Camp at Rupar with the River Sutlej and Siwalik Hills in the distance [opening of the Sirhind Canal]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events General view of camp, with figures on road (blurred through movement). Presumably one of the events connected with the opening of the Sirhind Canal. Subjects = camps; canals; irrigation; Macnabb Collection; official events; opening ceremonies; water supplies Locatio...
[Group portrait of staff of the Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory, Parel.] Photographer: Avari, C.R.
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Formally posed group photograph, with some of the sitters identified in Rowland's hand beneath the print as follows: Scott; Kareem; Avari [presumably the photographer, C.R. Avari]; Liston [William Glen Liston IMS]; Lamb; Bannerman [Wiliam Burney Bannerman IMS, Director]; Ramchundra; [?]Manka Por...
Miscellaneous snapshot portraits of street life in various parts of Bombay, including street hawkers, barbers, drawing water, a Mahomedan funeral, etc. A number of these informal portraits also appear in enlarged form in Photo 790/2.
Funeral of a plague victim, Bombay. Series of nine snapshots of the funeral of a plague victim. The individual prints are captioned: Washing, Sitting up, Dressing, Flowers, The Bier, Building the Pyre, Putting corpse on pyre, Water Ceremony, The Burning.
