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Myanmar Collection (page 2)

Background imageMyanmar Collection: Women of the Bre tribe, Burma, South East Asia

Women of the Bre tribe, Burma, South East Asia
Women of the Bre (Kayaw) tribe, in the hills of Burma (now Myanmar), South East Asia. They are covering their faces as they fear the black magic of the camera. Date: 1922

Background imageMyanmar Collection: Women of the Padaung tribe, Burma, South East Asia

Women of the Padaung tribe, Burma, South East Asia
Women of the Padaung (Kayan Lahwi or Lahoi) tribe, Burma (now Myanmar), South East Asia. Two of them can be seen with brass coils round their necks

Background imageMyanmar Collection: Elephant lifting wooden logs - Rangoon, Burma

Elephant lifting wooden logs - Rangoon, Burma
circa 1910s

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

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

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

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

Background imageMyanmar Collection: Myanmar - A Burmese girl

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

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

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

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

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

Background imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar Collection: Burmese woman, Burma (Myanmar)

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

Background imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar Collection: The hairy family of Burma

The hairy family of Burma: A four generation pedigree of congenital hypertrichosis lanuginosa

Background imageMyanmar Collection: Burma - World War II - Chindit Brown

Burma - World War II - Chindit Brown
Chindit Brown of the Kings Own Regiment (nicknamed Digger ) in action in Burma. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

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

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

Background imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar Collection: Merchant Street, Rangoon, Burma, circa 1880 (Myanmar)

Merchant Street, Rangoon, Burma, circa 1880 (Myanmar). Date: circa 1880

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

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

Background imageMyanmar Collection: Myanmar - Sisters - Studio portrait photograph

Myanmar - Sisters - Studio portrait photograph Date: circa 1907

Background imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar Collection: Ploughing a Rice Paddy Field in Myanmar

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

Background imageMyanmar Collection: Myanmar - Yangon - The Jubilee Hall

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

Background imageMyanmar Collection: Myanmar - Yangon - American Baptist College

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

Background imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar Collection: Myanmar - Yangon - The General Hospital

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

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

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

Background imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar Collection: Burmese girl, Burma (Myanmar)

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

Background imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar Collection: Sapphire Buddha

Sapphire Buddha pin less then two centimetres tall. Sapphie is so hard it would have needed something as hard or harder to shape it, most probably another Sapphire

Background imageMyanmar Collection: Kokine Swimming Club - Rangoon

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

Background imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar Collection: Fraser Street Ghari - Rangoon

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

Background imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar 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 imageMyanmar 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



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