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**[https://web.archive.org/web/20151113162116/http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org/daniells.html Aquatints made by Thomas and William Daniell] in the late eighteenth century, mainly views of Calcutta. Now an archived webpage. There appear to be additional online paintings by the Daniells on the VMH website, in the category "Western Painting".
*A collection of photographs from [http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll29 ''India Illustrated: Being a Collection of Pictures of the Cities of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, Together with a Selection of the Most Interesting Buildings and Scenes throughout India''], published by Bennett, Coleman, & Co., publishers of the English language newspaper ''Times of India'', c 1905. University of Houston Digital Library.
* A collection of [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1176421 Indian Glass Plates] mainly of Calcutta c 1912 Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland. Includes photographs of buildings lit at night for the Royal visit in 1912, see [[Delhi Durbar#External links|Delhi Durbar - External links]] for details.
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/sets/72157606492883938 Photographs: Calcutta] An album by DBHKer flickr.com. British Raj era buildings. Includes a present day map indicating where the buildings are located.
*[http://oldindianphotos.blogspot.com/search/label/Kolkata Old Indian Photos, category Kolkata]
**Catholic Institutions in Calcutta c 1881 [http://books.google.com/books?id=OJ_CknHdCbUC&pg=PA172 page 172] reprint of original published 1881 at Calcutta by Catholic Orphan Press. Preview Google Books 1987
*[https://archive.org/details/indiansketchesra00daly ''Indian Sketches and Rambles''] by J Bowles Daly 1896 Archive.org. Contains chapters on Calcutta, including [https://archive.org/stream/indiansketchesra00daly#page/60/mode/2up "The General Hospital"] page 60
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.53429 ''John Barleycorn Bahadur: Old Time Taverns in India''] by Major H Hobbs [Harry] 1944 (2nd edition with Index, first published 1943?) Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Some other, but not all, publications by this author, published in Calcutta, are available at the [[British Library]]. [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196763 Author details] in photograph description from Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland.
*''Report of the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Town of Calcutta'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=WYoIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Third Half-yearly Report 1850], [http://books.google.com/books?id=WYoIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP23 Fourth Half-yearly Report 1851], [http://books.google.com/books?id=WYoIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP45 Tenth Report, for the year 1853] Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromr00indgoog#page/n427/mode/1up ''Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal: no 10: Report on the Establishment of Water-Works to Supply the City of Calcutta''] 1853 Archive.org
