May 30, 2013

A Patient - Kerala 1901

May 19, 2013

Sunday School in a Christian Church - Kerala

Kitchen Workers Grinding, Pounding Grain and Cutting Wood for the Fire - Kerala 1902

Malabar Women Pounding Paddy - Kerala

Group of Carpenters Working - Kerala 1914

Group Photo of a Muslim Family - Kerala 1914

Syrian Christian family - Kerala 1912


The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians or Nasrani, are an ancient community of Christians from Kerala, India who trace their origins to evangelistic activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. The community was historically united in leadership and liturgy, but since the 17th century have been split into several different church denominations and traditions.
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Plowing Rice Field - Kerala 1901

Malabar Christian Ladies - Kerala 1902

Nair Girls Preparing for Thaalappoli Ritual - Kerala 1914

An Wealthy North Kerala Family

A Brahmin family - Kerala 1902

Muslim women covering their face and walking on the streets - Kerala

Group of Nair Women - Kerala 1914

Girl from the Cheruma Tribe - Kerala 1930

A Well Dressed Nair Girl with an Umbrella - Kerala

A Theeyya Woman Taking a Bath in the Stream - Kerala 1921

A Muslim Family - Kerala 1901

Preparing thatched leaves from coconut palm leaves - Kerala 1921

Two of the Raja's Guests - Chota Nagpur c1900


From the book: Chota Nagpore, A Little-Known Province of the Empire 1910 (Read Online)

Santal Women Carrying Pitchers from the Well - Chota Nagpur c1900


From the book: Chota Nagpore, A Little-Known Province of the Empire 1910 (Read Online)

The Crowning of a Raja - Chota Nagpur c1900


From the book: Chota Nagpore, A Little-Known Province of the Empire 1910 (Read Online)

The Thakur Bari, Where the Family God Resides - Chota Nagpur c1900


From the book: Chota Nagpore, A Little-Known Province of the Empire 1910 (Read Online)

The Present Raja of Seraikela - Chota Nagpur c1900


From the book: Chota Nagpore, A Little-Known Province of the Empire 1910 (Read Online)

A Sugar Mill - Chota Nagpur c1900


From the book: Chota Nagpore, A Little-Known Province of the Empire 1910 (Read Online)

Prisoners at Work Beating Out Aloe Fibre - Chota Nagpur c1900


From the book: Chota Nagpore, A Little-Known Province of the Empire 1910 (Read Online)

The Potter's Wheel - Chota Nagpur c1900


From the book: Chota Nagpore, A Little-Known Province of the Empire 1910 (Read Online)

A Barber at Work by the Wayside - Chota Nagpur c1900


From the book: Chota Nagpore, A Little-Known Province of the Empire 1910 (Read Online)

Glimpse of the Jherria Coal-Fields - Chota Nagpur c1900


From the book: Chota Nagpore, A Little-Known Province of the Empire 1910 (Read Online)

A Group of Coolies' Children - Chota Nagpur c1900


From the book: Chota Nagpore, A Little-Known Province of the Empire 1910 (Read Online)

May 18, 2013

Communist election campaigners are riding a Tonga in Karol Bagh, Delhi before 1952 General Elections

Farmer Picks Crops - India c1950's

Closeup Photograph of Three Girls - India 1940-50's

Adult Education in India - c1940-50's

Merchants doing the day's accounts in a Bazaar - India 1940-50's


Merchants doing the day's accounts, a familiar sight in every bazaar in the evening. They are wearing a brown or black cap, which is used widely by many people of their class & caste. Most business in all but the largest offices & cities is carried on from the squatting position, among tidy white mattresses & bolsters. Hours in the bazaar are long, starting sometimes as early as 8 in the morning and going on till 9 or 10 at night, with perhaps a siesta during the heat of midday. The man in the right is not of the merchant caste, but is a Brahmin (priestly class). His sacred thread, which only a Brahmin may wear can be seen round his shoulder.

Source: University of Hawaii at Manoa Library

Girl Looking at Caged Birds - India 1940-50's