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Tibet: Accident [Lowell Thomas breaks hip when he falls off horse on leaving Tibet]
1949
1533
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"O Lord Buddha, lighten our load!" chanted bearers of LT Sr's chair as they made the journey down. T-270
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Verso: "O Lord Buddha, lighten our load!" chanted bearers of LT Sr's chair as they made the journey down. T-270
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Tibet: Accident [Lowell Thomas on crutches]
1949
1533
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LOWELL THOMAS RETURNS FROM TIBET, Lowell Thomas, newscaster, waves a crutch as he leaves a Pan American World Airways plane at La Guardia Field, New York, Oct. 16, upon his return by air from a trip to Tibet. He was accompanied by his son, Lowell, Jr. (left). Thomas broke a thigh bone in a fall from a horse on a Tibetan mountain pass last summer. He said he believed Tibet, which has an army of 10,000 would accept outside help if attacked by Chinese Communists, 10/16/49
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Note: LOWELL THOMAS RETURNS FROM TIBET, Lowell Thomas, newscaster, waves a crutch as he leaves a Pan American World Airways plane at La Guardia Field, New York, Oct. 16, upon his return by air from a trip to Tibet. He was accompanied by his son, Lowell, Jr. (left). Thomas broke a thigh bone in a fall from a horse on a Tibetan mountain pass last summer. He said he believed Tibet, which has an army of 10,000 would accept outside help if attacked by Chinese Communists, 10/16/49
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Sunday Oct. 16, 1949; East Boston Airport
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Verso: Sunday Oct. 16, 1949; East Boston Airport
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New York Bureau, THOMAS RETURNS FROM TIBET, NEW YORK: Lowell Thomas, explorer and radio commentator, is greeted by his father, Dr. Harry G. Thomas (right) as he and his son, Lowell Thomas, Jr., (left) arrive at La Guardia Field, Oct. 16. The Commentator was injured in a fall from his horse while riding in the Himalayas. He suffered a broken pelvis. From Karo Pass, 16, 700 feet above sea level, Thomas said he was carried on a litter to Gyantse, a six-day trip, and thence to the Indian border, a journey of some eight days. Thomas said the rulers of Tibet want to know if the U.S. will help them in the event of a Communist invasion. 10-16-49 (LG)
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Note: New York Bureau, THOMAS RETURNS FROM TIBET, NEW YORK: Lowell Thomas, explorer and radio commentator, is greeted by his father, Dr. Harry G. Thomas (right) as he and his son, Lowell Thomas, Jr., (left) arrive at La Guardia Field, Oct. 16. The Commentator was injured in a fall from his horse while riding in the Himalayas. He suffered a broken pelvis. From Karo Pass, 16, 700 feet above sea level, Thomas said he was carried on a litter to Gyantse, a six-day trip, and thence to the Indian border, a journey of some eight days. Thomas said the rulers of Tibet want to know if the U.S. will help them in the event of a Communist invasion. 10-16-49 (LG)
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THOMAS LEAVES HOSPITAL, Lowell Thomas, noted CBS newscaster, today bade farewell to Assistant Director Phyllis M. Young (left) and supervisor Waveney Towey, as he left the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was operated on for a broken hip bone, suffered in a fall from a horse on his recent visit to the Dalai Lama in the Forbidden City of Lhasa, Tibet. He went from the hospital to his home in Pawling, N.Y., where he will complete his recovery, broadcasting from there daily on his CBS 6:45-7:00 PM, EST, news program
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Note: THOMAS LEAVES HOSPITAL, Lowell Thomas, noted CBS newscaster, today bade farewell to Assistant Director Phyllis M. Young (left) and supervisor Waveney Towey, as he left the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was operated on for a broken hip bone, suffered in a fall from a horse on his recent visit to the Dalai Lama in the Forbidden City of Lhasa, Tibet. He went from the hospital to his home in Pawling, N.Y., where he will complete his recovery, broadcasting from there daily on his CBS 6:45-7:00 PM, EST, news program
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Tibet: Buildings
1949
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Typical Tibetan home. Doorway to courtyard, T-37
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Verso: Typical Tibetan home. Doorway to courtyard, T-37
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Lhasa For. [Foreign] Office, T-122
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Verso: Lhasa For. [Foreign] Office, T-122
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Lhasa House-yaks in courtyard, T-121
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Verso: Lhasa House-yaks in courtyard, T-121
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Tibet: Dalai Lama
1949
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15 yr. old Dalai Lama on his throne in Lhasa, 1949
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Note: 15 yr. old Dalai Lama on his throne in Lhasa, 1949
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(photographed in 1949) A formal portrait of His Holiness. Beside the throne, are members of his household; behind the pillar, the Lord Chamberlain (Property of Lowell Thomas, Jr.) p. 205
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Verso: (photographed in 1949) A formal portrait of His Holiness. Beside the throne, are members of his household; behind the pillar, the Lord Chamberlain (Property of Lowell Thomas, Jr.) p. 205
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Wearing the gold peaked cap that is his crown, the Dalai Lama receives and blesses pilgrims. With him, the Lord Chamberlain; D.L. on throne - unsmiling; Credit Lowell Thomas, Jr., 50 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. 20
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Verso: Wearing the gold peaked cap that is his crown, the Dalai Lama receives and blesses pilgrims. With him, the Lord Chamberlain; D.L. on throne - unsmiling; Credit Lowell Thomas, Jr., 50 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. 20
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Dalai Lama on his throne
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Verso: Dalai Lama on his throne
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(photographed in 1949) The Dalai Lama, center (fourth from left) (at left Lowell Thomas, Sr.) (Property of Lowell Thomas, Jr.) 50 Rockefeller Plaza N.Y. 20, p. 209, T-233
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Verso: (photographed in 1949) The Dalai Lama, center (fourth from left) (at left Lowell Thomas, Sr.) (Property of Lowell Thomas, Jr.) 50 Rockefeller Plaza N.Y. 20, p. 209, T-233
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The Dalai Lama, 4th from Lowell Thomas, Sr. on left, T-233, p. 209
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Verso: The Dalai Lama, 4th from Lowell Thomas, Sr. on left, T-233, p. 209
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D.L. and advisors standing in aud. hall. L.T. on left, T-234
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Verso: D.L. and advisors standing in aud. hall. L.T. on left, T-234
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Same of D.L. in aud. hall, med. shot
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Verso: Same of D.L. in aud. hall, med. shot
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D.L.'s advisors and L.T., T-237
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Verso: D.L.'s advisors and L.T., T-237
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D.L.'s advisors and L.T., T-237
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L.T. photographing Dalai Lama in Lhasa; Return to: Miss Mary Davis, Lowell Thomas, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, NY, Room 1536; Credit Lowell Thomas, Jr. 50 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. 20, T-231
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Verso: L.T. photographing Dalai Lama in Lhasa; Return to: Miss Mary Davis, Lowell Thomas, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, NY, Room 1536; Credit Lowell Thomas, Jr. 50 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. 20, T-231
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Flanked by chrysanthemums and other flowers, the Dalai Lama poses for us on an outdoor throne. He is worshipped as the reincarnation of Chenrezi [Chenrezig], God of Mercy. On the right stands Regent Tokra, who rules until His Holiness comes of age. Credit Lowell Thomas, Jr. 50 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. 20, T-232
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Verso: Flanked by chrysanthemums and other flowers, the Dalai Lama poses for us on an outdoor throne. He is worshipped as the reincarnation of Chenrezi [Chenrezig], God of Mercy. On the right stands Regent Tokra, who rules until His Holiness comes of age. Credit Lowell Thomas, Jr. 50 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. 20, T-232
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Flanked by chrysanthemums and other flowers, the Dalai Lama poses for us on an outdoor throne. He is worshipped as the reincarnation of Chenrezi [Chenrezig], God of Mercy. On the right stands Regent Tokra, who rules until His Holiness comes of age. Credit Lowell Thomas, Jr. 50 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. 20, T-232
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Flanked by chrysanthemums and other flowers, the Dalai Lama poses for us on an outdoor throne. He is worshipped as the reincarnation of Chenrezi [Chenrezig], God of Mercy. On the right stands Regent Tokra, who rules until His Holiness comes of age. Credit Lowell Thomas, Jr. 50 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. 20, T-232
