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Burmese Collection (page 2)

Background imageBurmese Collection: Gold stupa of the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar

Gold stupa of the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar Date: 2016

Background imageBurmese Collection: Burmese girls with parasol, Burma (Myanmar) circa 1890

Burmese girls with parasol, Burma (Myanmar) circa 1890 (Klier studio). Date: circa 1890

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - A Burmese girl

Myanmar - A Burmese girl
Myanmar - A superb photographic portrait of a seated Burmese girl Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Couple holding hands over a low wall

Myanmar - Couple holding hands over a low wall Date: circa 1907

Background imageBurmese Collection: Taungoo (Toungoo) - a city in the Bago Region, Myanmar

Taungoo (Toungoo) - a city in the Bago Region, Myanmar. Date: circa 1908

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Performing yein pwe - Dance and Music

Myanmar - Performing yein pwe - Dance and Music
Myanmar - Performing yein pwe - traditional National dance which features singing and dancing performed by an ensemble / chorus. Date: circa 1908

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Oil Fields at Yenangyaung

Myanmar - Oil Fields at Yenangyaung
Oil Fields at Yenangyaung (which has a literal translation as: " stream of oil" ), a city in Magway Division, Myanmar, on the Irrawaddy River. Date: circa 1909

Background imageBurmese Collection: Burmese woman, Burma (Myanmar)

Burmese woman, Burma (Myanmar). Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBurmese Collection: Karen people - Kayah State of Burma (now Myanmar)

Karen people - Kayah State of Burma (now Myanmar)
The Karen people, a Sino-Tibetan people living mostly in Kayah State of Burma (now Myanmar). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBurmese Collection: Heavy fighting during the battle for Pinwe, Burma

Heavy fighting during the battle for Pinwe, Burma
Heavy fighting during the battle for Pinwe on November 30th 1944 by units of the British 36th Division. Here Royal Artillery fire 25-pounders on Japanese positions in Pinwe

Background imageBurmese Collection: Burmese scouts in the water

Burmese scouts in the water
Burmese scouts of St Philips, 26th Rangoon Troop (Yangon), in the water with a scout leader

Background imageBurmese Collection: Kayan women with neck and leg rings, Burma

Kayan women with neck and leg rings, Burma
Four Kayan women with brass neck and leg rings, Burma. Date: 1915

Background imageBurmese Collection: Suk el Turk - Tripoli, Libya

Suk el Turk - Tripoli, Libya
Myanmar - Women of the Akha Tribe in traditional headdresses. Speakers of Tai languages in Myanmar and Thailand refer to them as " gaw" or " ekaw" (ikaw/ikho)

Background imageBurmese Collection: Dining Hall, Strand Hotel, Rangoon, Burma

Dining Hall, Strand Hotel, Rangoon, Burma
Dining Hall (centre), Strand Hotel, Rangoon, Burma. circa 1930

Background imageBurmese Collection: Karaweik Palace restaurant, Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon, Myanmar

Karaweik Palace restaurant, Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon, Myanmar
Karaweik Palace floating restaurant, Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon, Myanmar Date: 2016

Background imageBurmese Collection: Thatbyinnyu Pagoda at sunset, Plain of Bagan, Myanmar

Thatbyinnyu Pagoda at sunset, Plain of Bagan, Myanmar
Thatbyinnyu Pagoda and the Temples and pagodas at sunset on the Central Plain of Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Date: 2016

Background imageBurmese Collection: Stairway and passage, Thisa Wadi Pagoda, Bagan, Myanmar

Stairway and passage, Thisa Wadi Pagoda, Bagan, Myanmar
Arched stairway and passage at Thisa Wadi Pagoda Temple on the Plain of Bagan, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Date: 2016

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Burmese women rolling leaf tobacco into cigars

Myanmar - Burmese women rolling leaf tobacco into cigars
Myanmar - Burmese women rolling leaf tobacco into large cheroot cigars. Cheroots are traditional in Burma and India, consequently, popular among the British during the days of the British Empire

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - A Burmese girl with large open paper parasol

Myanmar - A Burmese girl with large open paper parasol
Myanmar - A slightly stern-looking Burmese girl, seated and holding a large large open paper parasol Date: circa 1910

Background imageBurmese Collection: Burmese Princess in Traditional costume (State Robes)

Burmese Princess in Traditional costume (State Robes). Date: circa 1903

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Sisters - Studio portrait photograph

Myanmar - Sisters - Studio portrait photograph Date: circa 1907

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Couple posing on a divan

Myanmar - Couple posing on a divan
Myanmar - Couple (Prince and Princess?) posing on a divan Date: circa 1906

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Performing zat pwe - Dance and Music

Myanmar - Performing zat pwe - Dance and Music
Performing zat pwe the traditional Burmese performance form that combines elements of music, dance, and theatre. Date: circa 1908

