IDNO

P.96507.WIL

Description

Three Gurkha NCO’s in tropical uniform including the hat Terai Gurkha a light coloured puggaree wound around the hat with a cap badge attached to the front, and worn with the chin strap and the hat tilted to the right so that the brim touches the right ear. The men stand on a road at Gangtok, (possibly at the Residency?), with a car in the background. [JD 21/4/2008]

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“F. W. became Political Officer in Sikkim on January 4th, 1933.
(Photos 1-30 were taken in and around Gangtok).
5. “Everest expedition at Gangtok”
5a.“Gurkha NCO’s”.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; India; Sikkim; Gangtok

Cultural Affliation

Nepalese

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Williamson, Frederick

Date

14 - 16 March 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The transcription of this album by Mark Turin and Sara Bibliographical Reference: The Mount Everest Expedition, 1933. Get full details of JSTOR. [Jocelyne Dudding 21/4/2008]

The transcription of this album by Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman was carried out with reference to Krystina Cech’s catalogue list alone. Alex Nadin has since revised their cataloguing by systematically matching their records to the images. Margaret Williamson’s handwritten captions for photographs have now been transcribed into the Inscription field, and Cech’s descriptions appear in the Description field. Correct entries for Place, Named Person and Other Nos. have also been entered by Alex Nadin. [Sudeshna Guha 29/10/2002]