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Burmese Collection (page 12)

Background imageBurmese Collection: The Sampan Pagoda, Myanmar

The Sampan Pagoda, Myanmar
Burma (Myanmar) - The Sampan Pagoda, with a golden stupa sitting atop this miraculously-balanced rock. In the history of Myanmar

Background imageBurmese Collection: Gurkha trooper firing in Burma, 1944

Gurkha trooper firing in Burma, 1944 Date: 1944

Background imageBurmese Collection: Waiting for transports - Burma - 1944

Waiting for transports - Burma - 1944
British, West Africans and Gurkhas, the backbone of Wingates Burma Jungle forces, wait at the ramps to file into transports or gliders for the forward movement to Broadway

Background imageBurmese Collection: Allies rescue stricken C-47 - Burma

Allies rescue stricken C-47 - Burma
American forces of the Air Service Command, Chindits and Burmese farmers of the local neighbourhood, who between them managed to put a C-47 back in the air

Background imageBurmese Collection: Allied scouts cross a Burmese Jungle stream

Allied scouts cross a Burmese Jungle stream. Poised for action, a scouting detachment of armed Burmese patriot fighters, accompanied by two American soldiers

Background imageBurmese Collection: Scottish tank crew in Burma - 1945

Scottish tank crew in Burma - 1945
Scottish tank crew in Burma, 15th March 1945. A Sherman tank passing a pagoda on the Taungtha road

Background imageBurmese Collection: U. S. 81mm Mortar overlooking the Burma Road

U. S. 81mm Mortar overlooking the Burma Road
U.S. 81mm Mortar overlooking the Burma Road, Lashio, Burma - January / February, 1945. Japanese supply and communications lines were pounded during the battle for the strategic ground north of this

Background imageBurmese Collection: A Japanese patrol in a Mandalay Railway Yard

A Japanese patrol in a Mandalay Railway Yard, Burma

Background imageBurmese Collection: British 36th Division in Burma - 1944

British 36th Division in Burma - 1944
Two members of the British 36th Division (consisting of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and the East Lancashire Regiment)

Background imageBurmese Collection: Brigadier Cotterill-Hill wades ashore - Burma

Brigadier Cotterill-Hill wades ashore - Burma
Ramree Island on the Burma coast invaded. Brigadier Cotterill-Hill, commanding the 71st Indian brigade, wades ashore - 194"

Background imageBurmese Collection: 19th Indian Dagger Division - Burma

19th Indian Dagger Division - Burma
Tanks and infantry of the 19th Indian Dagger Division move up to the attack - Burma

Background imageBurmese Collection: Making a jeep railroad - Burma

Making a jeep railroad - Burma
Making a jeep railroad. A supply line constructed by Indian engineers to run to Mandalay in readiness for expansion further south into Burma

Background imageBurmese Collection: Burma (Myanmar) - Rangoon (Yangon) - Prisoners

Burma (Myanmar) - Rangoon (Yangon) - Prisoners
Prisoners awaiting their breakfast in a Yangon (formerly Rangoon) Jail, Myanmar (formerly Burma)

Background imageBurmese Collection: Rangoon Railway Station, India

Rangoon Railway Station, India
Rangoon railway station, India: the starting point of the Burmese railway system

Background imageBurmese Collection: Young Girl from Burma (Myanmar)

Young Girl from Burma (Myanmar) standing in front of a stunning woven reed wall

Background imageBurmese Collection: Chedis of the Wat Si Sanphet, Ayutthaya, Thailand

Chedis of the Wat Si Sanphet, Ayutthaya, Thailand
View of two of the three bell-shaped Chedis (royal tombs) of the Wat Phra Si Sanphet temple (constructed between 1492 and 1532) at Ayutthaya, Thailand

Background imageBurmese Collection: Sacred White Elephant

Sacred White Elephant
The sacred white Burmese Elephant secured by P T Barnum in 1883, named Toung Taloung. Such an animal had been sought with a passion by Barnum for many years

Background imageBurmese Collection: Large Burmese Canoes, 1910

Large Burmese Canoes, 1910
Photograph of two Burmese canoes, each with at least twenty rowers, 1910. Each rower balanced on the inside foot, with the outside one slipped through a strap on the oar; thus they used an arm

Background imageBurmese Collection: Buddhist Pagoda, Burma

Buddhist Pagoda, Burma
Burmese women at prayer on the platform of the pagoda at Prome, Lower Burma

Background imageBurmese Collection: 1ST BURMA WAR / 1824

1ST BURMA WAR / 1824
The artillery is moved forward during the British colonial troops advance into Burmese territory during the 1st Burma War

Background imageBurmese Collection: Battle of Bhurtpoor

Battle of Bhurtpoor
Carmichaels troops, defending Bhurtpoor, fire on the advancing Burmese forces

Background imageBurmese Collection: Burmese Worshippers

Burmese Worshippers
Worshippers at a Burmese pagoda

Background imageBurmese Collection: Burmese Bazaar

Burmese Bazaar
Mothers with their children shopping in a Burmese bazaar

Background imageBurmese Collection: Tattooing in Burma

Tattooing in Burma
A Burmese gentleman is tattooed from top to bottom

Background imageBurmese Collection: Burmese Housewives

Burmese Housewives
Burmese housewives occupied with domestic tasks and dealing with tradesmen

Background imageBurmese Collection: Burmese Princess

Burmese Princess
A Burmese princess in the palace garden, Rangoon

Background imageBurmese Collection: Butterfly Dance Burma

Butterfly Dance Burma
Dancing the Butterfly Dance at the Burmese court



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