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Flanked by chrysanthemums and other flowers, the Dalai Lama poses for us on an outdoor throne. He is worshipped as the reincarnation of Chenrezi [Chenrezig], God of Mercy. On the right stands Regent Tokra, who rules until His Holiness comes of age. Credit Lowell Thomas, Jr. 50 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. 20, T-232
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Flanked by chrysanthemums and other flowers, the Dalai Lama poses for us on an outdoor throne. He is worshipped as the reincarnation of Chenrezi [Chenrezig], God of Mercy. On the right stands Regent Tokra, who rules until His Holiness comes of age. Credit Lowell Thomas, Jr. 50 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. 20, T-232
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Flanked by chrysanthemums and other flowers, the Dalai Lama poses for us on an outdoor throne. He is worshipped as the reincarnation of Chenrezi [Chenrezig], God of Mercy. On the right stands Regent Tokra, who rules until His Holiness comes of age. Credit Lowell Thomas, Jr. 50 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. 20, T-232
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Flanked by chrysanthemums and other flowers, the Dalai Lama poses for us on an outdoor throne. He is worshipped as the reincarnation of Chenrezi [Chenrezig], God of Mercy. On the right stands Regent Tokra, who rules until His Holiness comes of age. Credit Lowell Thomas, Jr. 50 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. 20, T-232
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Lhasa - Panchen Lama, T-248
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Verso: Lhasa - Panchen Lama, T-248
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Lhasa - Panchen Lama, T-248
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[Lowell Thomas with Panchen Lama]
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[Lowell Thomas with Panchen Lama]
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[Lowell Thomas, Jr. with Panchen Lama]
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[Lowell Thomas, Jr. with Panchen Lama]
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[Lowell Thomas, Jr. with Panchen Lama]
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[Lowell Thomas, Jr. with Panchen Lama]
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Tibet: Dalai Lama's family
1949
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To: Mr. Lowell Thomas with sincere best wishes, Sonam Wangmo Tenduf La; The afternoon this picture was taken, it was exceedingly windy, and we were trying to keep out [sic] feet on earth! 1. The Dalai Lama's mother; 2. My father, Mr. C. Tenduf La; 3. My mother, Mrs. P.L. Tenduf La; 4. Mary Taring who acted as secretary to the Dalai Lama's family; 5. Tshering Doma, the Dalai Lama's elder sister; 6. The Dalai Lama's younger sister; 7. The Dalai Lama's neice; I am standing on the extreme left
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Verso: To: Mr. Lowell Thomas with sincere best wishes, Sonam Wangmo Tenduf La; The afternoon this picture was taken, it was exceedingly windy, and we were trying to keep out [sic] feet on earth! 1. The Dalai Lama's mother; 2. My father, Mr. C. Tenduf La; 3. My mother, Mrs. P.L. Tenduf La; 4. Mary Taring who acted as secretary to the Dalai Lama's family; 5. Tshering Doma, the Dalai Lama's elder sister; 6. The Dalai Lama's younger sister; 7. The Dalai Lama's neice; I am standing on the extreme left
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D.L.'s mother, brother, two nieces and a nephew and L.T.; D.L.'s mother, big bro, small brother, 2 nieces, and L.T.- close-up
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Verso: D.L.'s mother, brother, two nieces and a nephew and L.T.; D.L.'s mother, big bro, small brother, 2 nieces, and L.T.- close-up
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Note: from: Columbia Broadcasting System, INC. 485 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N.Y., Plaza I-2345; 1949: A Visit to Tibet A memorable moment in journalism took place in 1949 when CBS News Correspondent Lowell Thomas and his son penetrated the Himalayas and reached Lhasa, the forbidden city of Tibet, for an exclusive interview with the Dalai Lama. In this photo Mr. Thomas is seen with the family of the Dalai Lama with the Potala, the Dalai Lama's palace, rising in the background.
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D.L.'s [Dalai Lama's] mother, brother, two nieces and a nephew and L.T.
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Verso: D.L.'s [Dalai Lama's] mother, brother, two nieces and a nephew and L.T.
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Tibet: En route to Tibet
1949
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Stoney [sic] road leaving Chumbi Valley; T-1
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Verso: Stoney [sic] road leaving Chumbi Valley; T-1
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Chumbi Valley, clouds and trail; T-4
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Verso: Chumbi Valley, clouds and trail; T-4
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Caravan descending-green valley; T-5
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Verso: Caravan descending-green valley; T-5
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Trail along the Ammo near Yatung; T-7
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Verso:Trail along the Ammo near Yatung; T-7
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Two traders; T-11
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Verso: Two traders; T-11
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Shrine to propitiate demons near Phari; T-14
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Verso: Shrine to propitiate demons near Phari; T-14
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Loading caravan, at village on high plateau between Phari and Lhasa; T-20
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Verso: Loading caravan, at village on high plateau between Phari and Lhasa; T-20
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Caravan mule with a noble's personal flag, bells, and usual burden; T-27
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Verso: Caravan mule with a noble's personal flag, bells, and usual burden; T-27
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T-70
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Verso: T-70
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Yak grazing; T 74
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Verso: Yak grazing; T 74
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Head of yaks, boy and tent; T-78
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Verso: Head of yaks, boy and tent; T-78
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Yaks crossing lofty Nyapso La; T-79
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Verso: Yaks crossing lofty Nyapso La; T-79
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1 yak team plowing; T-82
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Verso: 1 yak team plowing; T-82
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Bearers in Kyi Chu River; T-84
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Verso: Bearers in Kyi Chu River; T-84
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Bearer in water - with CBS case - rear; T-84
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Verso: Bearer in water - with CBS case - rear; T-84
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Caravan entering river; T-86
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Verso: Caravan entering river; T-86
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LT on white mule-looking away; near Mt Chomo Lhari "Queen of the Snow"� famous white mtn [mountain]; T-87
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Verso: LT on white mule-looking away; near Mt Chomo Lhari "Queen of the Snow"� famous white mtn [mountain]; T-87
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Caravan on banks of Kyi Chu; T-88
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Verso: Caravan on banks of Kyi Chu; T-88
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White horse clamboring [sic] up rocks; T-89
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Verso: White horse clamboring [sic] up rocks; T-89
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Same-front; T-90 [bearer in water with CBS case on back]
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Verso: Same-front; T-90 [bearer in water with CBS case on back]
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Caravan in stream; T-91
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Verso: Caravan in stream; T-91
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Bearer with CBS case, fording the Kyi Chu River, tributary of the Brahmaputra; Where the caravan route had disappeared; T-94
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Verso: Bearer with CBS case, fording the Kyi Chu River, tributary of the Brahmaputra; Where the caravan route had disappeared; T-94
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Where the caravan route had dissapeared
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Verso: Where the caravan route had dissapeared
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T-94
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Verso: T-94
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T-94
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Verso: T-94
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T-94
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Verso: T-94
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Fording river around cliff - long shot; T-97
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Verso: Fording river around cliff - long shot; T-97
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Due to heavy August rains we were obliged to ford many rivers, tributaries of the Brahmaputra. Fording the Kyi Chu-a tributary of the Brahmaputra - on the way to Lhasa; T-98
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Verso: Due to heavy August rains we were obliged to ford many rivers, tributaries of the Brahmaputra. Fording the Kyi Chu-a tributary of the Brahmaputra - on the way to Lhasa; T-98
