Beating an indigo vat by hand, India, 1877. One of a series of 20 photographs depicting the planting and manufacturing of indigo in India by Oscar Mallitte.

Picture Reference: 10318251
Subject: TRADE & INDUSTRY > Textile Industries > Dyestuffs, Organic
Inventory No.: 1938-0029
Credit: Science Museum Pictorial

Keywords: 1800s, 1870-1913, 19th Century, Age Of Electricity, Asia, Colonialism, Dyestuff, Dyestuffs, Organic, Factories, India, Indigo, Industrial, Industry, Mallitte, Oscar, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Indigo, Organic, Planting, Planting Indigo, Technique, Vat

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