FIRST LINE BEACH 1900s

     A beautiful street scene on First line beach somewhere in 1900s.  The Grand building of Gordon Woodroffe with its flag pole is seen in the background. A high society Rao Sahib is going

in his horse drawn buggy.Two labourers are pulling their hand drawn carts laden with goods.  It must be a rainy day since water is stagnant on the road and one person is carrying the Umbrella must be a Mann mark.Other persons on the road are busy in their daily chores.See the kerosene oil filled street lights on the sides. I have heard my grandfather telling stories about how every evening municipal workers with their ladders used to clean the lights and refill with oil before they are lit up. As per a report of Madras Corporation there were only 250 such stret lights in 1856. Electric lights made their appearance in the city in 1912.

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Streets lights, what a charm they were!
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