Key Information
Photographer
Arthur Hopkinson
Collection
A. J. Hopkinson
Date of Photo
1926 - 1927
Region
Chumbi Valley Region > Natu La
Accession number
BMH.E.35.1
Image Dimensions
85 x 109
A group of porters and other assistants to the
British Trade Agency in Tibet take lunch after attempting to create a car route in the snow along the Natu La for two Dodge cars (out of view; see BMH.E.31-32). Colonel F. M. Bailey, the Political Officer of Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet, wanted to introduce cars to the region to speed up communications between Gangtok and
Gyantse. The project was bedevilled with problems and over the course of the year 1926-27 proved to be unfeasible, the cars being withdrawn late in 1927
Further Information
Photographic Process
Negative film nitrate
Expedition
A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Having lunch in Natu La"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.E.35.1.html>.
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