Showing posts with label RARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MUMBAI RESIDENTS. Show all posts
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RARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MUMBAI RESIDENTS IN THE YEAR 1863

In 1863 William Johnson produced "The Oriental Races and Tribes - Residents and Visitors of Mumbai" which is one of the first ethnographic work to make use of photography. Johnson was a civil servant by training and established a studio in Mumbai's Grant Road. These Rare photographs provide valuable insight about the ethnic mix of Mumbai in those years.