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Language Not applicable Name Klier, Philip Adolphe, 1845-1911

51. Photo 59/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/3
Title:
Burma Railways Collection: Bridge building over the Pegu and Sittang rivers. Photographer(s): Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Dark blue half-leather bound album measuring 315x435 mm, with mounted prints captioned beneath the photographs. The album is in very poor physical condition, with spine broken and boards loose. The album pages are of very low quality board, now much discoloured and brittle, and several have in a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1906-1907
Extent:
32 items

52. Photo 59/3(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/3(1)
Title:
Pegu Bridge. Looking towards Pegu. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events General view looking west across the Pegu River, with the railway bridge under construction. The brick piers are in place, with the steel girder spans beside them, about to be raised into position. Photograph enclosed with Agent's letter 456 of 23 April 1906. Subjects...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
14 Apr 1906
Extent:
1 item

53. Photo 59/3(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/3(2)
Title:
Sittang Bridge. Looking towards Pegu. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View looking west across the Sittang River from the Taungthuzu bank, showing the temporary bridge being built out from both banks, with a piledriver barge in the foreground. See print 29 for a view of the permanent Sittang Bridge. Photograph enclosed with Agent's letter...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
15 Apr 1906
Extent:
1 item

54. Photo 59/3(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/3(3)
Title:
Sittang Bridge. Looking towards Pegu. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = bridges; railway building; railways; river scenes; transport Location = Burma; Mon; Myanmar; Sittang (river); Taungthuzu
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
15 Apr 1906
Extent:
1 item

55. Photo 59/3(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/3(4)
Title:
Pegu Bridge. Looking towards Martaban. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events General view of the bridge under construction, looking east across the Pegu River. Photograph enclosed with Agent's letter 456 of 23 April 1906. Subjects = bridges; railway building; railways; river scenes; transport Location = Burma; Myanmar; Pegu; Pegu (river)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
15 Apr 1906
Extent:
1 item

56. Photo 59/3(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/3(5)
Title:
Sittang Bridge. From bank nearest Pegu, looking upstream. Staff Quarters on distant bank. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View from the west (Nyaungkhashe) bank of the Sittang looking towards the temporary bridge, whose two sections have just been joined in the centre of the stream. Photograph enclosed with Agent's letter 456 of 23 April 1906. Subjects = bridges; railway building; railw...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
15 Apr 1906
Extent:
1 item

57. Photo 59/3(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/3(6)
Title:
Sittang Bridge. Looking towards Pegu from temporary bridge. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Looking west across the river, with steam barge, dredging equipment and other construction materiel in the foreground. Photograph enclosed with Agent's letter 456 of 23 April 1906. Subjects = bridges; railway building; railways; river scenes; steam barges; transport; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
15 Apr 1906
Extent:
1 item

58. Photo 70(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 70(1)
Title:
Burmese in Festival Dresses. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio group portrait of Burmese girls and children.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880s-180s
Extent:
1 item

59. Photo 70(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 70(2)
Title:
King Theebaw's state barge. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
View of the state barge of Thibaw, the former King of Burma, moored on the Irrawaddy, probably at Mandalay. The boat is double-hulled, with two figureheads in the form of heavily gilded figures, while the accommodation is in the form of a payathat or pavilion with a spire of tiered roofs.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

60. Photo 70(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 70(3)
Title:
Burmese zat pway. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
General view of dance in progress, with group of European spectators standing in background. The zat pwe performance incorporates singing, dancing and drama.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item