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India's Caste System
Margaret Bourke-White1946
LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States
Young Indian boys & several older men of the Untouchables caste, working w. hides in a lime pit which eats their flesh away if they stop moving for more than fifteen minutes, at a tannery.
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- Title: India's Caste System
- Date: 1946
- Location: Tinnavelly, India
- Physical Dimensions: B/W PRINT
- Subject Keywords: Leather, India, Child Labor, People And Customs, Caste System, Vintage Print, 1940s
- Publisher: TimeLife
- Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
- Provider: LIFE
- Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
- Original ID: TimeLife_image_732750
- Credits: LIFE
- Copyright: © Time Inc.
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