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Benares (Varanasi, India). Photograph taken in 1922. This image is cropped from the Library of Congress online catalog image; see catalog information below. There are no known restrictions on the use of this image, as per the LOC catalog entry.

TITLE: City View, Benares, India

CALL NUMBER: LC-B2- 71-9[P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ggbain-00371 (digital file from original neg.) No known restrictions on publication.

MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1922.

NOTES:

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Title from unverified data on caption card or negative sleeve.

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Benares, India

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Glass negatives.

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original neg.) ggbain 00371 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.00371

CARD #: ggb2004000371
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Author Unknown authorUnknown author
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