File:Commuters entering a Calcutta tram through its windows (1945).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionCommuters entering a Calcutta tram through its windows (1945).jpg |
English: Original description:"Indians are the bravest commuters in the world. They hang from every handhold. The two shown here, however,
are bent on clinching a seat before the car fills. Ancient double-decker buses sway and chug under the strain of double overloads and trams make packed neew York subways seem comofortable by comparison." The South Asia Section of the Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania recently acquired from a bookdealer a photograph album consisting of 60 photographs of Calcutta taken most likely between 1945-1946. The photographer, Mr. Clyde Waddell, also provided the interesting glosses accompanying each photograph. Several attested copies of this work has emerged including one with a 'title page' held by the Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. Mr. Waddell was a military photographer. Many of his captions sound like annotations that would be found in a typical military magazine. The album begins with several general long shots of Calcutta and ends with a picture of dhobi-s (washermen) washing clothes. The text accompanying the last photograph also sounds as if the author intended to finish with that picture of one of the "great mysteries of India." The annotations have been included because of their intrinsic interest not only to the photographs but to a 'typical' American impression of India at this time. |
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Source | http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/sasia/calcutta1947/ |
Author | Clyde Waddell |
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[edit]- 2005-10-05 20:19:12 Calcuttaphile 761×731 (153118 bytes) Photos taken by GIs in Calcutta in 1945. Obtained as a photo album by University of Pennsylvania Library. The digital copies of these photos are available without any licence ( learnt by personal correspondence with nelsond@pobox.upenn.edu ) . Visit http:
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