Mach jail, August 1931. Note: 1. Wall fallen down in foreground and prisoners being mustered, 2. Fissure near lookout tower in foreground. Photographer: Unknown
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Aerial view of the jail at Mach, Balochistan, after the Quetta Earthquake.
The Goal, formerly Azam Khan's Palace, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of Azam Khan's Palace, used at this time as a prison. India Museum no. 1466. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3223). Lyon supplies the following description in his 'Notes to accompany a series of photograph...
Group in convict school, Central Prison, Lucknow, Oudh. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Print in poor condition. Large group of convicts posed with books in prison yard. Presumably taken around the same time as print 4685, which is dated 1871.
Carpet weavers in Karachi Jail. Photographer: Michie and Company
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Line of carpet weavers seated at their looms in a shed. Portion of exhibition label from the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 on reverse of mount.
Potters at work with a stone wheel, Karachi Jail. Photographer: Michie and Company
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography This print is from the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and is described as follows: 'The man in the centre of the picture is represented putting his wheel in motion [with a length of wood]. When it has acquired sufficient velocity, the stick is thrown aside and the ...