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Title
"Waschermann."
"Washerman."
Creator
Higginbotham & Co., Madras, Bangalore India (publisher / distributor), India
Date Created and/or Issued
not after 1912
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images--both individuals and organisations--to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
info@bmarchives.org
mission21
mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+41 61 260 22 42), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Description
Note: "... mit Wäsche in Madras." - J.F. Straub ist Bildlieferant. (C-30-0,2).
Note translation: "... with laundry in Madras." (C-30-0,2). - Handed over to the collection by J.F. Straub. (C-30-0,2).
Type
image
Format
print, collotype, colour (FD)
postcard, 13.0 x 8.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-m23261 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-2147
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m23261
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-2147.jpg
Subject
Carrier m
Garden
Laundry
Men's wear
Portrait m
Turban
Washerman
Place
Dhobi (caste)
Madras
not after 1912
Source
C-30.64.032 [Reference number]
Relation
Indian life: domestic life and agriculture. 14 a. Water (especially wells), b. Cooking and kitchens, c. Cooks, d. Eating, drinking and family life, e. Barbers and the removal of lice , f. Laundry-workers, known as dhobis, g. Different classes
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17164
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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