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Due to heavy August rains we were obliged to ford many rivers, tributaries of the Brahmaputra. Fording the Kyi Chu-a tributary of the Brahmaputra - on the way to Lhasa; T-98
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Tibet: En route to Tibet
1949
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Grinning boatman-CBS-on Brahmaputra, highest navigable river in world; T-103
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Verso: Grinning boatman-CBS-on Brahmaputra, highest navigable river in world; T-103
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T-108 [boatman, Lowell Thomas seated at right]
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Verso: T-108 [boatman, Lowell Thomas seated at right]
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Gambling beside water; T-141
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Verso: Gambling beside water; T-141
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Chomolari - yaks; T-274
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Verso: Chomolari - yaks; T-274
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T-277B [Lowell Thomas interviewing Harishwar Dayal, Lowell Thomas, Jr. with back to camera]
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Verso: T-277B
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Broadcasting from the Himalyas
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Verso: Broadcasting from the Himalyas
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Harishwar Dayal and L.T., Gangtok, Sikkim; T-277C
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Verso: Harishwar Dayal and L.T., Gangtok, Sikkim; T-277C
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T-277E [Lowell Thomas and Lowell Thomas, Jr. preparing to broadcast en route to Tibet]
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Verso: T-277E [Lowell Thomas and Lowell Thomas, Jr. preparing to broadcast en route to Tibet]
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T-277F
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Verso: T-277F
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Lashing CBS case on pack animal; T-278
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Verso: Lashing CBS case on pack animal; T-278
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Nathu La, at fourteen thousand five hundred feet, where you throw stones at the Devil before crossing into Tibet. Nathu La, the high Himalayan pass between Sikkim and Tibet. Before crossing you throw stones at the Devil
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Verso: Nathu La, at fourteen thousand five hundred feet, where you throw stones at the Devil before crossing into Tibet. Nathu La, the high Himalayan pass between Sikkim and Tibet. Before crossing you throw stones at the Devil
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L.T. and CBS equipment at Karo La, 17,000 ft., highest pass on caravan route to Lhasa
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Verso: L.T. and CBS equipment at Karo La, 17,000 ft., highest pass on caravan route to Lhasa
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L.T.-CBS-atop Karo La (17,000 ft.) highest pass en route Lhasa; T-281
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Verso: L.T.-CBS-atop Karo La (17,000 ft.) highest pass en route Lhasa; T-281
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T-283A
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Verso: T-283A
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Mr. Dayal helping describe the caravan loading at Gangtok. Also a Mahratta captain
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Verso: Mr. Dayal helping describe the caravan loading at Gangtok. Also a Mahratta captain
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Mr. Dayal helping describe the caravan loading at Gangtok. Also a Mahratta captain
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Verso: T-283B
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Mr. Dayal helping describe the caravan loading at Gangtok. Also a Mahratta captain
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On the way to Lhasa
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Verso: On the way to Lhasa
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Namgyal
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Verso: Namgyal
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L.T. Jr. and Sr., just over Nathu La; T-285
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Verso: L.T. Jr. and Sr., just over Nathu La; T-285
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Same - 1st stop in Tibet; T-286
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Verso: Same - 1st stop in Tibet; T-286
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On the trail. 6 animals; T-300
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Verso: On the trail. 6 animals; T-300
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Thru the mist, scaling the southern slope of the Himalayas; T-303
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Verso: Thru the mist, scaling the southern slope of the Himalayas; T-303
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More climbing into the clouds - from rear; T-305
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Verso: More climbing into the clouds - from rear; T-305
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Climbing towards Nathu La; T-307
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Verso: Climbing towards Nathu La; T-307
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Trail, cloud, L.T. on mule. T-308
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Verso: Trail, cloud, L.T. on mule. T-308
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Native, striding-and 1 bearer; T-309
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Verso: Native, striding-and 1 bearer; T-309
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Resting beside trail in Sikkim; T-310
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Verso: Resting beside trail in Sikkim; T-310
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Caravan - 10 animals. Rider at each end; T-312
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Verso: Caravan - 10 animals. Rider at each end; T-312
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Within few yards of Nathu La in mist; T-315
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Verso: Within few yards of Nathu La in mist; T-315
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L.T. on white horse
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Verso: L.T. on white horse
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Tibet: En route to Tibet
1949
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Climbing thru the mist, in Sikkim at 8,000 feet, on the way to Lhasa
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Verso: Climbing thru the mist, in Sikkim at 8,000 feet, on the way to Lhasa
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Caravan moving along left bank of Kyi Chu River
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Verso: Caravan moving along left bank of Kyi Chu River
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Tibet: Lhasa shops
1949
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Lhasa shop - abacus; T 132
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Verso: Lhasa shop - abacus; T 132
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L.T. standing at counter in Lhasa shop
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Verso: L.T. standing at counter in Lhasa shop
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Dorje-street shop
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Verso: Dorje-street shop
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Street shop under a canopy; T-134
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Verso: Street shop under a canopy; T-134
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Lhasa street shop. Strings of yak cheese; T-126
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Verso: Lhasa street shop. Strings of yak cheese; T-126
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Tibet: Military
1949
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Army drum corps
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Verso: Army drum corps
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Tibet: Monks
1949
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(Caption:) The Lord Chamberlain, Chi-Kyap Kempo - the most important member of the Dalai Lama's household. Word has come of his passing away during the winter of 1949-50; T-239
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Verso: (Caption:) The Lord Chamberlain, Chi-Kyap Kempo - the most important member of the Dalai Lama's household. Word has come of his passing away during the winter of 1949-50; T-239
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Lowell Thomas, Jr. and the top monk advisors to the Dalai Lama [including the Lord Chamberlain, Chi-Kyap Kempo, center]; T-238
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Verso: Lowell Thomas, Jr. and the top monk advisors to the Dalai Lama [including the Lord Chamberlain, Chi-Kyap Kempo, center]; T-238
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[Lowell Thomas and the top monk advisors to the Dalai Lama, including the Lord Chamberlain, Chi-Kyap Kempo, center]
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Verso: T-237
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L.T. and monk
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Verso: L.T. and monk
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A monastery courtyard; T-208
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Verso: A monastery courtyard; T-208
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A Golden roof on cathedral at Lhasa; T 219
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Verso: A Golden roof on cathedral at Lhasa; T 219
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Monk for. mins. [foreign minister] walking towards D.L.'s [Dalai Lama's] palace
