Showing posts with label Bangladesh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bangladesh. Show all posts

Mar 19, 2016

Gorai River in Bengal (Currently in Bangladesh) - 1860

Gorai River in Bengal (Currently in Bangladesh) - 1860

The Gorai-Madhumati River is one of the longest rivers in Bangladesh and a distributary of the Ganges. In the upper reaches it is called the Gorai, and the name changes to Madhumati.
Source: British Library

Jan 17, 2016

Street Scenes of Dhaka, Bangladesh (Then East Pakistan) - 1960's

 Baitul Mukarram Market area, beside the G.P.O. Dhaka, Bangladesh (1967)
Baitul Mukarram Market area, beside the G.P.O. Dhaka, Bangladesh (1967)

Street Scenes of Dhaka, Bangladesh (Then East Pakistan) - 1960's

Street Scenes of Dhaka, Bangladesh (Then East Pakistan) - 1960's

Street Scenes of Dhaka, Bangladesh (Then East Pakistan) - 1960's

Street Scenes of Dhaka, Bangladesh (Then East Pakistan) - 1960's

Street Scenes of Dhaka, Bangladesh (Then East Pakistan) - 1960's

Street scene of Dhanmondi, Dhaka (1960s)Dhanmondi, Dhaka (1960s)

Street scene of Dhanmondi, Dhaka (1960s)
Dhanmondi, Dhaka (1960s)

Street scene of Dhanmondi, Dhaka (1960s)
Dhanmondi, Dhaka (1960s)

Source: Bangladesh Old Photo Archive Facebook Page

Jan 3, 2016

Nawab's Deer Park in Dhaka (Currently in Bangladesh) - 1904

Nawab's Deer Park in Dhaka (Currently in Bangladesh) - 1904

Photograph taken by Fritz Kapp in 1904 of a herd of deer taken in the Nawab's Deer Park in Dacca (now Dhaka), part of an album of 30 prints from the Curzon Collection.

Source: bl.uk (British Library)

Bibi Peri's Tomb, Lal Bagh in Dhaka (Currently in Bangladesh) - 1904

Bibi Peri's Tomb, Lal Bagh in Dhaka (Currently in Bangladesh) - 1904

Photograph taken by Fritz Kapp in 1904 of the mausoleum in Lalbagh Fort in Dacca ( Dhaka), part of an album of 30 prints from the Curzon Collection.

Source: bl.uk ( British Library)

Northbrook Hall in Dhaka (Currently in Bangladesh) - 1904

Northbrook Hall in Dhaka (Currently in Bangladesh) - 1904

Photograph taken by Fritz Kapp in 1904 of buildings in Dacca (now Dhaka), part of an album of 30 prints from the Curzon Collection. The view is of Northbrook Hall designed in the so-called Indo-Saracenic style, with Johnson Hall, in a similar style, visible in the background. The buildings may have been attached to Dhaka University at this date, but later Northbrook Hall functioned as the Town Hall.

Source: bl.uk ( British Library)