IDNO

P.96793.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“F. W. became Political Officer in Sikkim on January 4th, 1933.
(Photos 107-132 were taken in and around Bumthang Mpow: 75-77)
107. “The khaki boys at Bumthang, 12-13 July 1933
107c/d/e. The Boys.
MPOW: 75; “Outside Bumthang stood a guard of honour of about forty soldiers wearing khaki uniforms of locally woven material, Gurkha hats, belts and puttees and carrying .303 rifles. All save the commander who had been trained in Shillong with a Gurkha regiment, were barefoot”.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Bumthang

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

12 July 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 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]