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Title: Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta, India
Date Created and/or Issued: 1922-01-01T08:00:00Z
Publication Information: Chapman University Digital Commons
Contributing Institution: Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Jonathan Silent Film Collection
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Description: Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta, India. Architect Sir William Emerson laid down the actual plan of the memorial. The design of the structure represents a fusion of British and Mughal architecture. Lord Redesdale and Sir David Prain designed the gardens. White Makrana marbles were used in the construction of Victoria Memorial Hall and the building was inaugurated in the year 1921. The massive hall is 338 feet (103 m) by 228 feet (69 m) and rises to a height of 184 feet (56 m).
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: http://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/jonathan_silent_film/24
Subject: Silent film
Film industry
Carl Louis Gregory
Eric Berndt
Thanhouser Film Studio
Edison Studio
Film history
Film and Media Studies
Source: Jonathan Silent Film Collection

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