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1. Photo 252(156)

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Photo 252(156)
Title:
The Sulay Pagoda at Rangoon. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
View of the Sule Pagoda, Yangon, with trees and a road leading up to it, with a horse drawn cart and a car on the road.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 252(157)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(157)
Title:
Sule Pagoda Rangoon- all gilt and shines in the sun. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Sule Pagoda, Yangon, from distance, carts and people can be seen walking on the road towards the pagoda.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1351/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1351/2
Title:
Frank Holland Collection: Photographs of India
Scope & Content:
32 folios with 66 mounted prints, from two disbound photograph albums, recording the life in India of Frank and Edith Holland (also containing a few views of Singapore, Burma and Europe), 1920s-40s. The photographs are uncaptioned, but include both enlargements of photographs presumably taken by...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1940s
Extent:
66 items

4. Photo 1351/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1351/3
Title:
Frank Holland Collection: Photographs of India
Scope & Content:
81 loose prints collected (and many probably taken) by Frank Holland during his career as a weaving master in India. The collection comprises 8 large prints, which are either duplicates of or have been removed from the album pages in Photo 1351/2, 72 smaller snapshots (enlargements of a few of w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920s-1940s
Extent:
81 photographic prints, plus miscellaneous papers

5. Photo 1402(2)

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Photo 1402(2)
Title:
2. Shwe Dagon Pagoda. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Shwedagon pagoda with devotees sitting on the foreground. Photographer probably Klier, Philip Adolphe.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1908
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1402(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1402(8)
Title:
8. Pwai or Play. Photographer(s): Klier, Philip Adolphe.
Scope & Content:
A group of performers in a pwe, including dancers and an orchestra. With Rangoon Park in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1402(36)

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Photo 1402(36)
Title:
36. Dufferin Maternity Hospital. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Dufferin Maternity Hospital in Yangon, with isolated workmen in the foreground. Photographer probably Klier, Philip Adolphe.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1908
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1402(42)

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Photo 1402(42)
Title:
42. Mahaganda. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Maha Gandha Bell at the Shwedagon Pagoda - a large bronze bell, flanked by people. The bell was taken by the British during the First Anglo-Burmese War, but the ship carrying the bell sank into the Yangon River. The Burmese salvaged the bell and placed it in its original place. Photographer proba...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1908
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1402(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1402(44)
Title:
44. Muslim Mosque. Photographer(s): Klier, Philip Adolphe.
Scope & Content:
Surti Sunni Jamah Mosque in Yangon, with many people in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1908
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1402(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1402(45)
Title:
45. Teak Carving. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
An elaborate teak carving in a doorway frame at the Shwedagon Pagoda depicting scenes from the life of the Buddha. Photographer probably Klier, Philip Adolphe.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1908
Extent:
1 item