The images include a rich array of photographs taken in Calcutta during 1943-44 by Mr. Hensley, a professional photographer participating in the surveillance of the Japanese in Burma for the U.S. Army. During his off-duty time Mr. Hensley used his ethnographer's eye to capture daily life in a number of locations around India. The majority of the images are from Calcutta and its environs. Other locations in this collection are Madras, Kharagpur, Agra, and Burma. The photographs and notes were prepared by Hensley for his wife to use in teaching world history courses in Missouri during World War II.
Cremation ceremony at a Ghat a short distance upstream from Howrah Bridge
Chowringee Road (Esplanade) near the tram terminus. Building with clock tower housed Whiteaway and Laidlaw department store
Chowringee and tram terminus from Calcutta Statesman editorial Building
Children near entrance to U. S. air base at Alipore, somewhere Garden Reach Road
Calcutta police on Strand Road
Bombay Tea Shop
Apartment building along South Chowringee Road near what is now R. Mitra Road
Activity at ghat on Strand Road, upstream from Howrah Bridge
Activity at ghat north of Howrah Bridge