A northern view of Chowringhee Road in Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal, India. This street was the chief European thoroughfare. The street is lined with horse-drawn carriages and poles holding up power lines. A man on a bicycle is riding down the center of the road. Large ornate buildings are visible on the right and in the background. The building on the right is likely the Grand Hotel of Calcutta, today known as the Oberoi Grand Hotel. Between Chowringhee Road and the Ganges River is an open field called the Maidan, an open field that is a home to sports fields, gardens, and statues, (1912).

Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_B3181

Date Original
1912

Language
English

Source
New York State Archives, New York (State). Education Department, Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides, ca. 1856-1939. A3045-78, B3181.

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