Fujiyama from Tokaido. Photographer: Tamamura, Kohzaburo
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Inscription: Numbered and captioned in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the lake towards Mount Fuji, with a small local sailing boat in the left foreground.
Gion Street at Kioto. Photographer: Tamamura, Kohzaburo
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Inscription: Numbered and captioned in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the street, lined with small wooden shop buildings.
Entrance to Kasuga temple at Nara. Photographer: Tamamura, Kohzaburo
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Inscription: Numbered and captioned in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View along the wooded road leading to the Kasuga Taisha shrine, with a deer (possibly added to the photograph later) in the foreground.
Public Works Department lorry ferrying monks to the Kunzum La, to bid farewell to the Dalai Lama. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'A public works department lorry ferries monks to the Kunzum La, the mountain pass at the head of Spiti, where the Dalai Lama is presiding over an incense burning ceremony to mark his departure from the valley' (Patrick Sutherland).
Roadworkers tarring the road to Kaza, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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'Roadworkers tarring the road to Kaza. Metalled roads are being constructed all over the valley. They require regular maintenance to repair damage caused by the extreme climate in Spiti. The workers, mainly young women, shatter stones into small pieces which they mix with hot tar in trays and t...
Haputale Railway. Temporary bridge and new 16 feet culvert at 15¾ miles — June 1893. Photographer: Unknown
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View looking towards the temporary bridge and culvert, with a locomotive in the centre of the span and railway labourers posed at the foot of the bridge.