File:Dhobi wallah (KEAGLE 0070).jpg
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[edit]English: Dhobi wallah ( ) | ||||||||||||||
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Photographer |
Robert Keagle |
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Title |
English: Dhobi wallah |
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Description |
English: Dhobi wallah"" in action. Here is a Calcutta shirt and clothes laundry in operation. The operator gathers the garment in his hands, dips it into the muddy ""tank"" water by his legs, then slams it repeatedly again the groove plank at his knees. Already ""washed"" clothes hang on lines up on the bank to dry in the sun. Surface of the wash water is covered with a green scum which must constantly be shoved aside by the washerman. Spring, 1945.
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Depicted place | Kolkata | |||||||||||||
Date |
1945 date QS:P571,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q5275997 |
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English: Keagle Photograph Library |
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