Tall-masted sailing ships moored in Calcutta harbour on turquoise water, small boats and a gangway with figures in front, under a pale peach sky

Antique hand-coloured map of Calcutta showing dense streets, the river, green parkland and a star-shaped fort — Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

Sailing Ships in the Harbor, Calcutta

Pictures by Photoglob Co.

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A forest of masts and rigging rises over the turquoise Hooghly in this hand-coloured photochrom of Calcutta from about 1895, with country boats gathered at the water's edge. Inside, an old plan of the city traces the river and its streets, a reminder that Kolkata grew up along this branch of the Ganges more than 100 miles from the sea. For someone who loves ships, old cities or faraway places.

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Calcutta · Photochrom / Sailing Ships in the Harbor / Photochrom, Photoglob Co., c. 1895 / A forest of masts and rigging rises over the turquoise Hooghly, with country boats gathered in front. The city, now called Kolkata, grew up along this branch of the Ganges, more than 100 miles upriver from the sea.

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