Entrance to Nave (Simhasanum) North Portico
Artist: Linnaeus Tripe.Artist Bio: British, 1822 - 1902.Creation Date: 1858.Process: salt print.Credit Line: Gift of Prentice and Paul Sack.Accession Number: 1997.025.043
Tower of Victory - Early photography, Public domain image
Title: Tower of Victory .Artist: Samuel Bourne.Artist Bio: British, 1834 - 1912.Creation Date: c. 1863 - 1870.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Num... More
Public Works Secretariat - Early photography, Public domain image
Artist: Bourne and Shepherd.Artist Bio: Indian photography studio, established 1866.Creation Date: c. 1870s.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Numbe... More
Nynee Tal, Artist's "Bit" Trees
Artist: Samuel Bourne.Artist Bio: British, 1834 - 1912.Creation Date: 1867.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Number: 2003.019.007
Delhi - private audience hall which once contained the famous Peacock ...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Darjeeling - two men carrying baskets of tea
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Darjeeling - woman with back pack
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Delhi - Palace of the Moguls - pool built and blessed by the Saint Nig...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
An Indian beggar - standing in front of iron fence
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
An ekka, India - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, chariot, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Indian women in railway coach below signs reading "Native females" and...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
[Pavilion of India, Paris Exposition, 1889]
Seven turbaned men in front of Indian pavilion. Originals in PR12, LOT 6634.
Delhi, the Kutub Minar and Surrounding Ruins
Title: Delhi, the Kutub Minar and Surrounding Ruins.Artist: Samuel Bourne.Artist Bio: British, 1834 - 1912.Creation Date: 1867.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collect... More
Panorama of Bombay - Early photography, Public domain image
Artist: Samuel Bourne.Artist Bio: British, 1834 - 1912.Creation Date: 1870.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Number: 2002.028.017a
Cocoanut Fair after the Ceremony
Artist: Bourne and Shepherd.Artist Bio: Indian photography studio, established 1866.Creation Date: c. 1870s.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Numbe... More
Railway station at Ghoom, East Bengal
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More
WTC [i.e. World Transportation Commission] and railway officials stand...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Calcutta - ocean freighter offloading at river front
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Nautch girl dancing with musicians accomp. Calcutta, India - Frank G. ...
Photo shows a female dancer standing between two musicians, one with drums and the other with a stringed instrument. Title from caption card and item. No. 216. LOT subdivision subject: India. Forms part of: Fra... More
General View, Bhurtpore - Early photography, Public domain image
Artist: Samuel Bourne.Artist Bio: British, 1834 - 1912.Creation Date: 1865.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Number: 2002.028.008
Kashmir Foliage on the Dhul Canal
Artist: Samuel Bourne.Artist Bio: British, 1834 - 1912.Creation Date: 1864-1866.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Number: 2002.028.003
Darjeeling, Forest Scene near Tukvar, India
Artist: Samuel Bourne.Artist Bio: British, 1834 - 1912.Creation Date: 1869.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of Joe and Tara Holley ... More
Ahmedabad, Rani Sipri's Mosque - Early photography, Public domain imag...
Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: c. 1880.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Number: 2006.045.045
Golden Temple, India - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: India. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). No. 285.
Official, India - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Man standing, full-length, holding umbrella, left hand on back of chair. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
Woman wearing court dress and Indian jewelry
Photo shows a young noble woman, seated, facing front, wearing a dress with head covering, also arm, wrist, and ankle bands, finger and toe rings, nose piercing, and a large necklace.
Hyderabad - street market scene leading to gates of Char-Minar
Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-D4271-353. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library o... More
Indian mother and children. 19th century, Library of Congress collecti...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
A switchback station loop on the East Bengal Railway
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More
World Transp. Comm. inspecting railway tunnel
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Madras, India -- One of "Seven Pagodas"
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Steamer India] - Public domain image of a steam boat
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Rosenberg's great east India horse invigorator
Print shows two men forcing "Rosenberg's Great East India Horse Invigorator" from a bottle into a horse's mouth. Caption continues: Depot 698 Broadway, cor. 4th St. New York. Publication date based on copyrigh... More
Untitled (group of six) - Early photography, Public domain image
Artist: Shepherd and Robertson.Artist Bio: Indian photography studio, active 1862 - 1870.Creation Date: 1863.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Anonymous donation.Accession Number: 1993.033.007
Harbor from St. Xavier's College Showing Victoria Station and Municipa...
Artist: Bourne and Shepherd.Artist Bio: Indian photography studio, established 1866.Creation Date: c. 1870s.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Numbe... More
Near Ramguria - Early photography, Public domain image
Title: Near Ramguria.Artist: John Edward Sache.Artist Bio: Active India, 1865 - 1882.Creation Date: late 19th century.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Acces... More
Gate entrance to the Taj - Egypt
Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description
Kasauli. Christ Church - Egypt
Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
India--Benares--Monkey Temple. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...
Interior view of the monkey temple at Benares, India, showing elaborately carved columns and doorways.
Madura - street scene with temple in background
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Calcutta - thatch-roofed boat in foreground; bathers and cows in backg...
Public domain reproduction of colorized lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Benares (?) pool, William Henry Jackson photograph
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More
Benares - at the bathing ghats. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
WTC [i.e. World Transportation Commission] members and British officer...
