Calcutta (India)

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Photograph of the Hansi cow, "Maharania" standing in a paddock with an Indian man next to her. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, 1904.

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Photograph of 'an avenue of mangoe trees, 12 years old, Macpherson Park. These trees have been bearing fruit for the past three years. Survey of India Office, Calcutta, 1902.' Also, in this image, a man is lying beneath one of the trees on the left hand side of the road.

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Photograph of a Manjha bull from the Lahore District which was used for ploughing. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, January 1903.

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Photograph of an Indian mowing machine 'showing how the shaft is connected to the yoke' when harnessed to two cows. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, 1902.

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Photograph of a pair of Nukra or Potwar bullocks standing harnessed together in a field with a man standing next to them. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, February 1903.

Scope and Contents 1 Reproduction of portrait by Raeburn (advertisement in Connoisseur, November 1938), with letter of Henry Raeburn to K. Murchison, 2 July 1793. The price of the portait was 18.18s.0d. + frame £3.10s.6d. 4 items. 2 Probate of will. 5 fols, vellum. With Extracts, 3 fols. 3 Five certificates in surgery, midwifery, etc., London, 1771-1772. 4 Matriculation of armorial bearings, Edinburgh, Lyon Office, 16 June 1788, with seal, in...

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Photograph of a watercolour showing a man smoking hookah, annotated on plate "M. Pillans Matae Calcutta 1842".

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Photograph of the superior Murrah buffalo, "Phullo" standing nexst to an Indian man in the early 20th century. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta.

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Photograph of pigs in several pens on a farm behind a barn. Possibly part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, March 1903.

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Photograph of a Potwar bull with 'vide' measurements from the No. 1 Jhelem District in the early 20th century. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, May 190[2?].