Object Details
sova.naa.photolot.161
- Local Call Number(s)
- NAA Photo Lot 161, USNM ACC 40922
- Collector
- Koch, Emma Augusta, 1847-1932
- Names
- Bourne & Shepherd
- Scowen & Co.
- Shepherd & Robertson
- Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912
- Shepherd, Charles
- Place
- Australia
- India
- Afghanistan
- Assam (India)
- Bengal (India)
- Rajasthan (India)
- Tibet (China)
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Burma
- Andaman Islands (India)
- Jammu and Kashmir (India)
- Topic
- Architecture -- India
- Tea trade
- Collector
- Koch, Emma Augusta, 1847-1932
- Culture
- Pushtuns
- East Indians
- Burmese
- Andamanese (Indic people)
- Assamese
- Fakirs
- Pakistanis
- Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)
- Kashmiri (South Asian people)
- Bengali (South Asian people)
- Tibetans
- Nepalese
- See more items in
- Emma A. Koch photograph collection relating to India, South Asia, and Australia
- Extent
- 165 Albumen prints (circa 165 mounted prints, mounted)
- Date
- circa 1862-1885
- Custodial History note
- Donated by Emma Augusta Koch to the United States National Museum in 1903 (accession 40922). Three photographs were found in the office of Smithsonian anthropologist Gus Van Beek, and transferred to the National Anthropological Archives, 1979. Four photographs were relocated from Photo Lot 8.
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.PhotoLot.161
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Albumen prints
- Photographs
- Citation
- Photo lot 161, Emma A. Koch photograph collection relating to India, South Asia, and Australia, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Existence and Location of Copies note
- Digital surrogate is available online.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs
- Other Finding Aids note
- Inventory available in repository.
- Scope and Contents note
- Photographs collected by Emma A. Koch documenting the people and natural and built environments in India, South Asia, and Australia. The collection largely consists of images of East Indian peoples, structures, scenery, and activities, including tea making and entertainment; areas of India most commonly depicted are Assam, Bengal, and the Andaman Islands. Additional photographs portray people, architecture, and scenery in Burma, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet, and Australia. Most of the photographs were likely taken by Samuel Bourne and Charles Shepherd (Bourne & Shepherd), with some made by Scowen & Co., Shepherd & Robertson, Benjamin F. Simpson, Reynolds, and Ganey.
- Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
NAA.PhotoLot.161
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NAA.PhotoLot.161
NAA
- Record ID
- ebl-1503511992847-1503511992849-0
