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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Food sellers near the Esplanade and tram terminus
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Food sellers near the Esplanade and tram terminus,
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cow dung fuel seller
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Colorful uniforms
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Cane juice seller in action at a festival in the Maidan,
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Calcutta harbor scene, downstream from Howrah Bridge,
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Boy and girl with Breads
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Afternoon monsoon clouds form over the Maidan and Calcutta's downtown tram terminus
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Afternoon monsoon clouds form over the Maidan and Calcutta's downtown tram terminus
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Activity in Maidan