Saturday, January 14, 2006

Madras of the 1890's

The Library of Congress' World's Transportation Commission photography collection has come rather interesting snap-shots of the World as it was in the mid-1890's. The entire itinerary that the commission followed is available here.

Below are two snapshots of my native city - Chennai (formerly Madras) in South India.

Madras High Court 1890s Posted by Picasa


Madras Central 1890s Posted by Picasa
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous15 January, 2006 20:59

    Singara Chennai ... ippo seerazhintha chennai...
    Nice Snaps though. There are some old movie songs of 60s (Azhagiya mithilai nagarinile.. if I remember correct) in which Chennai looked great....
    Arune

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  2. Deb Sistrunk Nelson22 January, 2006 05:08

    Beautiful images.

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