Wednesday, January 21, 2009

पुराना नैनीताल

नैनीताल की यह बहुत पुरानी तस्वीरें मुझे इंटरनेट से मिली हैं



“General view looking down on Naini Tal Lake from the northern hills,” Photograph of Nainital from the Macnabb Collection (Col James Henry Erskine Reid): Album of views of ‘Naini Tal’ taken by Lawrie & Company in 1895.

Oriental and India Office Collection, British Library






Naini Tal, After landslip of 1880.” 1883.
Macnabb Coll.


Oriental and India Office Collection,
British Library.





(Naina (Cheena or China) Peak can be seen on the right in this 1855 photograph, and Deopatta sloping upwards on the left. “View [of Naini Tal] from the Lake.” 1855. Photographer Dr. John Murray (1809-1898). From Murray Collection: ‘Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity.’

Oriental and India Office Collection, British Library.




Alma Hill, Snow View and the Old Government House atop the Sher-ka-Danda Ridge in 1886. “The lake at Naini Tal (U.P.). 9 October 1886.” Water-colour painting of the lake at Naini Tal in the United Provinces by Charles J. Cramer-Roberts (1834-1895), 9 October 1886. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Naini Tal. Oct 9/86. C.J.C.R.’

Oriental and India Office Collection, British Library.