Hardcover
n.d. [probably early 20th centur
by [Photo Album]
n.d. [probably early 20th century]. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 leaves with windows for four small photos on both sides for a total of 96 4 x 6 cm. photos. Almost are superior quality images although quite small. Only a few show much lightening, fading or browning. Inked captions under almost every photo. Small oblong album (cloth-backed boards). 20 x 15 cm. Cover intact with moderate scuffing and wear. The compiler appears to have been employed by or had some other involvement with the Carnatic Mills in Madras which is generally the subject of the first 40 photos in the album. Most of the next 32 photos are of sights, activities and people in and around Madras. The album concludes with some views and in and around Bangalore, a couple of photos, one including a bicycle, taken on or near the water at Ennur [Ennore?], several of the Nilgiris (including a train with a pushing engine at the end and the Dodabetta Observatory), and a cordite factory at Wellington. The album is undated. Bullock drawn carts and a bicycle show up in the photos. The only motorized vehicles are trains. We found no dates in any of the captions. We believe that the photos were taken in the first decade or two of the 20th century and that the compiler was probably from the British Isles.
(Inventory #: 92358)