9 Items Tagged "colonialism"
Nine School Girls Year and Location: Taken between 1885-1895 in Mawlamyine, Myanmar Photographer: Unknown The photograph of nine schoolgirls in Mawlamyine, Myanmar, captures a moment in time…
The photo, taken from my iPhone during our in-person visit to the Rare and Distinctive Collections archive, was selected for analysis from the Atelier “De Famora’s” collection called…
Burma has had a long history of British colonial influence in their country. It was established as a colony under the British Empire in 1824 and it did…
A Game of Tug of War By: Luca Gorla Original title: Burma, Penang, and China in the 1920s: four photograph…
George West Philleo’s photo collection documents several scenes that took place in Burma, China, and Pengang between 1917 and 1924. This picture shows British colonial officers playing tennis…
Introduction/Photo Analysis These two photos, part of a collection of four photo albums from George West Philleo, display a lumber yard in Penang, Malaysia in the late 19th…
The Elephant in the Room Photo: Elephant Moving Timber in Moulmein, Myanmar (Burma), 1885-1895, Ira Wolff Photographic History Collection Off the coast of Moulmein in the late 1800s,…
Presently known as Myanmar, Burma has a long and rich history. The early remnants of Burmese civilization are estimated by anthropologists to be over 3,500 years old, as…
Title: Photograph album of colonial French Indochina 1890-1900 Location: Indochina, Vietnam Photographed by: French Colonial Resident of the Area Year: 1890-1900 Description: The image depicts an empty lobby…
