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ContributorsManning, Frederick S. (Artist)
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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
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My Tibetan servant Pa-sang ("Friday"), with friends.

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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
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A street in Phari, Tibet, sometimes called the "highest, windiest, dirtiest city in the world".

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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
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Crumbling watch towers dot the landscape along the trail to Lhasa.

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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
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In the courtyard of a Tibetan house, as seen from my window.

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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
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The fort of Nangartse, on the trail to Lhasa in central Tibet.

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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
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A pilgrim passing along the Sacred Way, around the Potala at Lhasa. Note that the path is lined with carved stone and other religious objects.

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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
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Nepalese porters with supplies for China, near the summit of Natu pass, at the frontier of India and Tibet.

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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
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Inside the Drepung monastery (largest in world) Giant monks, carrying big bronze shafts of authority, walk ahead through the streets to clear the way for visitors.