Government House (Calcutta). Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the north-east. Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; government houses
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; ...
Paddy boat & sampan etc. (Rangoon). Photographer: Unknown
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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...