ওল্ড কোর্ট হাউস স্ট্রিটে গ্রেট ঈস্টার্ন হোটেল, নীচতলায় নিউম্যান কম্পানির বইপত্রের দোকান , কলকাতা, c১৯২০
The imposing palatial building of the colonial era hotel, The Great Eastern Hotel, still stands there on the Old Court House Street, Calcutta. It was established in 1840 or 1841 by David Wilson as the Auckland Hotel, named after George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, then Governor General of India. Prior to opening the hotel, Wilson ran a bakery at the same site. The hotel opened with 100 rooms and a department store on the ground floor. The Auckland was expanded in the 1860s and renamed from D. Wilson and Co. to Great Eastern Hotel Wine and General Purveying Co. In 1915, It became the Great Eastern Hotel in 1915. It was said of the hotel in 1883 that “a man could walk in at one end, buy a complete outfit, a wedding present, or seeds for the garden, have an excellent meal, a burra peg (double) and if the barmaid was agreeable, walk out at the other end engaged to be married” (City of Dreadful Night by Rudyard Kipling)
Source: eBay.Photographer unidentified.
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Hello Ajantrik/Puronokolkata, I would like to use images like these as reference for a book cover I’m working on. I dont want to reproduce the photograph itself. Can you help me get a higher resolution image? If I could borrow the original, I could scan and return it to you.
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Thank you Dear Itu Chowdhury. I am delighted that you plan to use the image of the old picture of the Great Eastern Hotel on the cover of your new book. It is a good idea but the image I posted may not be good enough because originally it was a post-card illustration. You can get a far better image quality at this site: https://scroll.in/article/817332/his-name-isnt-byomkesh-and-hes-the-new-detective-to-hit-calcutta. You will find your image collaged with another photograph, separate it and arrange to print with an acknowledgement to Scroll as courtesy demands, though it is a public domain image. I failed to gather details of the photograph and regret my inability to provide you with names and the date. Wishes
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Your lovely site helps paint nostalgia.
W Newman was famous for publishing the Indian Bradshaw.I need your kind permission to use this picture for non-commercial informative purpose.Thank you.
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You are most welcome. Wishes
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