cover image: Reception, Puruliya, West Bengal, ca.1900

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Reception, Puruliya, West Bengal, ca.1900

"Reception by Lepers." Crowd scene with adults and children gathered at the end of a road. Purulia was the home of a Leprosy Asylum founded by Rev. Henry Uffman who had approached Wellesley Bailey, and the Mission to Lepers, for financial support. Rev. Uffman’s daughter Mary died from leprosy, aged 8. The station at Purulia was run by the Gossner Mission Society. This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Kikuyu mission, from 1901 to 1905, and was the son of Dr Henry Uffman.
leprosy health care crowds
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79934
Date published
circa 1900
Dates
circa 1900
Pages
Photographic prints, 10.5 x 7.8 cm.
Place Discussed
Asia India Puruliya West Bengal
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
India
Reference
impa-a-nls-75657864-1.tif
Rights
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Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/20e1e27e31ef15d396a4acd886a8aacd

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