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Narrow Karachi street of whitewashed walls and wooden balconies, with men in turbans and a uniformed figure in a helmet.

Plague-infected house, Karachi, India, 1897

A shadowy narrow street lined with whitewashed walls, carved wooden balconies and a stone stairway leads toward a group of men in turbans and a uniformed figure in a pith helmet. Numerals and a letter are marked on a wall at right. This albumen print shows a street scene in Karachi, India, in 1897.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1897
Medium
Albumen prints Photographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3438 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1897.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

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