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Verso: Monk for. mins. [foreign minister] walking towards D.L.'s [Dalai Lama's] palace
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Sera Goupa, second largest monastery in Tibet; page 267
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Verso: Sera Goupa, second largest monastery in Tibet; page 267
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"Everything in this palace chapel is of solid gold-except the red-robed monk, and the offerings of silk scarves, butter and grain. Note the design of the elaborate golden vessel and of the supporting dragon"�; page 259; Return: Credit Lowell Thomas, Jr., 50 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. 20
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Verso: "Everything in this palace chapel is of solid gold-except the red-robed monk, and the offerings of silk scarves, butter and grain. Note the design of the elaborate golden vessel and of the supporting dragon"�; page 259; Return: Credit Lowell Thomas, Jr., 50 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. 20
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Tibet: Monks
1949
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Blowing monastery trumpet on Chag Pari Hill; T-269
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Verso: Blowing monastery trumpet on Chag Pari Hill; T-269
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A monk noble
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Verso: A monk noble
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Monks in courtyard at Sera Monastery; T 195
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Verso: Monks in courtyard at Sera Monastery; T 195
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Golden image of an early Dalai Lama; T 217
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Verso: Golden image of an early Dalai Lama; T 217
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Tibet: Art
undated
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Box 1534
2.1.3.5
Tibet
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Tibet: Officials and nobles
1949
1534
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Shakabpa, family and L.T. in front of country house; T-170 [2 copies]
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Verso: Shakabpa, family and L.T. in front of country house; T-170
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2 For. [Foreign] Ministers and L.T. seated; T-184 [2 copies]
2-verso
Verso: 2 For. [Foreign] Ministers and L.T. seated; T-184
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Noble-mounted; T 167 [3 copies]
3-verso
Verso: Noble-mounted; T 167
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[The Tibet State Oracle] [4 copies]
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Tsarong Shape, whose horse broke LT's hip on way out; T-190 [5 copies]
5-verso
Verso: Tsarong Shape, whose horse broke LT's hip on way out; T-190
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Dorje Changwaba makes sure we won't go hungry; L.T., Dorje and servant with gift of lamb; T 165 [3 copies]
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Verso: Dorje Changwaba makes sure we won't go hungry; L.T., Dorje and servant with gift of lamb; T 165
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T-186
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Verso: T-186
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Tibet: Potala
1949
1534
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Verso: Near top of Potala; L. T. in silhouette; T-262
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Verso: Potala looking up from street; T-260
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[no description] [3 copies]
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Verso: T-254
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Verso: T-255
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Tibet: Street scenes
1949
1534
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Place in galley 37 just before "Then entrance to Horbu Linga is flanked---" Caption: Where those bound for Horbu Linga pause for refreshment---blocks of yak cheese, hard cookies, and "Virginia 10's."� Cigarette smoking theoretically is taboo in Tibet; only a few indulge; T-128
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Verso: Place in galley 37 just before "Then entrance to Horbu Linga is flanked---" Caption: Where those bound for Horbu Linga pause for refreshment---blocks of yak cheese, hard cookies, and "Virginia 10's."� Cigarette smoking theoretically is taboo in Tibet; only a few indulge; T-128
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Carrying bundles of reeds; T-135
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Verso: Carrying bundles of reeds; T-135
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Women on street, mule on right; T-143
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Verso: Women on street, mule on right; T-143
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Yaks and children on street; T-133
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Verso: Yaks and children on street; T-133
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Cutting blocks of stone
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Verso: Cutting blocks of stone
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Lhasa street - dog foreground; T-120
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Verso: Lhasa street - dog foreground; T-120
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[no description]
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Verso: T-119
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[no description] [5 copies]
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Verso: T-121
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Tibet: Summer festival
1949
1534
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Drama tent; T-144
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Verso: Drama tent; T-144
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page 215
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Verso: page 215
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Drama - King kneeling; T-148
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Verso: Drama - King kneeling; T-148
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Dance - narrator on right; T-149
4-verso
Verso: Dance - narrator on right; T-149
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Drama - narrator and 4 others; T-150 [2 copies]
5-verso
Verso: Drama - narrator and 4 others; T-150
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Play - demon - med [medium] shot; T-153
6-verso
Verso: Play - demon - med [medium] shot; T-153
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Drama - devil - close-up
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Verso: Drama - devil - close-up
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Tibet: Lowell Thomas
1949
1534
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Chogpon, middle, and his monk brother, and L.T.; T-10 [3 copies]
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Verso: Chogpon, middle, and his monk brother, and L.T.; T-10
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Rai Badahur Sonam [with Lowell Thomas]; T-287
2-verso
Verso: Rai Badahur Sonam [with Lowell Thomas]; T-287
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[Rai Badahur Sonam with Lowell Thomas]; 290
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With a Brahmaputra (Tsang Po) boatman; T-294 [2 copies]
4-verso
Verso: With a Brahmaputra (Tsang Po) boatman; T-294
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[Rimshi Doti and Lowell Thomas], T-24
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L.T. and glacier, Karo La; T-47
6-verso
Verso: L.T. and glacier, Karo La; T-47
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L.T. and presents, close-up; T-225 [2 copies]
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Verso: L.T. and presents, close-up; T-225
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L.T. and presents for Dalai Lama included two tiger skulls inlaid with gold and silver; T-224
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Verso: L.T. and presents for Dalai Lama included two tiger skulls inlaid with gold and silver; T-224
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Verso: T 712
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Verso: T-132
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Tibet: Lowell Thomas, Jr.
1949
1534
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Rai Badahur Sonam [on right with Lowell Thomas, Jr., center] [8 copies]
1-verso
Verso: Rai Badahur Sonam [on right with Lowell Thomas, Jr., center]
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Note: PRESENTS TIBETAN SCROLL TO PRESIDENT: Lowell Thomas, Jr., son of the radio commentator, is shown in Washington, D.C., Nov. 9 [1949], with the Tibetan scroll he presented to President Truman. The scroll was brought from Tibet by the elder Thomas a few weeks ago. The scroll, bearing a message in Tibetan characters, handwritten with a piece of bamboo on a parchment from the bark of a tree, was presented to Thomas by two top officials of the Dalai Lama's government. Lowell Thomas, Sr., injured in a fall from a horse in Tibet, was brought home by a rescue team sent into Tibet by the Indian government.
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Verso: T-293
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Tibet: Lowell Thomas, Jr. (Out of This World: Across the Himalayas to Forbidden Tibet book signings)
1950
1534
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Tibet: Lowell Thomas and Lowell Thomas, Jr.
1949
1534
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Verso:T-285
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LT, Sr. and LT, Jr, There were many fascinating sights to be seen on the rocky road to Lhasa-so many that the travelers didn't take time out to shave; T-296
