Title:

Bathers in the Ganges River at Benares, India

Creator:

Sawyer, Wilbur A.

Date:

6 April 1924

Description:

The Sawyer family left Australia in January 1924, returning to New York via Ceylon, India, Egypt, and Europe. Dr. Sawyer, as the Rockefeller Foundation's assistant regional director for the East, spent the first part of the journey visiting RF hookworm control sites (and potential sites) in Ceylon and India, but combined this with sightseeing. He spent April 5-6 touring the river shrines along the Ganges in Benares. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Benares. Looking down the river toward Dasaswamedh Ghat. Apr. 6, 1924."

Location:

Box: 10. Folder: 7

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

India

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy ID:

LWBBDP

NLM ID:

101584931X54

Profiles Collection:

The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X54

Story Section:

Biographical Information