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Photo 1085/6(20)
- Record Id:
- 041-003194304
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003194034
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026599876.0x001066
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1085/6(20)
- Title:
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[European group, mainly railway engineers, Burma.] Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Portrait Photography
Group portrait of Europeans posed in front of a bamboo stockade. The majority are railway staff connected either with the construction of the Mu Valley State Railway or officers of the military police. The sitters are identified on the reverse of the print as follows: Chesney [Napier Elles Chesney, Assisitant Commissioner Military Police, Mogaung], Mrs McNair, Summers, Mrs Monk, McNair [J.W.A. McNair, Chief Storekeeper, Mu Valley State Railway], Mrs Cardew, Johnson, Stevenson, Duffin [C.H. Duffin, Assistant Settlement Officer, Sagaing], Eyre [Major Gervas Selwyn Eyre, Officiating Inspector General of Police], Walton [H.P. Walton, District Superintendent of Police, Myaungmya], Newham, Curry [W.E. Curry, Examiner of Accounts, Mu Valley State Railway], O'Donoghue [possibly C.J. O'Donoghue, District Superintendent of Police, Monywa], Monk [Hugh Lewin Monk], Crompton, Lloyd (Capt.)[Commissioner of Military Police, Lower Chindwin], C.V. Lloyd [Assistant Engineer, Mu Valley State Railway], Chill [Inspector of Plice, Monywa], Dawson [F.G.R. Dawson, Assistant Engineer, Mu Valley State Railway].
[Albumen print, 147x101mm].
Subjects = Monk Collection; railway staff; railways; transport
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003194034
040-003194284
041-003194304 - Is part of:
- Photo 1085 : Monk Collection: Railway construction and general views in India and Burma.
Photo 1085/6 : Monk Collection: Views of Burma. Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
Photo 1085/6(20) : [European group, mainly railway engineers, Burma.] Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003194034[0006]/040-003194284[0020]/041-003194304
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1085
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1890
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1890s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Dawson, F G R, railway engineer, fl Late 19th century
Duffin, Charles Henry, of Sagaing, colonial administrator, fl 1888-1912
Eyre, Gervas Selwyn, army officer, 1851-1920
Monk, Hugh Lewin, civil engineer, 1844-1916 - Places:
- Myanmar, Asia, Burma, South-east Asia