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1 Medical services
2 Educational services
3 Religious affairs
4 Scenes of village and urban life
5 Album of photographs from Mrs Joyce Aylen of St. Andrew's, Jeyi
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Church Missionary Society photograph collection

Title Scenes of village and urban life
Reference CMS/2/4
(former reference: CMS II/D)
Covering Dates 1949–1970
Extent and Medium 69 images
Access and Use

Images 1-39 taken by Mr. Roger Hooker.

RCS/CMS/2/4 contains:
1 Street scene with charcoal baskets in foreground. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative and 246 x 157 mm. enlargement. 1966
2 A stall in old Benares [Varanasi]. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative and 246 x 157 mm. enlargement. 1966
3 Street scene. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative and 246 x 157 mm. enlargement. 1966
4 A mural in Benares [Varanasi]. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative and 246 x 157 mm. enlargement. 1966
5 Bas-relief on a house wall in Benares [Varanasi]. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative and 246 x 157 mm. enlargement. 1966
6 Gold plated roof of the stone temple in Benares [Varanasi]. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative and 246 x 157 mm. enlargement. 1966
7 Village views en route for Benares [Varanasi]: the cattle are grinding sugar cane. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
8 Washing up in village en route for Benares [Varanasi]. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
9 Buddhist temple at Sarnath. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
10 Street scene in Benares [Varanasi] with rosaries and pottery for sale. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
11 Street side stroll in Benares [Varanasi]. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
12 Benares [Varanasi] Hindu University Temple. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
13 Collected cow dung. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
14 Durga Temple, Benares [Varanasi]. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
15 Temple built on the river mud. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
16 Very ornate gold temple roof. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
17 Stupa being repaired. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
18 Ghats at Benares [Varanasi], with priests under umbrellas. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
19 Merchants, beggars, lepers and pilgrims on the steps down to the river at Benares [Varanasi]. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative, taken by Mr. Roger Hooker. 1966
20 Puppet shows with musician. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
21 Another view of puppet show in CMS 2/4/20 showing dancing puppets. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
22 Close up of dentist's poster at Kunda. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
23 Crowds at the Kumbh Mela on the dried up bed of the River Jumna [Yamuna] near the confluence with the Ganges River. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
24 Floating bridge across the Jumna [Yamuna] River erected for the Kumbh Mela. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
25 Sadhu on thorn bed at the Kumbh Mela. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
26 Sadhu at the Kumbh Mela. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
27 Sadhu at the Kumbh Mela. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
28 At one point we were in a crowd like this at the Kumbh Mela. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
29 Looking back across the Jumna [Yamuna] River at the Kumbh Mela crowds. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
30 Allahabad Cathedral. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
31 The tailor's son at Katra bazaar. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
32 Burning ghats. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
33 Part of the river front at Benares [Varanasi] showing a man in meditation by the Ganges. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
34 Bathing ghats, Benares [Varanasi]. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
35 View of the bathing ghats at Benares [Varanasi], showing buildings in the background, formerly princes' palaces but now hostels for pilgrims. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
36 Sarnath. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
37 Kennedy Lodge and us [Allahabad?]. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative, taken by Mr. Roger Hooker, presumably showing Hooker and his wife. 1966
38 Picture of a woman at Sarnath, presumably Mrs Hooker. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
39 Picture of a seated woman outdoors, presumably Mrs Roger Hooker. 83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. 1966
40 Champanagar, Bhagalpur: ploughing with oxen-drawn wooden plough. 164 x 115 mm. glossy print with 83 x 56 mm. negative. 1950–1970
41 Deoghar: two sweeper boys, 1949. 115 x 148 mm glossy print with 53 x 84 mm negative. 1949
42 Jalna: village women at the pump. 154 x 111 mm glossy print. 1950–1970
43 Jeyi: damage caused by flooding from branch canal, Nov. 1963. 157 x 100 mm glossy print with 82 x 50 mm negative. 1963
44 Jeyi: damage caused by flooding from branch canal, Nov. 1963. 157 x 100 mm glossy print with 82 x 50 mm negative. 1963
45 Jeyi: canal officer and assistant viewing flood damage, 1963. 129 x 79 mm glossy print with 82 x 50 mm negative. 1963
46 Jeyi: another view of flooding. 82 x 50 mm. negative. 1963
47 Ratanpur: people at work, 1974. Sheet of 11 contact prints with negatives. 1974
48 Irrigating fields from a well. 118 x 83 mm. glossy print. 1960
49 Child drinking from a pump. 118 x 83 mm. glossy print. 1960
50 Village street in Valasai. 118 x 83 mm. glossy print. 1960
51 Measuring out the onion crop. 118 x 83 mm. glossy print. 1960
52 Weighing the onion crop. 118 x 83 mm. glossy print. 1960
53 Grinding grain to a paste. 118 x 83 mm. glossy print. 1960
54 Grinding grain. 118 x 83 mm. glossy print. 1960
55 Irrigation from a well with two teams working side by side. 118 x 83 mm. glossy print. 1960
56 Patamcottah Deaf School: House-Mother teaching a child the Bible Story. 118 x 83 mm. glossy print. 1960
57 Camel Caravan from Kandahar, 1949. 155 x 102 mm glossy print with 82 x 56 mm negative. 1949
58 Srinagar from the River Jhelum. 155 x 105 mm glossy print with 56 x 82 mm negative. 1949
59 The fort, Srinagar, from Rainwari Hospital, 1949. 155 x 115 mm glossy print with 46 x 56 mm negative. 1949

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