[Rangoon River scene.] Photographer: Burma Public Relations Office
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards a cargo steamer moored in the river, with sacks of produce (probably rice) being loaded onto the creek steamer berthed at the jetty in the foreground. Subjects = cargo steamers; river scenes; steamers; transport; water transport Location = B...
Genre: Landscape Photography View across the rooftops of central Rangoon, with the City Hall in the left foreground and the Sule Pagoda at the right. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; temples Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
[Distant view of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography Part of the Royal Lake in the foreground. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; public gardens; temples Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
Rangoon's New Police Courts. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking along the Strand Road facade of the nearly-completed courts. A pencilled note on the reverse of the print, evidently the draft of a press release, reads: 'Rangoon's new Police Courts are to be completed at the beginning of next year. It wil...
Rangoon - general view looking north from the Rangoon River. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Sule Pagoda and City Hall visible in the middle distance. The building in the foreground is possibly the side of the Reserve Bank of India. Subjects = British colonial architecture Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division