[Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900]
Shivshanker Narayen Indian
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Page 1, "No. 1-- House in Mandvie Bunder Road where Plague was first recognised in September 1896. The seventeen circles marked against the doorway are registers of deaths from Plague officially recognised. It is currently reported that fifty deaths occurred from the epidemic in this house before the Municipality began to take official note of it."
![Page 1, "No. 1-- House in Mandvie Bunder Road where Plague was first recognised in September 1896. The seventeen circles marked against the doorway are registers of deaths from Plague officially recognised. It is currently reported that fifty deaths occurred from the epidemic in this house before the Municipality began to take official note of it." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-additional/DP-19422-001.jpg)
![Page 2, "No. 5-- A house in Girgaum, Bombay, with 44 circles marked on the corner of the garden wall by the city authorities. The plain circles represent death from Plague; the circles with a cross within them represent deaths reported as from other maladies." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 3, "No. 16-- The house and shop on the left hand side of the street have been declared by the Plague Committee unfit for human habitation and marked U. H. H.: accumulation of filth and insufficient light and ventilation are the causes noted by the Committee." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 4, "No. 3-- Washing buildings and dwellings and flushing house gullies with Municipal steam pump in foreground and fire engine in background. A fire of wood and sulphur burns in front of the building-- October 1896." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 5, "No. 3a-- Cleaning house and gullies and disinfecting in Mandvie Bunder Street-- Bombay, October 1896." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 6, "No 6-- White washing and disinfecting Plague house by the Health Department of the Bombay Municipality-- February 1897." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 7, "No. 4-- A Plague house in Kalbadevi Road, Bombay. The plain circles represent death from Plague. The circles with a cross with denote death reported as from other maladies. It is probable that many of the latter were Plague cases falsely reported." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 8 [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 9, "No. 10-- The start for work in the morning-- Doctors of both sexes, Health Officials, Justices, Police, Conservancy men, with steam pump and white-washers, ambulance, shigrams and attendants setting out from for [sic] morning duty." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 10, "No. 11-- House to house visitation by Justices of Peace with a military escrot and ambulance, in the native part of Bombay, much oposition was at first shown to this work but eventually the alarm of the people subsided. Plague cases continued however to be concealed till the end of the epidemic-- April 1897." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 11, "No. 12-- Arrival of a Plague patient in an ambulance entrance of the Wari Bunder Hospital. The pulse of the patient is being examined by the Doctor. The ambulance is entirely of iron mounted on easy springs and carried on cycle wheels with rubber tyres-- February 1897." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 12, "No. 8-- Examination of a man who has recovered from Plague previous to his discharge from the Port Trust Hospital." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 13, "No. 7-- Wari [Bender] Hospital, Bombay, arrival of Plague patient in an ambulance carriage." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 14, "No. 9-- Female patient arrivign at Hindu Plague Hospital on a rough improvised stretcher of Bamboos. Nurse and other officials in attendance." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 15 [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 16, "No. 15-- A well-to-do Hindu family who had to leave their own house and live in huts at Malad (Salsette) during the prevalence of Plague in their neighbourhood." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 17, "No. 14-- Refugees from Bombay living in temporary huts of bamboos and matting at Mahim, they are of the poorer class, whose operation is the preparation of cakes of cow dung fuel." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 18, "No. 13-- The Group at the left hand side represent the arrival of Plague patient [sic] in an ambulance and the examination by the Doctor. On the other side travellers are being examined previous to entering the train going to Bombay." [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 20, "No. 2-- Cremation ceremony in the Hindu burning ground during the time of Plague. The pile of wood is supported latterally [sic] by two iron stakes driven into the ground at each side, 5 cwts. of wood are used for burning of an adult body. At the left hand side a body just brought in and still eveloped [sic] in cloth, awaits cremation. The ashes of the body are collected and thrown into the sea. [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 21 [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 23, "Famine People at Work" [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 24, "Famine People Receiving Wages" [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 25, "Famine People Receiving Food" [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 26 [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 27, "Famine Child Suffering from Food" [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 28, "Death from Starvation" [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Page 29, "Corpse on Bier" [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Front Cover [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Back Cover [Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen (Indian, active 1860s–90s), Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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Page 1, "No. 1-- House in Mandvie Bunder Road where Plague was first recognised in September 1896. The seventeen circles marked against the doorway are registers of deaths from Plague officially recognised. It is currently reported that fifty deaths occurred from the epidemic in this house before the Municipality began to take official note of it."
Page 2, "No. 5-- A house in Girgaum, Bombay, with 44 circles marked on the corner of the garden wall by the city authorities. The plain circles represent death from Plague; the circles with a cross within them represent deaths reported as from other maladies."
Page 3, "No. 16-- The house and shop on the left hand side of the street have been declared by the Plague Committee unfit for human habitation and marked U. H. H.: accumulation of filth and insufficient light and ventilation are the causes noted by the Committee."
Page 4, "No. 3-- Washing buildings and dwellings and flushing house gullies with Municipal steam pump in foreground and fire engine in background. A fire of wood and sulphur burns in front of the building-- October 1896."
Page 5, "No. 3a-- Cleaning house and gullies and disinfecting in Mandvie Bunder Street-- Bombay, October 1896."
Page 6, "No 6-- White washing and disinfecting Plague house by the Health Department of the Bombay Municipality-- February 1897."
Page 7, "No. 4-- A Plague house in Kalbadevi Road, Bombay. The plain circles represent death from Plague. The circles with a cross with denote death reported as from other maladies. It is probable that many of the latter were Plague cases falsely reported."
Page 9, "No. 10-- The start for work in the morning-- Doctors of both sexes, Health Officials, Justices, Police, Conservancy men, with steam pump and white-washers, ambulance, shigrams and attendants setting out from for [sic] morning duty."
Page 10, "No. 11-- House to house visitation by Justices of Peace with a military escrot and ambulance, in the native part of Bombay, much oposition was at first shown to this work but eventually the alarm of the people subsided. Plague cases continued however to be concealed till the end of the epidemic-- April 1897."
Page 11, "No. 12-- Arrival of a Plague patient in an ambulance entrance of the Wari Bunder Hospital. The pulse of the patient is being examined by the Doctor. The ambulance is entirely of iron mounted on easy springs and carried on cycle wheels with rubber tyres-- February 1897."
Page 12, "No. 8-- Examination of a man who has recovered from Plague previous to his discharge from the Port Trust Hospital."
Page 13, "No. 7-- Wari [Bender] Hospital, Bombay, arrival of Plague patient in an ambulance carriage."
Page 14, "No. 9-- Female patient arrivign at Hindu Plague Hospital on a rough improvised stretcher of Bamboos. Nurse and other officials in attendance."
Page 16, "No. 15-- A well-to-do Hindu family who had to leave their own house and live in huts at Malad (Salsette) during the prevalence of Plague in their neighbourhood."
Page 17, "No. 14-- Refugees from Bombay living in temporary huts of bamboos and matting at Mahim, they are of the poorer class, whose operation is the preparation of cakes of cow dung fuel."
Page 18, "No. 13-- The Group at the left hand side represent the arrival of Plague patient [sic] in an ambulance and the examination by the Doctor. On the other side travellers are being examined previous to entering the train going to Bombay."
Page 20, "No. 2-- Cremation ceremony in the Hindu burning ground during the time of Plague. The pile of wood is supported latterally [sic] by two iron stakes driven into the ground at each side, 5 cwts. of wood are used for burning of an adult body. At the left hand side a body just brought in and still eveloped [sic] in cloth, awaits cremation. The ashes of the body are collected and thrown into the sea.