Asia. India, Calcutta burning Ghat – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Asia. India, Calcutta burning Ghat, [between 1909 and 1919] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e7/e71cc589fc45-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Asia. India, Calcutta burning Ghat. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Asia. India, Calcutta burning Ghat
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Along the Hooghly River in Calcutta, the burning ghats were riverside steps where Hindu families cremated their dead in the open air. The city was still the capital of British India when this scene was recorded, and the image shows a place of daily funeral rites. The National Photo Company, a Washington firm known for travel views, made the negative sometime between 1909 and 1919, though the title came from the company's own notes and has not been independently verified. Streaks and blemishes on the glass come from deterioration of the original coating, not from the scene itself.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1919] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,069 × 4,407 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-248729 |
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