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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 63079-63141 Subject Camps Material Type Photographs

1. Add MS 63135(1)

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Title:
Yaks at Somar Camp, 14875 ft, 28-7-06. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the group of loaded baggage yaks at Somar, with mountains in the background: 'This steep ascent proved a terrible task for me in my weak condition, but once accomplished, the remainder of the journey across the plateau and down to Somar monaster...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28 Jul 1906
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 63135(7)

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Title:
Arrival at Palang Rabrol, 16775 ft, 2-8-06. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Camp scene, with baggage being unpacked and tents pitched: 'We left the river bed and ascended to an extensive plain, across which we marched for several miles; leaving the plain for a nullah we proceeded upstream to camp — a march of about 11 miles. This wild uninh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 63135(9)

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Title:
Saltpetre collector, 4-8-06. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of saltpetre collector's tent, pitched in front of the river, with the man himself standing beside his working equipment. A pencilled note identifies the 'little cloth pans into which the sand is put.' This is presumably located in the Gartok plain, onto which ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
4 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 63135(10)

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Title:
Gartok, 15100 ft. Garpon's house [in distance]. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the flat plain of Gartok towards Calvert's camp, with the Garpon's house in the far distance on the right. 'This morning I took some photos of Gartok and then photographed the Garpon on horseback and seated — also in a group' (Diary of Hubert Cal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
6 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 63135(26)

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Title:
Chocho, snowbound, 13-8-06. [Chocho Farsa.] Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of Calvert's camp in the snow. 'August 13th. — This morning we found an inch and a half of snow on the ground and more falling, it was clearly inadvisable to march upstream to the foot of the pass into deeper snow, so I decided to remain here…However, the day w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
13 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 63135(27)

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Title:
Ponbo's tent, Chocho, 13-8-06. [Chocho Farsa.] Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the Ponbo's snowbound encampment, with his large tent at the centre and mountains beyond.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
13 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 63135(40)

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Title:
Thok Dalung, miners' tents. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the miners' encampment, with mountains beyond. Calvert stayed several days inspecting the gold-digging activities at Dalung, which he considered 'one of the most interesting places I have seen in Tibet' (f. 108). On 30 August he notes: 'Took some mor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28-30 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 63135(41)

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Title:
Thok Dalung, miners' tents. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Closer view of a line of tents.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28-30 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 63135(43)

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Title:
Women workers, Thok Dalung. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
View of two women in front of miner's tent at Thok Dalung.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28-30 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item