Matching Items (59)
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
DescriptionThe bronze lion in foreground was a present, many years ago from one of the emperors of China.
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description
G70. A yak-skin boat on the upper Brahmaputra River, central Tibet.
G72. Looking down the length of our boat on the journey down the Brahmaputra River.
ContributorsGoodman, Al, 1890-1972 (Composer) / Benatzky, Ralph (Composer) / Atteridge, Harold Richard, 1886-1938 (Lyricist) / Tama Music Publishing Corps. (Publisher)
Created1921
ContributorsStraus, Oscar, 1870-1954 (Composer) / Dunn, Edward Delaney (Lyricist) / Tama Music Publishing Corps. (Publisher)
Created1921
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description
Skirting the northern rampart of the Himalayas, on the trail to Lhasa, in Tibet.
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
DescriptionThe Yamdrok Lake (more than 14,000 feet above sea level), with the castled town of Pedi on its shore.
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description
A caravan crossing the Nyapso-la (pass) on route to China (Central Tibet).
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description
There is not much machinery in Tibet, and when it is brought in, it has to be carried over the passes, in pieces. Here is a part of a small machine for pressing mustard seeds (for oil). The inevitable prayer flag adorns the load.
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description
Archway of stones and prayer flags over the 16,400 foot pass of Kharo-la, on road to Lhasa.
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description
A Tibetan monk on pilgrimage. He carries a spear.