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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 180 Level [40] File

21. Photo 180(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(21)
Title:
Gokteck [Gokteik] Gorge, the old haunt of jungle beasts, with railway 1000 ft overhead, North Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1905
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 180(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(22)
Title:
Up 400 steps to prayer - hilltop pagoda guarded by lions, Sagaing, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
View looking up the long and steep flight of steps towards the pagoda on the hill, with chinthes flanking the stairway in the foreground. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 180(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(23)
Title:
Devotions of pious Burmese before statue of Buddha the Founder of their faith, Sagaing, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
View looking towards shrine in the Ngadatkyi Pagoda in form of pyatthat containing a statue of the seated Buddha. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 180(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(24)
Title:
Workmen chiseling stone images of the Buddha for Burmese shrines, Sagaing, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Artisans at work. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 180(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(25)
Title:
Curiously rigged freight boat with standing oarsmen, on the broad Irrawaddy River, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Shows a laung-zat or rice paddy boat on the Irrawaddy, with characteristic high carved stern and bipod mast. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 180(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(26)
Title:
Hauling timber with buffaloes and bullocks from Irrawaddy River near Pagan, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Teams of draught oxen with timber in foreground, laung-zat or paddy boats moored beyond. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 180(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(27)
Title:
A tamarind market with leisurely frequenters, before the glittering spires of Pagan, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 180(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(28)
Title:
Oil wells worked with American machinery at Yanangyet, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
General view of oilfields and drilling rigs. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 180(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(29)
Title:
Timber raft coming down the Irrawaddy River - the floating home of a group of natives, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 180(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(30)
Title:
Beautiful old Prome with its clustering trees and spires beside the Irrawaddy River, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
View from a hillside looking towards pagodas and the Irrawaddy in the distance. A group of Buddhist monks in the foreground. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item