Two groups of people on opposite sides of a railway line in Bombay awaiting the arrival of a plague patient by train. Photograph, 1896/1897.

1896

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen, gold toned ; sheet 20 x 27 cm

No. 13 - The group at the left hand side represent the arrival of plague patient in an ambulance and the examination by the doctor. ... Lettering attached to mount on small separate sheet, continues: "On the other side the travellers are being examined previous to entering the train going to Bombay"

Wellcome Collection 37004i