Sepia photograph of a dusty lane between thatched huts, with seated and standing men in light robes on both sides under a hazy sky.

Dirt path through a plague segregation camp, Karachi, 1897

A sepia albumen photograph shows a dusty unpaved lane lined with thatched huts and reed screens. Groups of seated and standing men in light robes and turbans rest along both sides, while a tree and a distant building frame the bright sky.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 1897
Medium: Albumen prints Photographs
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 2754 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1897.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

19th century 1890s 1897 albumen print wellcome collection sepia photograph street scene historical photograph colonial india thatched hut dirt road karachi