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Burmese Women |
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Burmese [?] Pooay or Theatrical Dancing |
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Burmese band |
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Cremation of a Poongyi or Burmese priest |
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Cremation of a poongyi [Burmese priest] |
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Shway [Shwe] Dagon (or the Golden) Pagoda - Rangoon |
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Corner of Dalhousie Street, Rangoon |
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River side view, Rangoon |
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Elephants at work. Bombay Burma Timber Yard, Rangoon |
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Elephant crossing river on a raft, Burmah [i.e. Myanmar] |
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Burmese boat |
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18 photographs of Burma [Myanmar]
| Title |
Shway [Shwe] Dagon (or the Golden) Pagoda - Rangoon |
| Reference |
Y3029D/7 |
| Creator |
Jackson, J, fl 1860-1919, photographer |
| Extent and Medium |
Good condition. |
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| Content and context |
100 x 132 mm. Showing the massive 368 foot spire of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, situated on a hill overlooking Rangoon. The original date of foundation of the temple is lost in myth, but the buildings assumed their present form in the 1560s. A pencilled annotation on the reverse of the print includes the additional phrase 'from North entrance'. The ink annotation on the reverse states 'Photo by J. Jackson, Rangoon'. |
| Further information |
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For a history of the building see:
Pearn, B. R. (1939), A History of Rangoon, Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press, pp. 1-127.
Indexed
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| Index Terms |
| Asia |
| Myanmar |
| Rangoon |
| Yangon |
| Jackson, J (fl 1860-1919) photographer |
| No further on-line information. |
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