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Verso: LT, Sr. and LT, Jr, There were many fascinating sights to be seen on the rocky road to Lhasa-so many that the travelers didn't take time out to shave; T-296
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Tibet: Lowell Thomas and Lowell Thomas, Jr.
1949
1534
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L.T., Jr. and L.T., Sr. with 3 Tibetan noblemen-- the Potala in Lhasa, Tibet, in background; 100 rooms, golden domes [left to right: Lowell Thomas, Jr., Rimshi Kyipup, Minister of War, Luishahr Dzaza Lama, Dorje Changwaba and Lowell Thomas]
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Verso: L.T., Jr. and L.T., Sr. with 3 Tibetan noblemen-- the Potala in Lhasa, Tibet, in background; 100 rooms, golden domes [left to right: Lowell Thomas, Jr., Rimshi Kyipup, Minister of War, Luishahr Dzaza Lama, Dorje Changwaba and Lowell Thomas]
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Note: L.T., Jr.; Rimshi Kyipup, Monk Minister of War; Dorje Changwaba; L.T., Sr.; Potala in distance
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Tibet: Lowell Thomas and Lowell Thomas, Jr. (wearing Tibetan hats)
1949
1534
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L.T. in Tibetan hat; wearing red silk ceremonial scarf presented to him by The Dalai Lama
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Verso: L.T. in Tibetan hat; wearing red silk ceremonial scarf presented to him by The Dalai Lama
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L.T., Jr. wearing cap of a Tibetan nomad
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Verso: L.T., Jr. wearing cap of a Tibetan nomad
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Tibet: Yak skin boats
1949
1534
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Note:
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[no description] [2 copies]
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Verso: T-100
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3-verso
Verso: T-106
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Verso: T-110
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Verso: T-113
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Man carrying his boat; close-up carrying yak skin boat; T-114 [2 copies]
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Verso: Man carrying his boat; close-up carrying yak skin boat; T-114
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Tibet: Color conversions
1949
1534
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L.T. and The Kashag, Dalai Lama's no. 1 cabinet-1 monk and 2 nobles; T-254
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Verso: L.T. and The Kashag, Dalai Lama's no. 1 cabinet-1 monk and 2 nobles; T-254
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Tibet: Out of This World: Across the Himalayas to Forbidden Tibet by Lowell Thomas, Jr. [illustrations]
1949
1534
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Caption: [frontispiece] Flanked by chrysanthemums and other flowers, the Dalai Lama poses for us on an outdoor throne. He is worshipped as the reincarnation of Chenrezi [Chenrezig], God of Mercy. On the right stands Regent Tokra, who rules until His Holiness comes of age
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Caption: [pages 16-17] Paying with Tibetan copper coins the coolies who helped us on one day's journey. Their daily wage, less than fifty cents, is a good sum in the Orient [2 copies]
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Caption: [page 33] The Foreign Ministers, Luishahr Dzaza Lama and Surkhang Dzaza. Their office has the responsibility of directing the negotiations with Red China for a peaceful settlement of China's claim to Tibet as a Chinese province [2 copies]
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Verso: The Foreign Ministers, Luishahr Dzaza Lama and Surkhang Dzaza
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Caption: [page 47] Harishwar Dayal, I.C.S., and his wife were our hosts at Gangtok. As the Indian political officer in Sikkim, Mr. Dayal is in charge of India-Tibet affairs. He gave us the good news of our final clearance for entry to Tibet [6 copies]
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Verso: He helped the expedition get started. Harishwar Dayal, I.C.S., Gov't. of India Political Officer at Gangtok, Sikkim, and his wife, for 9 yrs. tennis champ of India
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Caption: [page 49] Our caravan is loaded in the backyard of the Indian residency at Gangtok, as we prepare to journey into the mountains of Sikkim on the first leg of the long trail that is to lead us to the Dalai Lama's Holy City [3 copies]
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Verso: Expedition loading in Dayal backyard-Gangtok, Sikkim
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Caption: [page 55] My father recording a broadcast by candlelight in a dark bungalow. We made a point of preparing a five- to ten-minute recording each evening. One day Dad would do the job, the next evening it would be my turn
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[copy from book] Caption: Fig. 12-4. Lowell Thomas and Lowell Thomas, Jr. shown while recording material in Tibet for subsequent broadcast over the Columbia Broadcasting System. The recorder shown is one of the first Minitapes produced. (From, and copyrighted 1950 by, Lowell Thomas, Jr., Out of this World, New York: The Greystone Press, page 55); rent model uses, as power sources, a 6-votl miniature storage battery
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Caption: [page 57] The principal caravan route through the Himalayas into Tibet is narrow and stony. Down this trail for countless centuries have come, just as shown here, Tibetan caravans carrying wool, yak tails and musk to India [2 copies]
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Caption: [page 59] L.T., Sr., leading our caravan through the mountains of Sikkim on the climb to Nathu-La, the pass on the Tibetan frontier. This is one of those rare moments of the whole Sikkim journey when it wasn't raining Verso: Trail of big stones; L.T. hatless [2 copies]
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Verso: Trail of big stones. L.T. hatless. Tibet.
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Caption: [page 67] In the valley below is the first monastery to be seen along our trail-Kargyu Gompa. The monks of Kargyu Gompa are members of the Red Hat sect and, as such, may go home at night, drink beer and take wives Verso: L.T. looking down on 1st monastery in Tibet [2 copies]
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Verso: L.T. looking down on 1st monastery in Tibet.
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Caption: [page79] Above, the Tromo Trochi, wearing a costume of black yak wool (note the turquoise-and-pearl earring), endorses our U. S. passports [5 copies]
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Caption: [page 79] Below, the lamyik, Tibetan guarantee of safe conduct, with the Dalai Lama's seal [3 copies]
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Verso: Tibetan Lamyik, Tibetan guarantee of safe conduct, with the Dalai Lama's seal
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Tibet: Out of This World: Across the Himalayas to Forbidden Tibet by Lowell Thomas, Jr. [illustrations] [color photographs]
1949
1534
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Caption: [pages 80-81] Across the valley from the Potala, one of the wonders of the world. On top of the palace rest the sparkling gold-roofed crypts of departed Dalai Lamas. With the Thomases: Rimshi Kyipup, Luishahr Dzaza Lama and Dorje Changwaba [10 copies]
Box 1535
2.1.3.5
Tibet
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Tibet: Out of This World: Across the Himalayas to Forbidden Tibet by Lowell Thomas, Jr. [illustrations]
1949
1535
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[15 copies] Caption: [pages 80-81] Across the valley from the Potala, one of the wonders of the world. On top of the palace rest the sparkling gold-roofed crypts of departed Dalai Lamas. With the Thomases: Rimshi Kyipup, Luishahr Dzaza Lama and Dorje Changwaba
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Out of This World: Across the Himalayas to Forbidden Tibet by Lowell Thomas, Jr. [illustrations]
1949
1535
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[mounted photograph, 11 copies] Caption: [pages 80-81] Across the valley from the Potala, one of the wonders of the world. On top of the palace rest the sparkling gold-roofed crypts of departed Dalai Lamas. With the Thomases: Rimshi Kyipup, Luishahr Dzaza Lama and Dorje Changwaba
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Out of This World: Across the Himalayas to Forbidden Tibet by Lowell Thomas, Jr. [illustrations] [promotional color postcards]
1949
1535
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[postcard, muliple copies] Caption: [pages 80-81] Across the valley from the Potala, one of the wonders of the world. On top of the palace rest the sparkling gold-roofed crypts of departed Dalai Lamas. With the Thomases: Rimshi Kyipup, Luishahr Dzaza Lama and Dorje Changwaba Caption: [postcard] The Lowell Thomases with Tibetan officials, in front of the 1,000-room Potala Palace - built by hand - almost as high as the Empire State Building; the sun was too much for Lowell Jr.'s eyes; and the Communists want to "liberate" this peace-loving country!
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Out of This World: Across the Himalayas to Forbidden Tibet by Lowell Thomas, Jr. [illustrations] [promotional color postcards]
1949
1535
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[postcard, muliple copies] Caption: [pages 80-81] Across the valley from the Potala, one of the wonders of the world. On top of the palace rest the sparkling gold-roofed crypts of departed Dalai Lamas. With the Thomases: Rimshi Kyipup, Luishahr Dzaza Lama and Dorje Changwaba Caption: [postcard] The Lowell Thomases with Tibetan officials, in front of the 1,000-room Potala Palace - built by hand - almost as high as the Empire State Building; the sun was too much for Lowell Jr.'s eyes; and the Communists want to "liberate"� this peace-loving country!
