Pagoda Collection (page 9)

Zhenhai Tower - Five Storey Pagoda - Guangzhou
The Zhenhai Tower - a Five Storey Pagoda - Guangzhou, China Date: circa 1910

Temple On the Min River near Fuzhou, Fujian Province Date: circa 1910s

Grand Buddha Pagoda, Hanoi - Vietnam
Grand Buddha Pagoda, Hanoi - Tonkin Province, Vietnam Date: 1904

Pagoda at Whampoa
Pagoda overlooking the harbour at Huangpu District (formerly transliterated as Whampoa) - one of the ten districts in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Peoples Republic of China. Date: circa 1910s

Laeken, Belgium (Brussels)
The Japanese Pagoda and the Chinese Pavilion at Laeken, Belgium (a residential suburb in north-west Brussels). The Chinese Pavilion was commissioned by King Leopold II

WOMENs SUITS FOR 1948
Costumes or suits with narrow, straight skirts & various styles of double-breasted jacket, some with hip pockets. Hats are worn on the side of the head

Dangerous fashions in the street
The dangers of impractical fashions in the street. The reintroduction of the trained skirt, even for walking dresses, proves inconvenient and possibly fatal! Date: 1871

North Pagoda, Falun Temple, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, Chi
View of the North Pagoda of the Falun Temple at Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China, built in 1643

The Chinese Empire
Decorative Rahael Tuck postcard featuring some aspects of the Chinese Empire including a Chinese Dragon, blossoms and pagodas

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

The five-storey Pagoda at Nikko, Japan
The five storied Pagoda at Nikko, Japan. Tadakatsu Sakai started work on this building in 1650, but it burned down in 1815. It was rebuilt in 1818

British infantry firing amid the historic pagodas - Burma
Burma - British infantry (17th Division) firing amid the historic pagodas - circa February, 194."

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

Laeken, Belgium
The Japanese House at the foot of the Pagoda at Laeken, Belgium (a residential suburb in north-west Brussels). The buildings were commissioned by King Leopold II

India Chengalpattu
(formerly Chingleput) Pagoda known as the eagles nest

India, Konark
The Black Pagoda

India Kanchipuram
(formerly Conjeveram) : One of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus, with many magnificent temples : this is the gopura and sacred tank of the Grand Pagoda

India Thanjavur
The great pagoda

WOMEN & GIRL 1852
Girl: pantalettes, dress trimmed with tartan. Brown dress: pagoda sleeves & black ribbon applied in a geometric style border. Blue dress: basquin body trimmed with lace

Winter Fashions 1871
Polonaise costumes (made from 1 fabric only) with double skirts. Plaid: over-skirt cut in long points, short fringed mantle. Black: jacket body with pagoda sleeves

Chinese Pagoda
A pagoda of later style, comprising a number of superimposed storeys of diminishing size : also a bridge built high to allow masted vessels to pass

Pagoda at Huangpu
The pagoda at the anchorage of Huangpu (previously known as Whampoa)

Great Wall & Pagoda
Part of the Great Wall, with a pagoda and a bunch of soldiers responsible for guarding the wall and keeping out undesirable persons

China - Anhing
Chinese boats in the river alongside Anhing with its fortifications and pagoda : unfortunately we have not been able to identify it with any modern city

Chinese Shrine
A little rustic pagoda outside a village

China / Kinnungam
A distant view of Kinnungam with its fortifications and pagoda : but unfortunately we have not been able to identify it with any modern city

Tower at Sou-Tcheou-Fou
Leaning pagoda of Sou-Tcheou- Fou, near Shanghai : as is customary with Chinese pagodas, it is covered with porcelain

Striped Dress 1861
Women: short cape & dress in vertical striped fabric & pleated border; high buttoning bodice, pagoda sleeves, purple vandyke & tassel trim. Girl: habit shirt, ankle boots

Mantles / Pardessus 1862
Red mantle with pagoda sleeves, lattice & ribbon headdress. Black mantle with pagoda sleeves & pockets trimmed with tassels, green dress & lace bonnet & plume

Fashions / January 1851
Corsages with pagoda sleeves & engageantes; black lace edged pardessus; green pardessus with a double cape & scalloped edges. The girl carries an ermine muff

October 1850 Fashions
Grey caraco dress with basques & skirt trimmed en tablier; white pardessus worn over a green dress; various jackets with pagoda or funnel sleeves; white lace jacket

Festival - the Parade
Visitors walk along The Parade, part of the Battersea Festival Pleasure Gardens, during the Festival of Britain celebrations

Key Buildings 1850 / World
A comparative view of the principle buildings of the World in 1850 including the High Level Bridge - St Peters Rome - The Great Pyramid - The Porcelain Pagoda in Nanjing

Religion / China / Pagoda 1
The interior of a Pagoda, with priests and worshippers engaged in various activities (the walls and roof have been omitted, to show the interior) (1 of 2)

Religion / China / Pagoda 2
The interior of a Pagoda, with priests and worshippers engaged in various activities (the walls and roof have been omitted, to show the interior) (2 of 2)

Monkey Pagoda / 1780
Inside the celebrated Pagod of the Monkeys in Japan, several devotees pray while others make offerings

Myanmar Yangon
Entry to the Grand Pagoda

Myanmar Moulmein
The Moulmein Pagoda, near Mandalay (in the distance) best known to us all by Kiplings poem The road to Mandalay

Yasaka Pagoda at Kyoto, Japan

Costume June 1870
Dresses comprised of an under- skirt, upper-skirt with apron front & jacket bodice with basques deep enough to form an over-skirt. Girl: tunic with pointed hem & waistband

Shopping Fashions 1850S
Red mantle with revers, pagoda sleeves & tassels, blue dress with black trim. Black pardessus, white waistcoat, floral print skirt & a habit- shirt with bishop sleeves

Burma / Rangoon 1931
Rangoon: view of a pagoda

Fashions September 1850
Plaid dress: open jacket bodice, chemisette, pagoda sleeves with engageantes. Jackets: (mantles, pardessus) with lace trim, skirts & cuffs or dentilated borders

Costume January 1862
Ball / evening dress: pink & white ruched edged flounces, over-skirt hitched up at the sides & ornamented with pink roses. Black pardessus with pagoda sleeves

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

Costume / Photo by Merrick
Woman: polonaise with pagoda sleeves, coils of false hair & a tiny hat tilted forwards. Man: light coloured trousers & waistcoat, striped cravat, short jacket with bound edges

Ladies Sewing / 1850S
Open bodices with or without revers worn with chemisettes (with buttoned front, broderie Anglaise, volans), pagoda sleeves, various styles of engageantes & lace caps

MENs COATS OF 1855
Frock coat with funnel or pagoda sleeves in imitation of the current female fashion shown from the rear & front on. One coat has a naval air with embroidered stand collar

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