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William Henry Jackson: Varanasi Photographs

18 William Henry Jackson photographs of varanasi, from the Library of Congress archive.

Benares - woman walking; stone steps in background, India, Varanasi, 1895

Benares - woman walking; stone steps in background

1895

Benares - three small boys on stone steps, India, Varanasi, 1895

Benares - three small boys on stone steps

1895

Benares - at the bathing ghats, India, Varanasi, 1895

Benares - at the bathing ghats

1895

Benares - women walking on street, India, Varanasi, 1895

Benares - women walking on street

1895

Benares - preparing dead bodies for cremation, Varanasi, India, 1895

Benares - preparing dead bodies for cremation

1895

Benares - the Manikaranika - a holy well, Varanasi, India, 1895

Benares - the Manikaranika - a holy well

1895

Benares (?) pool, Varanasi, India, 1895

Benares (?) pool

1895

The Holy Man of Benares - Swami Bhaskarananda Saraswathi, Varanasi, India, 1895

The Holy Man of Benares - Swami Bhaskarananda Saraswathi

1895

Benares - World Transportation commission on river barge, India, Varanasi, 1895

Benares - World Transportation commission on river barge

1895

Benares - Hindu Devotee sitting (on burning coals?), India, Varanasi, 1895

Benares - Hindu Devotee sitting (on burning coals?)

1895

Benares - men sawing wood on the banks of the Ganges, India, Ganges River, Bangladesh, Varanasi, 1895

Benares - men sawing wood on the banks of the Ganges

1895

Benares - Desach Wandh Ghat, Varanasi, India, Bangladesh, Ganges River, 1895

Benares - Desach Wandh Ghat

1895

Benares - courtyard area behind burning ghat, Bangladesh, Ganges River, India, Varanasi, 1895

Benares - courtyard area behind burning ghat

1895

Benares - view along riverfront toward temple, Bangladesh, Ganges River, India, Varanasi, 1895

Benares - view along riverfront toward temple

1895

Benares - riverfront, Bangladesh, Ganges River, India, Varanasi, 1895

Benares - riverfront

1895

Benares - burning ghat on riverbank, Bangladesh, Ganges River, India, Varanasi, 1895

Benares - burning ghat on riverbank

1895

Benares - the well of knowledge with the spires of the Golden Temple…, India, Varanasi, 1895

Benares - the well of knowledge with the spires of the…

1895

Benares - interior of a Hindu Temple to Siva, showing sacred bull and…, India, Varanasi, 1895

Benares - interior of a Hindu Temple to Siva, showing…

1895

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