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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1084, 1 Level [40] File

11. Photo 1084, 1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(11)
Title:
Chongu [Chhangu, Sikkim]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the lake, with buildings in the foreground; 'This small but beautiful lake is only twenty miles from Gang-tok, the Capital of Sikhim. It lies at the foot of Na-thö La [Natu La], at about 12,500 feet above sea level; it was here that the troubl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 1084, 1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(12)
Title:
Na-tho [Natu La] from Cham-pi-thang. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'Cham-pi-thang was the first halting place on the Tibet side of the Na-tho La, and this picture gives a most vivid idea of the glorious scenery looking backward from Cham-pi-thang over the fir-clad slopes of the mountains, with the steep, snow-covered pass into Sikh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 1084, 1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(13)
Title:
Chomolhari from Cham-pi-thang. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along a wooded ridge towards distant mountains, with two figures posed in the foreground: 'Chomolhari, one of the most beautiful mountains in the world, is beyond Phari, and is about forty miles from Cham-pi-thang. This distant view of it gives a good i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 1084, 1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(14)
Title:
The Mo-chu River. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking upriver towards a bridge. 'The river flows down from Tibet through Chumbi and Bhutan to the plains of Bengal, and comes out near Madari Hat on the Dooars Railway in the plains. A survey has been made of this route, and if a road be made from a point in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 1084, 1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(15)
Title:
Chorten near Rin-chen-gong. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the shrine, with three women standing in front of the buildings: 'On the Mo-chu river opposite Rin-chen-gong, and is a good example of these very picturesque buildings.' Another copy (printed in platinum) at Photo 430/53 (16).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 1084, 1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(16)
Title:
Phema (Sikhim Dialect). Chema (Tibetan Dialect). Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of village houses and timber store store: 'A village on the Mo-chu, from where a bullock transport worked to Chumbi. This is a typical village of these valleys, all of which are most picturesque and beautifully situated.' Another copy (printed in platinum) ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 1084, 1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(17)
Title:
Bridge at Phema. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along the river towards the bridge: 'This is a view of a cantilever bridge over the Mo-chu, where one reaches the valley a few miles before arriving at Chumbi.' Another copy (printed in platinum) at Photo 430/53 (18).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 1084, 1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(18)
Title:
Pha-ri-jong. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the walls of the fort, with Indian soldiers posed in the foreground: 'Pha-Ri-Jong, thirty miles from Chumbi, is the first stage of many, where trees are no longer seen and where everything is bare and desolate. This Jong was taken without oppo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 1084, 1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(19)
Title:
Pha-ri-jong. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the plain looking towards the Tibetan fort, with Chumolhari in the left background. The tents of the British Mission can be seen in the foreground. Another copy (printed in platinum) at Photo 430/53 (20).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 1084, 1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(20)
Title:
Samuda. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the valley towards the village, 'a post between Kalatso and Kang-Mar'. Another copy (printed in platinum) at Photo 430/53 (21).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item