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Calcutta (India)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:

Situations of Dairy Buildings, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/245
Scope and Contents

Photogravure of the situations of dairy buildings in India: A-Dairy; B-Office; C-Calving Shed; D-Dry-stock Yard. Taken as part of the Survey India Office, Calcutta, 1904. Slide developed by Flatters, Milborne and McKechnie Ltd, Manchester.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

"Sonia" - a Brown Murrah Buffalo, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2834
Scope and Contents

Photograph of "Sonia", a brown Murrah buffalo. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, 19[??].

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Stack, 3,500 Maunds of Grass, India, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1179
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a stack containing 3,500 maunds of grass and showing the ramp with uprights and track made of sections of small bamboos. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, 1902.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Store Pigs, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/551
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a drove of Store pigs at 1 to 2 months old in a pen with the barn in the background. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, March 1903.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Suket Cow, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/418
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Suket cow standing in a field with a man standing behind it holding its lead with a group of four men in the background. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, May 1903.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

The Dugla or Basket Water-Lift. Two Men Working at a Time, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1095
Scope and Contents

Photograph of two Indian men using a dugla or basket water-lift from a river while two other men watch. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, 1902.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

The Karah, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/734
Scope and Contents

Photograph of an Indian man using a karah (a leveller) drawn by two cows. Part of the Survey of the India Office, Calcutta, 1902.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

The Pahata or Wooden Plank, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/733
Scope and Contents

Photograph of two men standing on a pahata or wooden plank 'which drivers stand on it to increase the pressure' on the cattle that are harnessed to it. Part of the Survey of the India Office, Calcutta, 190[?].

Dates: 1870s-1930s

The Rake [Drawn by a Mule], 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2280
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a man sitting on a mule drawn rake with trip action applied in India in the early 20th century. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, 1902.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Type of Harian Cow Bred South of Hissar, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/422
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a type of Harian cow bred south of Hissar, [India] which is a poor specimen and usually found in the villages near Bhiwani. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, May 1902.

Dates: 1870s-1930s