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Out of This World: Across the Himalayas to Forbidden Tibet by Lowell Thomas, Jr. [illustrations]
1949
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Caption: [pages 80-81] This stone staircase leads into the main temple of the Potala. The people of Lhasa take the sacred walk around the palace - a five-mile hike - at least once a year
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Caption: [pages 80-81] This stone staircase leads into the main temple of the Potala. The people of Lhasa take the sacred walk around the palace - a five-mile hike - at least once a year
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Caption: [page 86] Chogpon Nima Gyabu, wearing an earring under his campaign hat, served as our military escort throughout the journey. Near the end of each day's march he would gallop ahead to arrange our accommodations
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Caption: [page 86] Chogpon Nima Gyabu, wearing an earring under his campaign hat, served as our military escort throughout the journey. Near the end of each day's march he would gallop ahead to arrange our accommodations
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Caption: [page 90] L. T., Sr., and Interpreter Tsewong on the Tibetan plateau. We traveled these barren heights during the early hours of daylight to avoid the fierce winds. (The white on Dad's cheek is zinc oxide, for sunburn)
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Verso: L.T. and Tsewong Nymgyal-mounted
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Caption: [page 93] The famous black yak-hair tent of the nomad, which has not changed its form through the centuries. These herdsmen are fortunate enough to have wood for fuel-they have carried it over the passes from Bhutan
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Verso: Tibetan nomads - Mt. Chomolhari in rear
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Caption: [page 95] At Phari, Rimshi Dote offers us silk scarves and presents of food. Later he gave us a bolt of tough yak cloth in exchange for a promise to send him from America a like amount of green gabardine cloth for a gown
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Verso: Rimchi Doti [Rimshi Dote], 7 feet tall, going thru the silk scarf ceremony with L.T. at Phari Dzong, Tibet; 14,900 feet
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Caption: [page 95] At Phari, Rimshi Dote offers us silk scarves and presents of food. Later he gave us a bolt of tough yak cloth in exchange for a promise to send him from America a like amount of green gabardine cloth for a gown
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Verso: Rimshi Dorje greets us at Phari with the silk scarf ceremony
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Caption: [page 97] We overtake coolies carrying crated beds the three hundred miles from India to Lhasa. In many places, the trail is too narrow to be negotiated by pack animals (other than human ones) loaded with such burdens
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Verso: Bearers carrying beds to some noble at Lhasa
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Caption: [page 97] We overtake coolies carrying crated beds the three hundred miles from India to Lhasa. In many places, the trail is too narrow to be negotiated by pack animals (other than human ones) loaded with such burdens
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Caption: [page 109] Hugh Richardson, the last Britisher in the Indian Foreign Service, was the representative of the Indian Government in Tibet. Here he is surrounded by ladies of the Tsarong family, who rank high Tibet
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Caption: [page 109] Hugh Richardson, the last Britisher in the Indian Foreign Service, was the representative of the Indian Government in Tibet. Here he is surrounded by ladies of the Tsarong family, who rank high Tibet
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Caption: [page 109] Hugh Richardson, the last Britisher in the Indian Foreign Service, was the representative of the Indian Government in Tibet. Here he is surrounded by ladies of the Tsarong family, who rank high Tibet
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Caption: [page 112] Yak caravans, loaded with wool, pass Mt. Chomolhari on their way to India. When used as a pack animal, the yak delights in bolting from the trail into the rocks, usually managing to smash the burden from his back
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Caption: [page 113] All plowing in Tibet is done with yaks and wooden plows. In spite of the country's mountainous nature there is more than enough arable land. The need, in view of the declining population, is for more plow hands
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Caption: [page 113] All plowing in Tibet is done with yaks and wooden plows. In spite of the country's mountainous nature there is more than enough arable land. The need, in view of the declining population, is for more plow hands
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Caption: [page 115] Tricky going for the horses as Dad leads the way into the Red Idol Gorge near Saugang. Hardly a day of our journey to Lhasa passed without a struggle with mountain streams in floods brought on by the monsoon
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Caption: [page 119] At Gyantse, another exchange of silk scarves and more ancient eggs as gifts from the Tibetan trade agent, Khenchung Lama (center), who wears a gown of golden silk brocaded with dragons, and a golden hat
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Verso: Verso: Welcomed by the Monk Tromo Trochi of Gyantse
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Caption: [page 119] At Gyantse, another exchange of silk scarves and more ancient eggs as gifts from the Tibetan trade agent, Khenchung Lama (center), who wears a gown of golden silk brocaded with dragons, and a golden hat
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Caption: [page 119] At Gyantse, another exchange of silk scarves and more ancient eggs as gifts from the Tibetan trade agent, Khenchung Lama (center), who wears a gown of golden silk brocaded with dragons, and a golden hat
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Caption: [page 119] At Gyantse, another exchange of silk scarves and more ancient eggs as gifts from the Tibetan trade agent, Khenchung Lama (center), who wears a gown of golden silk brocaded with dragons, and a golden hat
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Caption: [page 119] At Gyantse, another exchange of silk scarves and more ancient eggs as gifts from the Tibetan trade agent, Khenchung Lama (center), who wears a gown of golden silk brocaded with dragons, and a golden hat
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Caption: [page 129] Tsewong Norbu, the cook, performed miracles over yak-dung fires, with the assistance of our primus stove-foxhole type. Here he is preparing dinner in a Tibetan kitchen, where our stove was a fascinating innovation
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Caption: [page 131] These smiling women are engaged in an important domestic task-churning yak butter tea in a wooden cylinder. The ingredients are: tea leaves, soda, boiling water and large chunks of yak butter. The mixture is soupy Verso: Making yak-buttered tea - in a peasant's home
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Verso: Making yak-buttered tea - in a peasant's home
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Caption: [page 131] These smiling women are engaged in an important domestic task-churning yak butter tea in a wooden cylinder. The ingredients are: tea leaves, soda, boiling water and large chunks of yak butter. The mixture is soupy
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Caption: [page 133] By whirling a prayer wheel like this, a Tibetan grandfather acquires merit for his credit in a future life. Inside the silver cylinder are Buddhist prayers, on parchment. This is a popular way of praying in Tibet
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Verso: Tibetan grandfather wins merit by spinning prayer wheel
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Caption: [page 133] By whirling a prayer wheel like this, a Tibetan grandfather acquires merit for his credit in a future life. Inside the silver cylinder are Buddhist prayers, on parchment. This is a popular way of praying in Tibet
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Verso: Old man spinning prayer wheel
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Caption: [page 133] By whirling a prayer wheel like this, a Tibetan grandfather acquires merit for his credit in a future life. Inside the silver cylinder are Buddhist prayers, on parchment. This is a popular way of praying in Tibet
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Caption: [page 135] One of the tasks of a Tibetan peasant wife is to operate a hand loom, on which the family clothing is spun. Here the weaver attends to her work, indifferent to the camera; the men of the household are in the fields
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Verso: Weaving in a Tibetan home.
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Caption: [page 135] One of the tasks of a Tibetan peasant wife is to operate a hand loom, on which the family clothing is spun. Here the weaver attends to her work, indifferent to the camera; the men of the household are in the fields
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Verso: "One of the tasks of a Tibetan peasant wife is to operate a hand loom, on which the family clothing is spun�"
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Caption: [page 139] Near the pass we met a caravan of yaks. At some narrow places on the Tibetan trails a collision of two caravans would be disastrous, and to avoid this danger the animals wear bels to warn travelers approaching
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Verso: "Near the pass (Karo-la, nearly 17,000') we meet a caravan of yaks�"
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[3 copies] Caption: [page 143] Which is the shaggier, this Tibetan peasant or his two Apsos? Dogs, most of them wild and vicious, are the scavengers of Tibet-along with vultures and ravens. But the Apsos, as seen here, are pets among the people
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Note: A typical Tibetan of the high plateau with a pair of Apsos
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Tibet: Out of This World: Across the Himalayas to Forbidden Tibet by Lowell Thomas, Jr. [illustrations]
1949
1535
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Caption: [pages 144-145] Gowned in yellow with long ceremonial sleeves. These are three of the most influential men in Tibet. They are members of the Kashag, the most important of the Dalai Lama's three cabinets
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Verso: This highest cabinet is called "Kashag"� - two lay ministers and their head, a lama, in the middle
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Caption: [pages 144-145] Ready for the summer festival, this Tibetan woman wears a silk dress, a turquoise-studded hat
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[2 copies] Caption: [page 147] A peasant girl brings home the bacon-in this case a butchered sheep. Buddhist doctrine forbids killing animals and eating their meat, but in Tibet an exception to the rule is made in the case of sheep and yak
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Caption: [page 150] "Hello!"� A mail carrier sticks out his tongue in the customary greeting, a mark of Tibetan politeness. The spear is his badge of office. From time to time these carriers bore out our tape recordings for broadcasts
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Caption: [page 151] At Pedi, our caravan enters the muddy courtyard of the headman's home. While the animals wait to be unloaded, the camera catches them and the battered remnants of an old fort, rising on a hill in the background
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Caption: [page 155] Landing at Chusul, on the Tsangpo, or upper Brahmaputra, which flows at a height of twelve thousand feet. The yak-skin coracle, or kowa, can carry a load weighing more than a ton, yet is itself amazingly light
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Caption: [page 157] Our boatman, oars in hand and prayer flags on his right. Aboard is the sheep which will carry his personal belongings back upstream, while he will carry the boat-just as American Indians used to make a portage
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[2 copies] Caption: [page 158] The tiny donkeys were up to their big ears in water, but they stayed on the trail. In this method of transportation it is easy to get a load wet, but our film was carried by porters over the worst spots to keep it dry
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[2 copies] Caption: [159] Because of high waters in the valley of the Kyi Chu (the Kyi River) it took our caravan two and a half days to travel the last forty miles on the journey to Lhasa. Pack animals can't be hurried over rocks and mud
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Caption: [page 161] Our sirdar-third figure from the right-gestures to direct the caravan. On many a day during our journey he and his slow-moving pack animals didn't reach their destination until after dark, but they always arrived
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[2 copies] Caption: [page 165] Looking out over the broad expanse of the Kyi Chu. I am carrying my 16-mm. magazine-loading camera. (I also had a smaller 16-mm. camera as a spare, a Rolleiflex for black-and-whites, a Leica for kodachromes.)
