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A rich banker at Siwan, India, ca. 1906
Black and white lantern slide showing two Indian men standing at the top of a stairway to the entrance of a building. One man wears traditional dress, whilst another wears a Western style dark overcoat. The face of another man can just be seen in the doorway. The original caption to this slide reads: "A rich banker at Siwan. He gets 25% interest on his money." This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal.
Photographer: Unknown
Filename: IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-4.tif
Coverage date: 1900/1910
Subject (unesco): Finance; Capital; Money
Part of collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection: Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s
Repository name: Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Archival file: Volume3/IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-4.tif
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Siwan
Repository address: The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom
Geographic subject (country): India
Format (aacr2): lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm
Geographic subject (continent): Asia
Rights: Contact the repository for details.
Part of series: Regions Beyond Missionary Union. India captioned lantern slides (CSCNWW33/OS14)
Repository email: divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk
Date created: 1900/1910
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Subject (aat genre): exterior views
Format (aat): lantern slides; photographs
Geographic subject (state): Bihar
Access conditions: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources
Geographic subject: commercial sites
File: CSCNWW33/OS14/4
Subject (lcsh): Bankers; Banks and banking
Date 1900/1910 (date created)
Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/78222
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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