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Calcutta 1945: An American Military Photograph Album

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jaym_2001 Original post #1
Sep 2, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Some great snaps by US GI's of Calcutta (now Kolkota), taken during WW-II.

*www.library.upenn.edu/collections/sasia/calcutta1947/

The album is on 5 pages, each with about 13 snaps. Hope you like the photographs.
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Aspire #2
Sep 3, 2009 at 9:01 AM
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But still nice
freshseasons
freshseasons #3
Sep 3, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Ohh my God.Really nice stuff.Pictures indeed says a lot than words.People looked so poor then :(
Calcutta interestingly looks majestic however.