IDNO

P.96705.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“F. W. became Political Officer in Sikkim on January 4th, 1933.
(Photos 53-75: in and around Paro MPOW: 70-73)
75. “Paro bridge”
See gi: paro
75d. “Interior of Paro bridge”. The painted inscriptions on the beams are “Om mani padme hum”, a famous Buddhist mantra translating as “Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus”. This bridge was washed away in the floods of 1968 and later rebuilt.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Paro

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

June 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Photograph published in Williamson, Margaret, 1987. Memoirs of a Political Officer’s Wife behind P. 64 plate no 4 (Wisdom Publication, London) [Dawa Dem 19/9/2008]

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]