Hideous method of disposing of the dead--building pyres and laying on the bodies to be burned, Benares. [Active no.14086 : photonegative.]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: RSN 4591
label: General
content: Currently stored in box 1.1.25A [53].
label: General
content: Similar to RSN 7409.
label: General
content: Orig. no. 347-B.
name: label: Publisher
content: Underwood & Underwood
label: Photographer
content: Ponting, Herbert George, 1870-1935
label: Publisher
content: H.C. White Co.
label: Collection Creator
content: Underwood & Underwood
place: label: Place
content: Ghats
label: Place
content: Benares (India)
label: Place
content: Ganges River (India and Bangladesh) -- 1890-1920
label: Place
content: India -- 1890-1920
title: label: Topic
content: INDIA
topic: label: Topic
content: Bathers -- India
label: Topic
content: Religion -- India
label: Topic
content: Rivers -- India
label: Topic
content: Swimmers -- India
label: Topic
content: Funeral rites and ceremonies, Hindu -- India
label: Topic
content: Hinduism -- 1890-1920 -- India
creator: label: Publisher
content: Underwood & Underwood
label: Photographer
content: Ponting, Herbert George, 1870-1935
label: Publisher
content: H.C. White Co.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
label: See more items in
content: Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 1: H. C. White glass plates / 1.1: H.C. White Negatives / RSN Numbers 4494-4592
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (3-3/4" x 7".)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Silver gelatin on glass.
label: Condition
content: Cancelled by scratching.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Stereoscopic photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass
label: Genre/Form
content: Stereoscopic photographs