Lascars on British ships: the question of their retention
Lascars on British ships: the question of their retention, 1906. Human salamanders: the lascar at work and play. The Illustrated London News says that lascars (sailors from south and southeast Asia) are excellent stokers and can stand the fiercest heat of the tropics better than any other race
Picture No
14097825
Media ID
45478530
Size
4685px x 6721px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photos and design by Reinhold Thiele in the Illustrated London News, 27th October 1906
Date
1906
