Burmese Collection (page 8)

Shwe Inbin Monastery, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma). Date: circa 1907

Royal Palace in Mandalay, Myanmar
The Royal Palace in Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma). The last Royal Palace viewed from the East Gate. Date: circa 1910s

Irrawaddy River Express Paddlesteamer - Myanmar (Burma) Date: circa 1910s

Burma Exhibit at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley
The Burma Exhibit at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, London. Date: 1924

Khong Yai - Harmonicons (Khong Vong gong chimes) of wood or metal form the basis of bands of Siam (Thailand), Burma (Myanmar) and the Indian Archipelago

Myanmar - A Shan Archer
Myanmar (Burma) - A Shan Archer. The Shan are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia. Date: circa 1910s

Group of Buddhist Monks, Myanmar
Group of Buddhist Monks (Pongyi), Myanmar. Date: circa 1910s

Myanmar - Pathein (Bassein) - Civil Hospital and Office Date: circa 1910s

Tree planted by Archibald Bogle and his wife - Myanmar
Tree planted by Major-General Sir Archibald Bogle (1805-1876) and his wife Maynard Eliza Annie (niece of Sir Charles D Oyley) in 1831 at Sittwe (formerly Akyab), Myanmar (Burma)

A Burmese Paddy Boat - moored on the Irrawaddy River, Burma (now Myanmar). These boats were used to transport rice downriver - the main export crop of Burma. Date: 1895

Mosque - Rangoon, Myanmar
Bengali Sunni (Sunne) Jameh Mosque, Shwe Bontha Street, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma). Date: circa 1910s

One of the special Airspeed AS65 Consuls produced in 1949 for the Burmese Air Force fitted with two fixed forward-firing guns under the fuselage and provision for eight 25lb rocket projectiles

Sabatinca perveta, moth
Shown here is a moth belonging to the living pollen-feeding family Micropterygidae, preserved in Burmese amber of Late Cretaceous age

Burmese amber
A large specimen of Burmese amber measuring 50 cms left to right

Snail in Burmese amber
A snail in trapped and preserved in Burmese amber. Upper Cretaceous about 80 million years old. Image from Amber The Natural Time Capsule figure 59

Scorpion tail in Burmese amber dating from the Upper Cretaceous about 80 million years old. Image from Amber The Natural Time Capsule. Figure 100

Mite in amber

Melanorrhoea usitata, Burmese lacquer tree
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London

Beetle in amber

Amber from Burma
A large specimen of Burmese amber measuring 50 cms left to right. Note size of specimen from hands included for scale

Myanmar. Mandalay. Bagan
MYANMAR. MANDALAY. Bagan

MYANMAR. PEGU. Bago. Figue of Buddha in an abandoned pagoda

Bhurma. Colonial period (1887). Street in Mandalay. Etching

MYANMAR. Rangoon. Shwe Dagon Pagoda

Inya Lake Sailing Club - Rangoon - on next inlet from house Date: 1952

Inya Lake House - Rangoon

Inya Lake House site - Rangoon - Lake House. We were immediate neighbours of Daw Kin Gee (widow of Aung San), and her three children. We and they played and punted on the lake together

Wedding reception - Rangoon - Daughter of Daw Mya Sein and son of Sir Thoon Aung Gyaw, reception held on the lawn in Godwin Road

Jardines House on Inya Lake - Rangoon - Beautifully manicured garden down to the Lake. Traveller palm - fan shaped, each leaf stalk in joining the main stem forms a gourd-like reservoir of water for

wayside pagoda - Rangoon
Wayside pagoda - Rangoon - Tried out the lane at the north end of Golden Valley. It peters out into pasture but we climb a flight of steps up a hillside to where we see a pagoda spire against

Reclining Buddha - Rangoon - Big Boy we came to a collection of basha huts close to it, and were told it was all right to go through to it

Reclining Buddha near Kokine - Rangoon - Big Boy what at first seemed like some huge rocky hill top across the fields and little truck gardens

water well sweep - Rangoon
Water well sweep - Rangoon - well sweep for commercial vegetable gardens on Kokine Road Date: 1951

Kambawza Palace - Rangoon -.. the view from the tower is worth the climb up the steps, from parquet floor to parquet floor. Date: 1951

firewood vendor - Rangoon
Firewood vendor - Rangoon - wood vendor for kitchen cooking Date: 1951

firewood delivery - Rangoon
Firewood delivery - Rangoon - bullock cart and wood man Date: 1951

Kokine Valley Road - Rangoon

Pongyis - Rangoon - Pongyis on Kokine Road Date: 1951

Kokine village - Rangoon - Kokine Village Date: 1951

garden of Mount Pleasant - Rangoon
Garden of Mount Pleasant - Rangoon - Anne and Ellen in garden on 22 Mount Pleasant Date: 1951

children of House Staff - Rangoon
Children of House Staff - Rangoon - Anne with Zenabee and Aung Thein Date: 1951

House Staff - Rangoon - Sultan (butler) with wife Amu and daughter Zenabee Date: 1951

Mount Pleasant village - Rangoon - Bashas below 22 Mount Pleasant Date: 1951

22 Mount Pleasant - Rangoon - house and garden Date: 1951

Anne with Burmese lilies - Kalaw - Tun Pes garden, with lovely lilies white, pink, blue. Date: 1952

roadside stalls - Pegu
Roadside stalls - Pegu - Bottleneck entering city, at one-way bridge built by returning British army, with a maximum three-year guarantee

Shimbyu dancer - Rangoon - Member of the street parade. Date: 1952

Shimbyu - Rangoon - Offerings by family to the monastery. Pungyi robes are woven and dyed in a single night, great honour gained by those completing theirs first

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