Calcutta Collection

Rugby at Murrayfield stadium, Scotland
Scotland triumphs over England in the Calcutta Cup championship, during the opening match for the newly built Murrayfield stadium which was inaugurated in March 1925. Date: 1925

Grand Hotel, Chowringhee Road, Calcutta, India
Grand Hotel, Chowringhee Road, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Date: circa 1905

Kolkata - The Belvedere - Residence of Governor of Bengal. Date: 1883

Poster advertising Indian State Railways, with a view of the Howrah Bridge, Calcutta. Visit India

Bengal Nagpur Railway
The Bengal - Nagpur Railway spans the country from Calcutta to Bombay, Bombay to Calcutta, via Nagpur

Kathleen Scott sculpting statue of Edwin Montagu
Kathleen, Lady Scott, Baroness Kennett pictured in her London studio at work on her ten-foot statue of Edwin Montagu (former Secretary for India) destined for Calcutta

Victoria Chambers, Chowringhee, Calcutta, India
Victoria Chambers, Whiteaway Laidlaw & Co Ltd, Department Store, Chowringhee, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Date: circa 1920

Kolkata, India - The Howrah Bridge No. 1
Kolkata (Calcutta), India - The Howrah Bridge No.1 (The Old Pontoon Bridge) which crossed the Hooghly River. Date: circa 1905

Large ships on the Hooghly River, Calcutta, India
19th century vintage photograph: Large ships on the Hooghly River, Calcutta, India

Statue of Sir William Peel, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India, circa 1880. Date: circa 1880

Kolkata - Government Offices - Dalhousie Square. Date: 1883

Kolkata - The Viceroys Residence Date: 1883

The Bentinck steamer
The steamship Bentinck, moored in the Thames, off Blackwall. The ship was owned by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P & O)

Lt Browning, Major Kinloch and Dr Francis Brett Young
Lieutenant Browning, Major Kinloch (Calcutta Volunteer Battery) and Dr Francis Brett Young in East Africa during WW1. circa 1916

(Goat) Meat Stall - New Market, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal state, India. The two gentleman on the right are clearly Muslim and therefore practising Halal Butchery. Date: circa 1910s

Contemporary cutaway drawing of the Short S8 Calcutta in flight

c. 1870s India - ships in the harbour at Calcutta Kolkata

Bengal village scene, near Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Vintage 19th century photograph: Bengal village scene, near Calcutta, Kolkata, India, Samuel Bourne, 1860 s

India Calcutta, Howrah pontoon bridge over Hooghly River
India Calcutta, Howrah pontoon bridge over the Hooghly River. Vintage 19th century photograph

Scotland vs England Rugby Union match for Calcutta Cup, watched by The Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, played at Inverleith near Edinburgh Date: 1923

Diamond's Harbour, Calcutta

Wind On The Hougly, Calcutta, India

Mosque Near Calcutta, India

Calcutta, India

India - a tree Mosque near Calcutta early 1900s

India - Calcutta snake charmers early 1900s

India - Calcutta early 1900s

India - Calcutta - Hindu Goddess Kali early 1900s

India - Calcutta - Sacrificing a goat early 1900s

India - Calcutta - doing penance on a bed of spikes early 1900s

India - Calcutta - Jain Temple early 1900s

India - Chowringhee Road Calcutta early 1900s

India - Calcutta water carriers early 1900s

India - Calcutta Howrah Bridge early 1900s

Calcutta Black Hole Memorial, India, early 1900s

View of Calcutta from the Esplanade, India Date: 1857-1858

Decorated screens
A screen at the royal camp during the Delhi Durbar. The Manipuri peacock is see as the decoration on the left screen and the right shows 15 indigenous birds to India

Flooding of Calcutta houses
Flooding of Calcutta from the effects of a four-day long deluge. The courtyard of a house is seen here during the flood. Traditional Indian men are seen in the water

Flooding of Calcutta streets
Amherst street in Calcutta seen flooded. From the effects of a four-day long deluge. Indian men are seen wadding through the streets, whilst a horse and cart is attempting to pass too. Date: 1900

First Experiences of a Calcutta Palki
A British man details his first experience with a Palki in Calcutta, India. A palki, also known as a palanquin or litter, was was a covered box for transporting people of importance

A Third Class Gharry - Calcutta (Kolkata), India. A gharry or gharri is a horse-drawn cab used especially in India. A gharry driver is a gharry-wallah. Date: 1919

Hindu Burning Ghat - Nimtala, Kolkata
The Hindu Burning Ghat (site of cremations) - Nimtala, Kolkata Date: circa 1910s

1ST PLANE IN CALCUTTA
The first aeroplane to fly from England to India, and which landed in Karachi before going on to Calcutta is a Handley Page bomber. Date: December 1918

Cremation Calcutta Death Regional India 1859
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c. 1880s India - bathing ghat at Calcutta Kolkata

Vintage 19th century photograph: Food stall, shop, Calcutta India

Colonial offices, Calcutta, India, c. 1880 s
Colonial offices, Calcutta, India, c.1880 s

Street in Calcutta, Kolkata, India, c. 1880 s
Street in Calcutta, Kolkata, India, c.1880 s

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