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PHOTOGRAPH: WOMEN FILLING CONTAINERS AT TAPS AT JATHERI, INDIA

1954
Overview

Black and white photograph of three women filling buckets and water jars at a battery of six taps. A tree is visible in the top right corner. The two women closest to the foreground are turned away from the camera. The third woman in the background is smiling and turned in conversation, her face visible to the camera. They are dressed in loose flowing clothes and wear head scarves.
The woman closest to the foreground is wearing a checked pattern upper garment that also covers her head and a floral patterned skirt or lower garment. She has two large bangles visible on each ankle. A bucket is prominent in the middle foreground.
REVERSE: Handwritten in blue ink: 'No: 7'.
Above is a purple ink stamp 'ANAND STUDIO,/ Specialists in/ Portraits & Group Photo's/ Gurdwara Road, Karol Bagh, Delhi.'

Historical information

These taps were installed by Messrs E M Allcock and Mohatta Ltd at the village of Jatheri, 20 miles from Delhi. A Metters type 'K' windmill and a 4,000 gal water storage tank supplied the taps.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-43-1993.272
Item type
Width
100 mm
Height or length
150 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Anand Studio, Gurdwara Road, Karol Bagh, Delhi

Year
Statement of significance

Industrial and manufacturing history

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