an American serviceman, Glenn S. Hensley took these amazing pictures in Kolkata during Second World War (In the Year 1943-44). He donated these photographs numbering almost 600 to University of Chicago. The text with the pictures written by the photographer himself.
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Workman washing down his buffalo in Hooghly River a short distance above Howrah Bridge, Calcutta side of the river
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Village market not far from Kidderpur, Calcutta metro area
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Stevedores handling cargo on sinking gangplank, upstream from Howrah Bridge a short distance
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Steam-powered, side-wheel ferry loads on Calcutta side of Hooghly River not far upstream from the Botanical Garden
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Scene from bridge in what we knew as Kidderpore enroute from downtown Calcutta to air base at Alipore. (Kidderpore and Canal Road)
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Sail and steam-power river boats on Hooghly River downstream from Howrah Bridge
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Riverfront activity
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River traffic as seen from Howrah Bridge
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River activity, Calcutta side of Hooghly, upstream from Botanical Garden
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River activity near Botanical Garden
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Public water supply, Kidderpore area
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Hooghly River