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*Search the British Library [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/index.html Online Gallery APAC Collection] for Calcutta
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1600_1699/calcutta/calcutta.html Calcutta] with images from [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00fwp/ Prof. Frances Pritchett’s webpage]
*Photos taken by [http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/sasia/calcutta1947/album1.html G.I.s in Calcutta 1947]
→External Links: pictures section
See the [[Directories reading list]] for links to many directories with information on Calcutta.
*''Thacker's Guide to Calcutta'' (1906) by Rev W.K. Firminger a noted historian. This book gives the historical background of Calcutta, area by area. Read online or download [http://www.archive.org/details/thackersguidetoc00firm archive.org]
=====Pictures=====
*Search the British Library [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/index.html Online Gallery APAC Collection] for Calcutta
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1600_1699/calcutta/calcutta.html Calcutta] with images from [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00fwp/ Prof. Frances Pritchett’s webpage]
*Photos taken by [http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/sasia/calcutta1947/album1.html G.I.s in Calcutta 1947]
=====Other=====
*''Calcutta in the Olden Times-Its Localities'' Article in Calcutta Review Vol 18, July-Dec 1852, p 275 ([http://books.google.com/books?id=cQc2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA275 Google Books])
*''Calcutta in the Olden Times-Its People'' Article in Calcutta Review Vol 35, Sept-Dec 1860, p 164 ([http://books.google.com/books?id=8DMYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA164 Google Books])
*Calcutta in 1810 commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA131 page 131] ''Journal of a Residence in India'' by Maria Graham 2nd Edition 1813 Illustrated by Engravings. Google Books
*Calcutta in 1836 commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA7 page 7 of Book 2] ''Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China: with notices of numerous missionary stations, and a full account of the Burman Empire; with dissertations, tables, etc'' by Howard Malcolm 2nd edition 1839 2 volumes in one Google Books
*Catholic Institutions in Calcutta c 1881 from ''Indian Gods, Sages, and Cities'' by C Cesary Limited View Google Books 1987 [http://books.google.com/books?id=OJ_CknHdCbUC&pg=PA172 page 172] reprint of original published 1881
*[http://members.lycos.co.uk/calcutta1940s/ Calcutta 1940's] Oral history site
*''Bengal Past and Present-Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society''
:*Volume 39, Part 1 Jan-March 1930 [http://www.archive.org/details/bengalpastprese00socigoog Archive.org]
