-----Original Message----- From: Rajan P. Parrikar >Presented here is a slew of remarkable photographs shot >c. 1900 by Guerra Souza of "Souza & Paul ... The photos are currently stored in the >archives of the Central Library in Panjim ...The negatives, I understand, were sold not >too long ago by the Souza nincompoops to a bhailo for a song.
Rajan, Thanks for locating the Souza & Paul photos at Panjim Central Library. Approximately how many photos do they have there? One of your finds, old-panjimview-2.jpg appears on page 59 of: Goa: memoria e imagine. By Giovanni Ferracuti. Edizioni Lybra Immagine. 1991. 128 pages. 110 photos. ISBN 88-8223-014-7. Price: Euro 20,65. Full details at http://www.lybra.it/sito_lybra_2002/inglese/catalogue/archive/framesetcatalo go.htm It is a remarkable book (published in Italy) containing the best of the Souza Paul collection (circa 1889) and I chanced on it in Lisbon, about 15 years ago. Also worth mentioning: Postais Antigos do Estado da Índia. By João Loureiro. 128 pages. 1998. Published by Fundacao Macau. 182 photos covering 1900 1930 with a few from the 1950s. Price HK$200 Both books have bibliographies and there is a reference to a book published c.1900 specifically on the Souza Paul photographs of Goa but I have not been able to track down a copy or even another reference to it! Eddie Fernandes
