IDNO

DG.144824.SHP

Description

"Women porters on the Darjeeling - Himalayan Railway.
en route from Calcutta. 4 August 1938."

Place

S Asia; India; West Bengal; Darjeeling; Kolkata [Calcutta]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Shepheard, Ken

Collector / Expedition

Date

4 August 1938

Collection Name

Shepheard Collection

Source

Shepheard Rogers, Patricia

Format

Album Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Archive: Noted in Shepheard's diary 'Some Notes of Ken Shepheard on his expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, in September - October 1938' p.8,
"4 Aug 0615 Changed Siliguri
1230 Arr. Darjeeling; stayed Mt Everest Hotel.
Shopping on Kydd’s telephone; Sent off 6 coolies
under Man Bahadur to Gangtok." [JD 26/01/2020]