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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 447 Digitised Content No

61. Photo 447/1(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1(59)
Title:
Yeny Poay (Rangoon), Burmese national dance or ballet. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Dance or pwe in progress in Burmese village, watched by European spectators. Subjects = dance; musicians; pwes (Burmese dance performance)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 447/1(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1(60)
Title:
Bell in Great Pagoda (Rangoon) [Shwe Dagon Pagoda]. More than half the metal in this bell is of pure silver & the tone is very soft & enduring. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; temple bells; temples Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

63. Photo 447/1(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1(61)
Title:
Lakes (Rangoon). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the Royal Lake in Dalhousie Park towards a boathouse. Subjects = public gardens Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

64. Photo 447/1(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1(62)
Title:
Cantonment Gardens (Rangoon). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View loooking across the lake towards the wooden footbridge in the Cantonment Gardens, with the spire of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda in the skyline. Subjects = public gardens Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

65. Photo 447/1(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1(63)
Title:
King Theebaw's Kyoung (Mandalay). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 447/1(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1(64)
Title:
Incomparable Pagoda (Mandalay). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

67. Photo 447/1(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1(65)
Title:
Paddy boat & sampan etc. (Rangoon). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Starboard beam view of a paddy boat (laung-zat) being rowed, probably on the Irrawaddy rather than the Rangoon River. With a sampan and two small canoes near the bank in the foreground. An Irrawaddy Flotilla Company flat is moored in mid-stream. Subjects = laung-zats (Burmese rice boats); loca...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

68. Photo 447/1(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1(66)
Title:
Royal Palace (Mandalay). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); palaces Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

69. Photo 447/1(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1(67)
Title:
Elephants working in timber yard (Rangoon). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view of group of elephants shifting timber, with baulks of teak piled in foreground and ope-sided sheds in the background. Subjects = animals; elephants; teak; timber industry; timber yards Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

70. Photo 447/1(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1(68)
Title:
Elephant stacking logs (Rangoon). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Elephant shifting a large baulk of teak onto a pile in a Rangoon timber yard. A mahout sits on the elephant, while a second figure on the ground directs the animal with a spear-like length of wood. Subjects = animals; elephants; mahouts; teak; timber industry; timber yards Location = Burma; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item