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Southern India Photograph Collection, ca. 1920
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Southern India Photograph Collection
- Dates
- ca. 1920 (inclusive)19151925
- Quantity
- 32 photographic prints
- Collection Number
- PH0675
- Summary
- Photographs depict farmers, animals, architecture, and famous sites in or around the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderābād in Southern India.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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The collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains a small album of English origin that contains 24 photographs dating to approximately 1920; also included are eight loose photographs. All images in the collection appear to depict sites in or around the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderābād in Southern India. A wide range of subjects are depicted; these include the Charminar, a late-sixteenth-century monument that was built to commemorate the end of a plague epidemic; Golconda, a fort and city that was founded in the thirteenth century by the Kakatiyas; and Indian animals, bazaars, and farmers at work in the fields.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Restrictions on Use
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Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Photograph Album, ca. 1920Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Album | item | ||
| 1 | 1 | Men selling
vegetables |
|
| 1 | 2 | Children and
adult with brick structure |
|
| 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 6 | Islamic
building |
|
| 1 | 7 | Man and
cannon |
|
| 1 | 8 | Train station,
Secunderābād, India |
|
| 1 | 9 | Residence with
car and bicycle, Hyderabad, India
An advertisement for Polson's coffee and a road sign reading
"motor vehicles speed not to exceed 12 miles an hour" also appear in the
image.
|
|
| 1 | 10 |
Man taping palm
tree for production of tody
Tody is an alcoholic beverage.
|
|
| 1 | 11 | Water
device |
|
| 1 | 12 | Working
oxen |
|
| 1 | 13 | ||
| 1 | 14 | Working
oxen |
|
| 1 | 15 | Bazaar |
|
| 1 | 16 | Charminar,
Hyderabad, India |
|
| 1 | 17 | ||
| 1 | 18 | Man plowing with
ox |
|
| 1 | 19 | Women working in
rice field |
|
| 1 | 20 | ||
| 1 | 21 | ||
| 1 | 22 | Building |
|
| 1 | 23 | Livestock
grazing |
|
| 1 | 24 | Andhra Pradesh
assembly building with entrance destroyed, Hyderabad, India |
Loose PhotographsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 1 | 25 | Museum,
Hyderabad, India |
undated |
| 1 | 26 | Osmania High
Court, Hyderabad, India |
|
| 1 | 27 | Public park,
Hyderabad, India |
|
| 1 | 28 | New bridge,
Hyderabad, India |
|
| 1 | 29 | Interior of
Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, India |
|
| 1 | 30 | Fortway of
Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, India |
|
| 1 | 31 | View of Golconda
Fort from tomb, Hyderabad, India |
|
| 1 | 32 | Train station,
Secunderābād, India |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agricultural laborers--India, South--Photographs
- Buildings--India, South--Photographs
- Fortification--India, South--Photographs
- Livestock--India, South--Photographs
- Oxen--India, South--Photographs
- Women agricultural laborers--India, South--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Hyderabad (India)--Photographs
- Secunderābād (India)--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Photograph albums
- Photographic prints
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
