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161. Photo 92/2(68)

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Photo 92/2(68)
Title:
A view of Mone. Mone (otherwise Mong-nai) has played a large part in the history of the states. It is over 2,716 square miles in area. It was here the rebel Twet nga lu was captured, after the brilliant dash by a handful of men in 1889. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking towards the Sintaung Pagoda on the hillside. The building in the right foreground is presumably the haw or palace. Duplicate at Photo 92/4 (76). Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; palaces; Scott (Sir Geo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

162. Photo 92/2(69)

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Photo 92/2(69)
Title:
[Unidentified scene, probably in the Shan States]. This gives some idea of the country, the towering hills rising from 4,000 to 7,000 feet to be surmounted in the day's march. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Caption continues: 'As the axes of the hills lie north and south anyone travelling east and west has to go up and down several of them in a day's journey and find at the end he has made about eight to twelve miles easting. Camp in clearing in foreground, looking tow...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

163. Photo 92/2(70)

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Photo 92/2(70)
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Fort on the Tali River [Yunnan]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Photographed during the Burma-China Boundary Commission. For a duplicate of this print, see Photo 92/11 (315). Subjects = forts; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = China; Tali (river); Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1898-1899
Extent:
1 item

164. Photo 92/2(71)

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Photo 92/2(71)
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A characteristic camp with the dead ficus in foreground; the heavily foliaged mango and the ribbon-like leaf of the plantain on the left [?Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Camp scene; location unknown, probably in the Shan States. Subjects = camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898-1899
Extent:
1 item

165. Photo 92/2(72)

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Photo 92/2(72)
Title:
Siamese post at Me-Hsai. Me Hsai is an insignificant rivulet in trans-Salween Karenni, flowing into the Salween. At its mouth, on the north side, the Siamese had a small military post when the country was visited in 1889-90 by the Anglo-Siamese ommission Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = boundary commissions; camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Me Hsai; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1889-1890
Extent:
1 item

166. Photo 92/2(73)

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Photo 92/2(73)
Title:
Siamese post at Me-Hsate. A river in trans-Salween Karenni which runs into the Salween. One can see straight up to the watershed from the river's mouth. Up this valley there is a route to Mehonghsawn. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Caption continues: 'To watch this route the Siamese established a post in 1889-90 on the right bank of the stream. The English were opposite. The Union Jack can be seen outside the tent of the Political Officer (Scott)'. See also Photo 92/3 (67). Subjects = bounda...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1889-1890
Extent:
1 item

167. Photo 92/2(74)

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Photo 92/2(74)
Title:
[Unidentified river scene, probably on the Salween in the Shan States.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

168. Photo 92/2(75)

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Photo 92/2(75)
Title:
Takaw Ferry across the Salween. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = ferries; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan; Takaw
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

169. Photo 92/2(76)

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Photo 92/2(76)
Title:
Outside the Wa village of Mot Hsamo. See the pi dog. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking past trees towards the houses of the village, with the river at the right. Not a very informative photograph: as Scott notes in the entry in his gazetteer on this Wa village, 'From the ridge on which Mot Hsamo stands it is impossible to see a single ho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 item

170. Photo 92/3(1)

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Photo 92/3(1)
Title:
This is the ferry across the Salween on the road between Nawng Hpa & Man Hpang. It is called Ta Pang Ti. he river is about 100 yds broads with a depth of 30 feet. The ferry is much used by caravans to and from Na Fan in the Wa country. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = ferries; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item