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41. Photo 817(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 817(44)
Title:
A Shan family. Photographer: Beato, Antonio
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of a couple and baby. Subjects = ethnic groups; Shans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 817(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 817(4)
Title:
Rangoon from Dalla (Dalla Dockyard. Irrawaddy Flotilla Co's Dockyard opp. Rangoon). Shwedagon Pagoda in distance. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view in two parts showing the waterfront. Subjects = commercial agencies; docks and dockyards; Irrawaddy Flotilla Company; panoramas; ports Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 817(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 817(18)
Title:
[Group of Burmese adults and children posed beside a cart.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Burmese (ethnic group); ethnic groups
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 817(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 817(43)
Title:
Shan girl from Bhamo. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Shans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 817(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 817(20)
Title:
[River scene, Rangoon, with local craft and a rice mill in the background.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A note by A.G. McCrae on the verso reads: 'Typical scene with sampans on river and paddy gigs alongside rice mill. Probably Kanaungtoe[?] Creek, Rangoon'. Subjects = industrial buildings; local craft; rice boats; rice industry; rice mills; river scenes; sampans; t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 817(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 817(12)
Title:
[Portrait of a tattooed Burmese man.] Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a man carrying a bamboo pole, his thighs tattooed. Subjects = body decoration; Burmese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; rites and customs; tattooing
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 817(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 817(22)
Title:
[Photograph of a Burmese woman suckling a white elephant.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events A note by A.G. McCrae on the verso reads: 'Any doubt of the authenticity of the tale that the Burmese Kings revered white elephants and had them suckled by women is removed by this picture and the letter of 1918'. The accompanying letter by Maung Kyaw, published in the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 817(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 817(32)
Title:
[Portrait of a Kachin woman.] Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Kachins
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 817(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 817(1)
Title:
Early American drillers at Burma's oil fields. Their skills were sought for many years by the oil companies. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = bullock carts; oil industry; road transport; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 817(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 817(17)
Title:
[Group portrait at the wedding of a Dalla dockyard foreman, Rangoon.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography A note by A.G. McCrae on the verso reads: 'Marriage at Dalla circa 1910 of a Dockyard Foreman. The date I can guess as two in the photo were well known to me, viz, 3rd from left back row, Thomas Cormack, who joined the I.F.Co as Management Assistant in 1909 and was G...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item