About The Photograph
This is a 1930s photograph from E. A. Brown's collection. It shows a traffic policeman in Bombay (now Mumbai) directing traffic. His headgear would have been yellow. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff. Information contributed by Richard Hale.
Additional Details
- Credit Line
- All rights reserved, Celia Mary Ferguson and National Library Board, Singapore 2008
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