Sepia group photo outdoors before a thatched shelter: men in suits and turbans, women in white dresses and hats, and children seated on dusty ground in front.

Patients being discharged from hospital, Karachi plague outbreak, 1897

A sepia group photograph of a crowd of men, women and children stands and sits before a thatched shelter on bare, dusty ground. Men in suits, pith helmets and turbans stand behind several women in white dresses and hats, while small children in pale clothing sit in front.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 1897
Medium: Albumen prints Photographs
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 3066 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 group portrait albumen print sepia photograph turban children historical photograph colonial india plague outbreak thatched shelter india karachi