Royal Alfred Sailor’s Home In Bombay, 1900 Photo

Royal Alfred Sailor's Home In Bombay, 1900 Photo

 

An old 1900 photo of the Royal Alfred Sailor’s Home in Bombay, now Mumbai. Today the Royal Alfred Sailor’s Home building is occupied by the Maharashtra Police Headquarters. It is often confused with the Mumbai Police Headquarters building. The building was completed in 1876 and was designed by F W Stevens. He had designed a number of magnificent structures in Bombay.

One of them was the imposing Victoria Terminus, now the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. The Royal Alfred Sailor’s Home was named in honour of Prince Alfred. Who was the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. It was built to house European officers and sailors alike during the British-India era. Note the Horse-drawn tram and bullock carts in front of the Royal Alfred Sailors Home.

Did you know – Lockwood Kipling, father of Rudyard Kipling, worked on the sculptures and detailing of the building. In the same way, as he did for the Crawford Market building. 

Past posts – 1964 M. Suriyamoorthy Charcoal Art Abstract (#14)., British Cantonment At Deolali – Old Postcard 1895., Inauguration of New Parliament Delhi – Old Print 1927.

The images are of the actual items from my collection. And Not a photocopy, pirated, reproduced, stock photos, or taken from other sources.

Photo Details

Year -

1900

Photograph Size -

10 x 8 inch

Photographer -

Clifton & co