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Verso: L.T., Jr. on rock, looking out over Brahmaputra
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Caption: [page 169] A Tibetan noblewoman and her son, wearing some of the colorful costumes seen in the Holy City during the summer festival. Ladies like striped skirts, with the stripes in the material seldom if ever matching
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Verso: Tibetan Noble woman and son wearing some of the colorful costumes seen in the Holy City during the summer festival
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Caption: [page 171] As soon as we had unloaded our caravan at Treda Linga, Dorje Changwaba arrived with these presents of food from his government: sacks of grain, for our animals and, for us, eggs, mutton, and vegetables
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Caption: [page 175] Actors on stage at the Dalai Lama's summer palace were shaded by a roof of canvas decorated with geometrical designs. The audience, almost as much concerned with our presence as with the drama, turned to see us
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[2 copies] Caption: [page 179] From left to right: our sponsor, Tsipon Shakabpa, a monk, an official called Rimshi Kyipup, L. T., Sr., and Dorje Changwaba. Tsipon Shakabpa is one of the very few Tibetans who have traveled in the outside world
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Verso: Our Lhasa hosts: Tsepon Shakabpa, Rimshi Kyipup and Dorje Changwaba
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[2 copies] Caption: [page 181] In a special drill for our party, Tibetan soldiers march past, some with British gear left over from World War I. These troops reflect the need for modern weapons if Tibetan forces are to hold off the Chinese Reds
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Out of This World: Across the Himalayas to Forbidden Tibet by Lowell Thomas, Jr. [illustrations]
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Caption: [page 182] Watched by serious-eyed children, Dad shops for gifts in the bazaar at Lhasa. The Moslem merchant is a member of the only minority group in the country; his people have long lived in friendship with the Tibetans
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Verso: Lhasa streetshop, L.T. holdin beads
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[2 copies] Caption: [page 183] Furs, horseshoes and iron tools are among the items for sale in the Lhasa bazaar. With the possible exception of the furs, all these products have been brought in over the mountain passes, from beyond the Himalayas
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Verso: White skins at outside street shop
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[4 copies] Caption: [page 185] In a Moslem shop in the bazaar at Lhasa, Dorje Changwaba and L. T. Sr., listen to an Indian recording of Tibetan music. The owner of the store stands behind Dorje. At the far right, hand on the door, is Norbu, our cook
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[4 copies] Caption: [page 187] A Lhasa policeman, distinguished by a floppy felt hat, western style, and a single dangling earring. We were told that these officers of the law are about the only people ever to be murdered in the Tibetan capital
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Caption: [page 189] On the roof of the Jokang, the cathedral that is the holiest place in all Tibet, a monk poses with prayer wheel and rosary while a grinning young acolyte stands by. The Jokang is famous for its jewel-studded Buddha
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Verso: On the roof of the Jokang[?], the cathederal that is the holiest place in all Tibet, a monk poses with prayer wheel and rosary while a gummij[?] young acolyte stands by. The Jokang is famous for its jewel-studded Buddha
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[3 copies] Caption: [page 190] Dad enjoys a rare bath in Dorje Changwaba's tin tub on the roof at Treda Linga. This was a much-appreciated luxury. On the trail to Lhasa what bathing we did was in icy water from snowy mountain heights
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Verso: L.T. enjoys a rare bath at the home of Mr. dorje Changwaba in Treda Linga, on the road to Lhasa, Tibet
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Caption: [page 197] Weird carved and painted masks and skulls adorn the doorway of the State Oracle's private monastery. The Oracle is consulted on all matters of political importance and, in trance, he foretells coming events
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of the State Oracle's private monastery. The Oracle is consulted on all matters of political importance and, in trance, he foretells coming events
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[5 copies]Caption: [page 199] The State Oracle. We did not witness one of his trances. It is said that the only person capable of understanding what the young man predicts during a spell is his secretary, a special government official
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Caption: [page 203] Wearing the gold peaked cap that is his crown, the Dalai Lama smiles down from his throne, where he receives and blesses pilgrims. This photograph of His Holiness with a smile on his face is a very rare one
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[3 copies] Caption: [page 205] Here is a formal portrait of His Holiness, who will assume absolute power over Tibet when he comes of age in 1952. Beside the throne, members of his household; behind the pillar, the Lord Chamberlain
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[2 copies]Caption: [page 209] To accommodate our cameras, the living God of Mercy stepped from the shadows of the dark throne room into a shaft of sunlight. The Dalai Lama, without his peaked ceremonial hat, is second from right
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Verso: The Dalai Lama, 4th from Lowell Thomas, Sr. on left
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Caption: [page 212] Three small-fry relatives of the Dalai Lama pose for us outside the palace. They are, from left to right, Kando Tsiring and Tenzin Ngawang, niece and nephew, and Jizon Pama, the ruler's sister
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Caption: [page 213] The Norbu Linga players enact a heroic drama at the home of the Dalai Lama's family. During the summer festival, masked actors such as these perform without pause from seven in the morning until late afternoon
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[4 copies] Caption: [page 215] The narrator of the drama wears a white mask. The dancing, singing and clashing of cymbals throughout the day-long performance are interrupted periodically while he tells the story in a ceremonial chant
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1949
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Caption: [page 217] Using chopsticks as in China, we lunch at the Foreign Office, Lhasa, with five Tibetan statesmen. Mail and papers are "filed,"� in Tibet, by hanging them in bunches like prayer flags, from walls, pillars and door posts
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Verso: Luncheon at the Foreign Office with group of high officials. Note filing system dangling from ceiling; Luncheon - Foreign Office, Group look at camera
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Caption: [page 217] Using chopsticks as in China, we lunch at the Foreign Office, Lhasa, with five Tibetan statesmen. Mail and papers are "filed,"� in Tibet, by hanging them in bunches like prayer flags, from walls, pillars and door posts
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Caption: [page 217] Using chopsticks as in China, we lunch at the Foreign Office, Lhasa, with five Tibetan statesmen. Mail and papers are "filed,"� in Tibet, by hanging them in bunches like prayer flags, from walls, pillars and door posts
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Caption: [page 217] Using chopsticks as in China, we lunch at the Foreign Office, Lhasa, with five Tibetan statesmen. Mail and papers are "filed,"� in Tibet, by hanging them in bunches like prayer flags, from walls, pillars and door posts
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Caption: [page 219] On the Roof of the World, as elsewhere, dice games are popular. Here the gamblers have been momentarily interrupted. When playing, they slap the dice cup onto the leather board with a thud and a shout for luck
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Caption: [page 221] Two village women hold offerings for the gods-barley, flour and butter-which they will leave at the chorten behind them. Dressed in their best, they wear bracelets and headdress ornaments of coral and seed pearls
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Verso: Two village women hold offerings for the gods-barley, flour and butter-which they will leave at the chorten behind them. Dressed in their best, they wear bracelets and headdress ornaments of coral and seed pearls
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Caption: [page 223] Tibetan nomads, husband and wife. Polyandry is prevalent among these people and it is common for a wife to be married to her husband's brothers. This woman looks as though she has smallpox scars
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Caption: [page 225] Yaks move with majestic slowness over a stony Tibetan field. We found no tractors in the Forbidden Land, and agriculture is where it was centuries ago. Notice the method of harnessing, with ropes of yak hair
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Caption: [page 225] Yaks move with majestic slowness over a stony Tibetan field. We found no tractors in the Forbidden Land, and agriculture is where it was centuries ago. Notice the method of harnessing, with ropes of yak hair
