Detail View: Image Archives: Parsee Tower of Silence in Bombay
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File Name:
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AG93-107.jpg
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catalog number:
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AG93-107
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collection:
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Image Archives
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title:
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Parsee Tower of Silence in Bombay
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creator:
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Unknown
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creator type:
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photographer
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creator:
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Clayton Powers
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creator type:
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creator of digital collection
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description:
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Parsee Tower of Silence in Bombay, India. Now known as the Parsi Tower of Silence in Mumbai, the buzzards sitting on top are feeding on corpses inside which continues to this day. Hand written on the negative is "PARSEE TOWER OF SILENCE" and hand written on the album page is "Bombay". This is a 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" gelatin silver print.
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date:
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circa 1910
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date type:
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date of photograph
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location:
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India
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modified:
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no
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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2.43 MB
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source:
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Digital Images of gold toned albumen print taken with a Nikon D800 digital camera
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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