Chowringhee Road and the Maidan Vista, Calcutta
চৌরঙ্গী রোড ও ময়দান সংলগ্ন দৃশ্য (১৯১২)
Studio: Bourne & Shepherd Studio
Date: c. 1912
Original Archival Caption
"Chowringhee Road Looking North from the Ochterlony Monument, Calcutta, 1912."
Historical Context & Architectural Analysis
Stately albumen print capturing Chowringhee Road with electric tramcars, Victorian horse buggies, and colonial neoclassical palatial facades.
Archival Provenance Ledger
Verified 90/100- Asset Type
- photograph
- Photographer / Studio
- Bourne & Shepherd Studio
- Date / Decade
- c. 1912 (1910s)
- Holding Archive
- Wikimedia Commons / British Library Digital Gallery
- Catalogue Reference
- BL-Photo-1000/42
- Historical Location
- Chowringhee Road, Calcutta
- Present-Day Location
- Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Esplanade, Kolkata
- Copyright & Reuse
- public domain
Official Attribution:
Public Domain / Bourne & Shepherd Photographic Studio, Calcutta
Public Domain / Bourne & Shepherd Photographic Studio, Calcutta
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