Jute Production in Bengal, circa 1900

This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library

Scope and Content

Collection consisting of 6 x 6 cm copy negatives from original prints. The original photographs are in four volumes, entitled; Jute (cultivation and preparation), Jute (assorting and baling), Jute (its manufacture), and Jute (baling for export). Original photographs by Johnston and Hoffman, copy negatives made by John Falconer.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

The original photographs were loaned for copying by Paul Fort, August 1984.

Note

Includes index.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Related Material

For a note on the firm Johnston and Hoffman see Y3022AA.

Additional Information

This collection level description was entered by SG using information from the original typescript catalogue.

Falconer, John, b 1951, Curator of photographs, British Library