Part of sequence of mounted prints, some with captions

Groups include: LMS boys "who won the hockey shield and cricket cup" and masters of LM school and matriculation class, Benares [Varanasi]; boys' home and "thief caste" family, Coimbatore; Tumkur Orphanage junior class; group in front of Almora Girls' Boarding School. Other people featured include: ?...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/India/Photographs/Box 4
Date(s) of creation: c.1890 - c.1915
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/India/Photographs/Box 4
Summary: Groups include: LMS boys "who won the hockey shield and cricket cup" and masters of LM school and matriculation class, Benares [Varanasi]; boys' home and "thief caste" family, Coimbatore; Tumkur Orphanage junior class; group in front of Almora Girls' Boarding School. Other people featured include: ?"Nirmolla" (orphan at Berhampore [Berhampur]); a pariah; Moses Walsallam; travelling yogi; a Himalayan Brahmin cooking his morning meal; a guru; a religious mendicant; a "little Burmese princess"; "native doctor"; Christian nurse. Events include: harvest festival, Jammalamadugu [Jammulamadugu]. Activities featured include: devotees going from mud pools to the temple, Maliyampollium; winnowing the cholum; a Bengali missionary giving a quiet talk. Other places or buildings featured include: Neyyoor Hospital; ?"Tvipoot" village; village chapel, South India; Almora Leper Asylum. Also includes: "plagueamma"; large stone image of Ganesa, Halebid; temple doors. Prints taken by individuals including: [William] Hatch.
Previous numbers: D126, ?, D128, D130, D131, D132, D133, D134, D135, D136, D137, D138
Extent: 33 black and white or sepia prints mounted on 12 cards
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright probably expired
File number: 15
Copies: Some marked up for possible publication.
Format: Archive