Postal service on Tibetan plains

Postal service on Tibetan plains

BMH.G.97.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1927 - 1928

Region

Yamdrok Tso Region > Plain of the Three Sisters

Accession number

BMH.G.97.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 113

Mounted postal service on Tibetan plains. Hopkinson was given responsibility for introducing a motorised service [see related images in Hopkinson collection] but this had to be abandoned in late 1927 because of the harsh terrain and weather conditions

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28

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For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Postal service on Tibetan plains" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.G.97.1.html>.

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