The World-Wide Web Virtual Library
07 May 2001
Harappa: The Indus Valley and the Raj in India and Pakistan
www.harappa.com, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Supplied note:
"Glimpses of India and Pakistan before 1947 and the story of the ancient
Indus Valley. Old photographs, rare film footage and long unseen media from before
independence in India and Pakistan."
Site contents: PHOTOGRAPHS (Hawkshaw's India: from Lahore to Gwalior,
Bremner's India 1883-1923, Photo Map: 130 photographs from 11 places a
century ago [access via an interactive map, as well as by city name -
ed.], Magic Lantern India 1895: Join William Henry Jackson on a
hand-colored tour, The Photographers: Samuel Bourne 1863-1869, Fred
Bremner 1883-1923, John Sache 1865-1883, Links to other sites: Lala
Deen Dayal 1844-1910, Frederico Peliti 1844-1914, India Through the
Lens Photography 1840-1911, The Imperial Gaze - The Photography of
Samuel Bourne 1863-1970);
LITHOGRAPHS (Noblemen, Musicians, Execution, Varanasi, Temple, Kathiawar,
Elephanta 1, Elephanta 2);
POSTCARDS [several images in each category - ed.] (Agra, Bangalore,
Benares, Bombay/Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai/Madras, Colombo, Darjeeling,
Delhi, Fakirs, Jaipur, Kashmir, Lucknow, People, Sri Lanka, Text
[contents of a handful of postcards from the turn of the century -
ed.], Hoffman's India, Clifton's Bombay, Tuck's Calcutta, Plate's
Ceylon, Johnny's Karachi, Tuck's Lahore, Mela Ram's Frontier, Marrot's
Baluchistan, Kashmir Views, Oodeyram's Jaipur);
WOOD ENGRAVINGS (Delhi, Himalayas, People, Monuments, Festivals, Punjab);
MOVIES [QuickTime format], incl. 'Outtakes and Newsreels 1941', 'The Shah
Collection [amateur color film] 1939-48';
SOUNDS [RealAudio & MP3 format] (Gandhi, Jinnah, Nehru, Ghani Khan of
Pathan, Princess Abida Sultaan of Bhopal);
INDUS VALLEY [a collection of approx 800 images from archaeological
excavations];
Bazaar [an online shop]; About Us; Send card; Newsletter.
URL http://www.harappa.com/
Link reported by: Ben Cooper (acquiring@ashlists.org)
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