Showing posts with label Dhaka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dhaka. Show all posts

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)

Chowk or the market place in Dhaka (Currently in Bangladesh) - 1904

Chowk or the market place in Dhaka (Currently in Bangladesh) - 1904

Photograph taken by Fritz Kapp in 1904 in Dacca (now Dhaka), part of an album of 30 prints from the Curzon Collection. This is a view of the Chowk or the market place in Dhaka, looking across the shop roofs. The Chowk Bazaar is at the seething heart of the old city of Dhaka, its narrow, twisted roads are lined with old buildings, the ground floors of which house shops selling a multitude of things. All manner of vehicles, predominantly rickshaws, crowd the streets.

Source: bl.uk ( British Library)