People doing laundry at the dhobi ghat, during bubonic plague outbreak, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.

Date:
1897
Reference:
30075i
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Karachi is a port in the province of Sind (subsequently [1996] Pakistan) It was placed in quarantine in 1897, during the outbreak of bubonic plague which spread from Bombay. The Plague Committee consisted mostly of volunteers, who were organised into parties and were responsible for the segregation and inoculation of various districts

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1897

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1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 20.1 x 28.4 cm

Lettering

dhobi ghat The lettering is printed on the mount

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Photograph probably by Jalbhoy, R.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 30075i

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