Raising a telegraph pole

Raising a telegraph pole

1998.131.429 (Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Unknown. Dr Morgan? Major Finch?

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

October - December 1936?

Region

Lhasa > Dekyi Lingka

Accession number

1998.131.429

Image Dimensions

107 x 82

Putting up the poles and wires for the Mission telegraph. Close-up of an assistant who has positioned himself in a tree to hoist the pole, assisted by other members of the Mission staff

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated 1994

Donated by

Faith Spencer Chapman

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Previous Catologue Number

X.11

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.429

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Raising a telegraph pole" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.429.html>.

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