwd: Some photos found in a 'Peter Lord' shoebox in Edinburgh (FAB)

[M.j. Feltham]

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> From: John Feltham <wantok at me.com>
> Subject: Some photos found in a 'Peter Lord' shoebox in Edinburgh (FAB)
> Date: 23 July 2012 13:36:05 GMT+01:00
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>> Subj: Fwd: Some photos found in a; Peter Lord shoebox in Edinburgh (FAB)
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>> 1912 photos of Calcutta found in a 'Peter Lord' shoebox in Edinburgh!
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>> 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. 
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>> 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. 
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>> 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 shoebox in Edinburgh and are about 100 years old. 
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>> A tennis party poses (one, far right, with a pipe) among tea trolleys in this 
>> photo taken in India around a century ago. 
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>> 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. 
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>> 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.
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>> 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. 
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>> King George V and the Queen arrive in Delhi in 1911. 
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>> A crowded riverside with bathers at Chandpal Ghat in Calcutta, the main
>> landing site for visitors to the city along the Hooghly River. 
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>> A street scene in an unknown location, capturing life in India at least 
>> a century ago. 
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>> Ships arriving at Chandpal Ghat, while crowds gather by the docks.
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>> A Jain temple complex in Calcutta. RCAHMS hopes that members of the 
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>> A street hairdresser giving a 'Hindustani haircut' (pudding bowl) 
>> in Strand Road South, Calcutta.
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>> Celebrations for the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Calcutta in 1912. 
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>> 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. 
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>> Calcutta is lit up for the royal visit; right, a group seated in two ferry canoes moored in a stream at an unknown location. 
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>> Waterside with a group of washermen at a dhobi ghat (open-air laundry zone. 
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