Moulmein. Cantonment and Native Infantry Barracks, with Martaban and Zingyike Hills in the background. Photographer: Jackson, J.
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Photograph of Moulmein (Mawlamyaing), taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. View looking towards the cantonment and barracks (partially concealed by trees), with the River Salween and hills beyond.
Mandalay. 'Zingyan' or turreted covered way, for Buddhist priests, to walk in rainy weather. Mandalay Hill, and Crown Prince's Shrine, in the background. Photographer: Jackson, J.
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Photograph of a Buddhist monastery or kyaung at Mandalay, with Mandalay Hill in the background, taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. In this view, the walkway has been extended and covered with tiered roofs and two tall pyat-that spires, heavily ornamented with decorative wood carvings.
Pagodas at Yaynangeoung, on the Irrawaddy, Upper Burma. Yaynangeoung is famous for its petroleum wells. Photographer: Jackson, J.
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Photograph of pagodas at Yenangyaung in central Burma (Myanmar), taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. View from the riverbank looking towards a cluster of temple pagodas on the hillside, with houses in the foreground.
Mandalay. S.P.G. Mission School, built by the king, under the superintendence of the Revd. J. E. Marks. Four of the King's sons, are in the foreground under a canopy of golden umbrellas. Photographer: Jackson, J.
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Photograph taken by J. Jackson in 1868. General view of the wooden mission school, raised above the ground on piles. The King's four sons stand with attendants beneath the tree in front of the building. The Rev. James Ebenezer Marks was earlier the headmaster of St John's College, Rangoon, opene...
