File:Benares (Varanasi, India) - 1922.jpg

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Description	Benares (Varanasi, India) - 1922.jpg Benares (Varanasi, India). Photograph taken in 1922. This image is cropped from the Library of Congress online catalog image; see catalog information below. There are no known restrictions on the use of this image, as per the LOC catalog entry. TITLE: City View, Benares, India CALL NUMBER: LC-B2- 71-9[P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ggbain-00371 (digital file from original neg.) No known restrictions on publication. MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1922. NOTES: Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data on caption card or negative sleeve. TOPICS: Benares, India FORMAT: Glass negatives. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original neg.) ggbain 00371 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.00371 CARD #: ggb2004000371
Date	2006-01-02 (original upload date)
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