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More
Merchants trading from large riverboats
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Three women grinding food on flat stones
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Riverfront scene, lantern slide
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
WTC [i.e. World Transportation Commission] on two special cars, East B...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
WTC [i.e. World Transportation Commission] and other guests at a recep...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Joseph G. Pangborn standing with group of natives
Public domain reproduction of colorized lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Joseph G. Pangborn on railway station platform
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Trichinopoly: West side of large gopuram
Title: Trichinopoly: West side of large gopuram.Artist: Edmund David Lyon.Artist Bio: British, c. 1829 - 1891.Creation Date: c. 1865 - 1871.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph B... More
Interior of the Chousut Kamba, or Sixty-four Pillared Hall, Delhi
Artist: Samuel Bourne.Artist Bio: British, 1834 - 1912.Creation Date: 1865.Print Date: 1865.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of Arthur Ollman.Accession Number: 1992.031.001
Courtyard and Entrance to Fort Amber
Artist: Bourne and Shepherd.Artist Bio: Indian photography studio, established 1866.Creation Date: 1871.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Number: 2... More
Futtepore Sikri: The Panch Mahal
Title: Futtepore Sikri: The Panch Mahal.Artist: John Edward Sache.Artist Bio: Active India, 1865 - 1882.Creation Date: late 19th century.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benka... More
Kling boy, India - Public domain portrait print
Studio picture of small, almost nude, boy posed standing full lgth. in front of large rock.
A switchback station loop on the East Bengal Railway
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More
Men squatting on sidewalk - two playing stringed instruments in foreg...
Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bombay - Victoria Station, William Henry Jackson photograph
Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 782. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1... More
Tomb of Shums-ood-deen Altomsh, builderof the Kutub, Delhi (side a)
Artist: Samuel Bourne.Artist Bio: British, 1834 - 1912.Creation Date: 1865.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Anonymous donation.Accession Number: 1993.033.004
The Chandney Chouk, The Principle Street in Delhi
Book Title: #1356.Artist: Samuel Bourne.Artist Bio: British, 1834 - 1912.Creation Date: 1865.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Number: 2003.019.002
Elephanta, Group of Figures Near Water Cave
Artist: Bourne and Shepherd.Artist Bio: Indian photography studio, established 1866.Creation Date: c. 1875.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Number... More
Wai [India] / Bourne & Shepherd.
Photograph showing river's edge, with temples on opposite shore. In album: India. Bourne 2421.
The Taj at Agra, view from the river.
Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Priest sitting. India. 189-?]. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to Hindu, Hinduism, India, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Indian workers constructing railway coaches
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Herd of water buffalo beside water
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
View of Khandwa Ravine on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, from Lan...
Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 782. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1... More
Captain, pilot and wheelman posed on deck of Brahmaputra river steamer
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More
Trichinopoly - Temple of Vishnu at Srirangam - from the 1st Gopura
Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 707. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1... More
Benares - the Manikaranika - a holy well
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More
India - Hindu family advertising card
Print shows a woman seated at a Singer sewing machine sewing a garment while her daughters look on. Advertisement for the specific model number of the machine is on the verso.
Bombay, Group of Brahmins, Parbu Caste
Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: 1870s.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Number: 2006.045.043
Jain Temple - Early photography, Public domain image
Artist: Bourne and Shepherd.Artist Bio: Indian photography studio, established 1866.Creation Date: c. 1873.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Number... More
Darjeeling, bridge over the Rungroo
Photograph of pedestrians on a wooden bridge over rocky falls, Darjeeling, India.
Parsee wedding, India - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Group of 21 people posed. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Photograph by Bourne & Shepherd, Bombay.
Madura - street procession with men on elephants
Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 686. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1... More
Tuticorin - street scene, William Henry Jackson photograph
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1943. World's Transportation Commission photograph collec... More
Birds-eye view of Darjeeling - photo by William Henry Jackson
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More
Benares - preparing dead bodies for cremation
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More
Woman carrying large corrugated sheets
Public domain reproduction of colorized lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hindu devotee - 3 men squatting beside barbed-wire fence
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Five men in village street. 19th century, Library of Congress collecti...
Public domain reproduction of lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Railway guard standing on tracks
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Benares - courtyard area behind burning ghat
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More
Delhi - Palace of the Moguls - pool built and blessed by the Saint Nig...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Madura - Temple of Siva from the Palace of Tiru
Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-D4271-285. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library o... More
Conical Roofed Stone Temple - Early photography, Public domain image
Artist: Edmund David Lyon.Artist Bio: British, c. 1829 - 1891.Creation Date: c. 1865-1871.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection.Accession Number: 2006.045.079
The Iron Pillar, Delhi. - Egypt
Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description
[Café in the rotunda of the Pavilion of India, with waiters and patron...
Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Taj viewed from the gate entrance
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[Snake charmers, India] - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Photo shows three men, one man squatting before a cobra in a pot, holding the snake with his right hand and making a fist with his left in front of the snake's head, the second man is standing with a large snak... More
Tuticorin - water buffalo & large cart before old Portugese house
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1943. World's Transportation Commission photograph collec... More
Black coach with gilded wheels drawn by two horses
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Coolies transferring bales of jute from boats at Saraghat (?)
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collec... More
Fleet of fishing boat [sic] on bank of Ganges (?)
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
A city on the mountains, India. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...
Title on caption list in quotations; the "city" may be a hotel or palace. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection... More
Jacob and Andy; two turbanned men standing in red-carpeted hallway
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Going to the reception on the Maharaja's elephant
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Seven men at door of freight car
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).