Background imageBurmese Collection: Ploughing a Rice Paddy Field in Myanmar

Ploughing a Rice Paddy Field in Myanmar. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Yangon - The Jubilee Hall

Myanmar - Yangon - The Jubilee Hall Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Yangon - American Baptist College

Myanmar - Yangon - American Baptist College. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Bell Pagoda at Bhamo (Bamaw / Banmaw)

Myanmar - Bell Pagoda at Bhamo (Bamaw / Banmaw)
Kachin State, Myanmar - Bell Pagoda at Bhamo (Bamaw / Banmaw). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Yangon - The General Hospital

Myanmar - Yangon - The General Hospital
Myanmar - Yangon (Rangoon) - The General Hospital. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Payama Pagoda - Pyay (ancient Prome)

Myanmar - Payama Pagoda - Pyay (ancient Prome) Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Taung saung Nat or Burmese Guardian Spirit

Myanmar - Taung saung Nat or Burmese Guardian Spirit
Myanmar - Taung saung Nat (Spirit) or Burmese Angel. Taung saung Nats are mountain guardian spirits who appear to act as a deterrent against environmental destruction. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Mandalay - The Mingun Bell

Myanmar - Mandalay - The Mingun Bell
The Mingun Bell located in Mingun, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. This early photograph was taken prior to the bell being re-hung in 1896. It fell from its support following earthquake damage

Background imageBurmese Collection: Burmese minister, highlanders, and couple from Pegu (Bago)

Burmese minister, highlanders, and couple from Pegu (Bago).. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageBurmese Collection: Burmese girl, Burma (Myanmar)

Burmese girl, Burma (Myanmar). Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBurmese Collection: Yangon, Myanmar - The Rangoon Gazette

Yangon, Myanmar - The Rangoon Gazette with inset photograph of The Mandalay Palace at Mandalay, Myanmar, the last royal palace of the last Burmese monarchy. Date: 1905

Background imageBurmese Collection: Myanmar - Girls from Kachin State

Myanmar - Girls from Kachin State
Two ethnic Kachin Girls from the Northern Kachin State in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBurmese Collection: Kokine Swimming Club - Rangoon

Kokine Swimming Club - Rangoon - within walking distance of Mount Pleasant Date: 1951

Background imageBurmese Collection: Methodist English School - Rangoon

Methodist English School - Rangoon - Mrs. Logie was Headmistress. Construction work at back during school holidays, replacing the Junior classroom wing

Background imageBurmese Collection: Fraser Street Ghari - Rangoon

Fraser Street Ghari - Rangoon - Fraser Street Ghari Date: 1952

Background imageBurmese Collection: Girl - Myanmar

Girl - Myanmar
Young Girl - Myanmar - standing in front of a traditional house with a fantastic woven reed wall Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBurmese Collection: The Mingun Bell, Myanmar

The Mingun Bell, Myanmar
The Mingun Bell. Located in Mingun, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma). Cast between 1808 -1810. Date: 1906

Background imageBurmese Collection: Burmese soldier with rifle and bayonet, WW1

Burmese soldier with rifle and bayonet, WW1
A Burmese soldier, probably a member of the Burma Rifles, a regiment of the British Indian Army, formed in 1917 during the First World War. Seen here posing for his photo with rifle and bayonet

Background imageBurmese Collection: Women of the Burmese Kayan Lahwi tribe

Women of the Burmese Kayan Lahwi tribe
Four women and a young baby from the Kayan Lahwi tribe, a group of the Karenni people of Burma (Myanmar). Women of the various Kayan tribes identify themselves by their different form of dress

Background imageBurmese Collection: DUKW powered ferry on the Great Chindwin River, Burma

DUKW powered ferry on the Great Chindwin River, Burma - circa 1945. The DUKW (popularly pronounced " duck" ) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was designed by General Motors

Background imageBurmese Collection: Firing mortars over pagodas at Meiktila, Burma

Firing mortars over pagodas at Meiktila, Burma
Firing mortar shells over the historic pagodas at Meiktila, Burma - 28th February 1945

Background imageBurmese Collection: Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (4 / 4)

Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (4 / 4)
Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (4/4) A Burmese lady in a beautiful outfit, her long dark hair falling down from her head surrounded by pink flowers, holding a parasol

Background imageBurmese Collection: The Blue Moon by Harold Ellis

The Blue Moon by Harold Ellis; music Howard Talbot -Touring to Londesborough Theatre, Scarborough, 27th august 1906 - Robert Courtneidges production - Flier in the shape of a Burmese idol (closed)

Background imageBurmese Collection: Misfitz Dolls - Burmese

Misfitz Dolls - Burmese. early 20th century

Background imageBurmese Collection: Methodist Episcopal High School, Rangoon, Burma

Methodist Episcopal High School, Rangoon, Burma. Date: circa 1910



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