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1471. Photo 59/1(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/1(66)
Title:
[Gantry crane at work on the Gokteik Viaduct, view from the north.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = bridges; cranes; machinery; railway building; railways; transport Location = Burma; Gokteik; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
16 Aug 1900
Extent:
1 item

1472. Photo 59/1(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 59/1(67)
Title:
[Gantry crane at work on the Gokteik Viaduct, view from valley floor.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = bridges; cranes; machinery; railway building; railways; transport Location = Burma; Gokteik; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1900
Extent:
1 item

1473. Photo 61/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(29)
Title:
No. 29. Tsagain Myo [Sagaing]. A roadway. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, botoom right of print. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along a small village road, lined with Burmese houses.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1855-Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

1474. Photo 61/1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(31)
Title:
No. 31. Tsagain Myo [Sagaing]. Litters under a shed. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, lower right of print. View of intricately-carved wooden palanquins lying in a shed, partially overgrown with vegetation. with letterpress note: 'These were left by will to the Aong-mre-lo-ka Pagoda near them, by members of the Royal family; equipages belon...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1855-Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

1475. 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

1476. Photo 86(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 86(1)
Title:
Old ekka and bullock cart replaced by mechanical transport, Sheikhupura, Punjab. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of a fleet of Chevrolet motor coaches for public transport.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1924
Extent:
1 item

1477. Photo 88/1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(24)
Title:
Stern of Burmese paddy boat. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Showing the Burmese tillerman seated in the richly decorated (in foliate design) steering chair in the raised stern of an Irrawaddy paddy boat or laung-zat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1478. Photo 88/1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(25)
Title:
Burmese paddy boat. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Paddy boat or laung-zat moored on the Irrawaddy, probably at Rangoon. The boats bipod mast is lowered and the crew are posed with oars as if in the act of rowing the vessel.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1479. Photo 88/1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(26)
Title:
Burmese racing boats [?Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Showing two racing canes, with spectators watching from a grandstand on the bank.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1480. Photo 88/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(27)
Title:
[Ceremonial barge, ?Inle Lake.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Covered barge with tiered roofs and figurehead in the form of a bird, possibly used during the Hpaung daw-u Festival on Inle Lake. Print unsigned, but probably by Klier.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

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