cover image: Hindu man with arm raised to seek religious merit, Vārānasi , India, ca. 1920

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Hindu man with arm raised to seek religious merit, Vārānasi , India, ca. 1920

"This old man has held up his arm for a great many years. The muscles are withered and his elbow is stiff." A bearded man dressed in rags with a cloth headdress and necklace is holding his left arm above his head. This photograph is from an album prepared by W. K. Norton of The Pilgrims Mission, Benares [Vārānasi].
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Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82648
Date published
1915/1925
Dates
1915/1925
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 8.6 x 12.7 cm
Place Discussed
Asia India Uttar Pradesh
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
India
Reference
impa-yds-rg030-449-0001-0001.tif
Rights
Divinity.Library@yale.edu Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/049431362860166063c58eba93c29101

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