British India photo archive following an unidentified man, likely a serviceman, in Mhow and Mandu during World War II, 1942-1943, preserving a localized record of colonial wartime life through mess scenes, sport, staff bungalows, named companions, imposed colonial social frameworks, and visits to the major Islamic monuments of Mandu. The.....
Colonial Indian labor photo archive depicting street work, informal commerce, transport labor, and social hierarchy under British rule, circa 1890s-1920s. British India depended on low-paid manual labor to move people, goods, food, and raw materials through cities, ports, hill stations, and military cantonments. The group contrasts workers seated on the.....
India glass lantern slide archive documenting class hierarchy dichotomy in British India, with scenes of village labor, bazaar exchange, railway movement, industrialization, Sikhs, and colonial cavalry, circa 1900-20. Images clearly depict the class divid and Cast system; villagers and laborers are shown seated on bare ground in carpentry work, men.....
