May 10, 2009

Life in Calcutta (Kolkata) - 1944 Part - 9

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.

Food sellers near the Esplanade and tram terminus

Food sellers near the Esplanade and tram terminus,

cow dung fuel seller

Colorful uniforms

Cane juice seller in action at a festival in the Maidan,

Calcutta harbor scene, downstream from Howrah Bridge,

Boy and girl with Breads

Afternoon monsoon clouds form over the Maidan and Calcutta's downtown tram terminus

Afternoon monsoon clouds form over the Maidan and Calcutta's downtown tram terminus

Activity in Maidan