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Caption: [page 225] Yaks move with majestic slowness over a stony Tibetan field. We found no tractors in the Forbidden Land, and agriculture is where it was centuries ago. Notice the method of harnessing, with ropes of yak hair
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Caption: [page 227] Two young nobles. "George"� Tsarong and Jigme Tering, pose for photographs with their wives. "George's"� wife, the girl on the right, does not speak any English. The other three went to school in India
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Verso: Rimchi Jigme Taring, second from left; his bro. [brother] and their wives who are mother and daughter. He gave up throne of Sikkim to remain a country gentleman in Tibet
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Caption: [page 227] Two young nobles. "George"� Tsarong and Jigme Tering, pose for photographs with their wives. "George's"� wife, the girl on the right, does not speak any English. The other three went to school in India Verso: Rimchi Jigme Taring, second from left; his bro. [brother] and their wives who are mother and daughter. He gave up throne of Sikkim to remain a country gentleman in Tibet
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Verso: Two young Tibet noblemen of Lhasa and their wives
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Caption: [page 227] Two young nobles. "George"� Tsarong and Jigme Tering, pose for photographs with their wives. "George's"� wife, the girl on the right, does not speak any English. The other three went to school in India Verso: Rimchi Jigme Taring, second from left; his bro. [brother] and their wives who are mother and daughter. He gave up throne of Sikkim to remain a country gentleman in Tibet
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Caption: [page 227] Two young nobles. "George"� Tsarong and Jigme Tering, pose for photographs with their wives. "George's"� wife, the girl on the right, does not speak any English. The other three went to school in India Verso: Rimchi Jigme Taring, second from left; his bro. [brother] and their wives who are mother and daughter. He gave up throne of Sikkim to remain a country gentleman in Tibet
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Caption: [page 229] On the roof of the Medical College, Dad and I make a recording of the sound of a Tibetan trumpet. Visible across the valley are the golden roofs of the Potala, with the mountains seen rising in the distance beyond
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Caption: [page 231] Inside a temple at the Medical College, on Chakpori Hill, lamaist gods look out over offerings which include a row of vessels filled with water. In the foreground, a yak butter lamp; overhead, scarves given by pilgrims
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Caption: [page 231] Inside a temple at the Medical College, on Chakpori Hill, lamaist gods look out over offerings which include a row of vessels filled with water. In the foreground, a yak butter lamp; overhead, scarves given by pilgrims
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Caption: [page 235] The Vatican of Tibet, the Potala, rises nine hundred feet above the Lhasa plain. This view of it, clearly reflected in reverse in the still water of the foreground, we saw each morning from our quarters at Treda Linga
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Caption: [page 237] Photographed at the home of Tsipon Shakabpa: from left to right, Dorje Changwaba; Ponda Tsang, a wealthy Tibetan trader; next, an unknown monk, with Tsipon Shakabpa, Dad and our host's two sons
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Caption: [page 237] Photographed at the home of Tsipon Shakabpa: from left to right, Dorje Changwaba; Ponda Tsang, a wealthy Tibetan trader; next, an unknown monk, with Tsipon Shakabpa, Dad and our host's two sons
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Caption: [page 237] Photographed at the home of Tsipon Shakabpa: from left to right, Dorje Changwaba; Ponda Tsang, a wealthy Tibetan trader; next, an unknown monk, with Tsipon Shakabpa, Dad and our host's two sons
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Caption: [pages 240-241] The aged abbots of Drepung Gompa, flanked by two heavily padded proctors with gold-ornamented staffs. These monastery heads greatly influence government
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Caption: [pages 240-241] The aged abbots of Drepung Gompa, flanked by two heavily padded proctors with gold-ornamented staffs. These monastery heads greatly influence government
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Caption: [pages 240-241] The aged abbots of Drepung Gompa, flanked by two heavily padded proctors with gold-ornamented staffs. These monastery heads greatly influence government
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Caption: [pages 240-241] In the noisy Lhasa bazaar, exotic oriental items are sold side by side with such western gewgaws as sunglasses, mirrors, and pencils, brought by caravan
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Caption: [pages 240-241] In the noisy Lhasa bazaar, exotic oriental items are sold side by side with such western gewgaws as sunglasses, mirrors, and pencils, brought by caravan
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Caption: [pages 240-241] In the courtyard of a Lhasa monastery, a monk spins one of the prayer wheels, stuffed with thousands of written prayers, that relay devout wishes to Buddha
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Caption: [pages 240-241] In the courtyard of a Lhasa monastery, a monk spins one of the prayer wheels, stuffed with thousands of written prayers, that relay devout wishes to Buddha
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Caption: [pages 240-241] In the courtyard of a Lhasa monastery, a monk spins one of the prayer wheels, stuffed with thousands of written prayers, that relay devout wishes to Buddha
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Caption: [pages 240-241] Tibetan abbeys contain many jewel-studded figures such as this grotesque one, which is at the great Drepung monastery
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Caption: [pages 240-241] Inside a Sera temple, the monks are assembled at midday. A proctor (center) stands by while a lama recites prayers. Note gold images in the background
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Caption: [pages 240-241] Inside a Sera temple, the monks are assembled at midday. A proctor (center) stands by while a lama recites prayers. Note gold images in the background
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Caption: [pages 240-241] Inside a Sera temple, the monks are assembled at midday. A proctor (center) stands by while a lama recites prayers. Note gold images in the background
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Caption: [pages 240-241] Inside a Sera temple, the monks are assembled at midday. A proctor (center) stands by while a lama recites prayers. Note gold images in the background
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Caption: [pages 240-241] Inside a Sera temple, the monks are assembled at midday. A proctor (center) stands by while a lama recites prayers. Note gold images in the background
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Caption: [pages 240-241] Inside a Sera temple, the monks are assembled at midday. A proctor (center) stands by while a lama recites prayers. Note gold images in the background
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Caption: [pages 240-241] Inside a Sera temple, the monks are assembled at midday. A proctor (center) stands by while a lama recites prayers. Note gold images in the background
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Caption: [pages 240-241] Dad in an improvised sedan chair at Gyantse. Dr. Pal stands at left and garrison commander, Captain Patil, at right
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Caption: [pages 240-241] Dad in an improvised sedan chair at Gyantse. Dr. Pal stands at left and garrison commander, Captain Patil, at right
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Caption: [pages 240-241] Dad in an improvised sedan chair at Gyantse. Dr. Pal stands at left and garrison commander, Captain Patil, at right
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Caption: [pages 240-241] Dad and the rescue team. Front row: Indian Major A. K. bose, nurse Emily Bateman, Dad, Roy Bisbee. Rear, right: Dr. Pal
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Caption: [pages 240-241] Dad and the rescue team. Front row: Indian Major A. K. bose, nurse Emily Bateman, Dad, Roy Bisbee. Rear, right: Dr. Pal
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Caption: [pages 240-241] Dad and the rescue team. Front row: Indian Major A. K. bose, nurse Emily Bateman, Dad, Roy Bisbee. Rear, right: Dr. Pal
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Caption: [page 243] Here the "Rockefeller of Tibet,"� elder statesman Tsarong Shape, stands to be photographed with his wife and married daughter. Born the son of a humble artisan, Tsarong has risen to a position of wealth and power Verso: Tsarong Shape, richest man in Tibet
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Caption: [page 243] Here the "Rockefeller of Tibet,"� elder statesman Tsarong Shape, stands to be photographed with his wife and married daughter. Born the son of a humble artisan, Tsarong has risen to a position of wealth and power Verso: Tsarong Shape, richest man in Tibet
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Caption: [page 243] Here the "Rockefeller of Tibet,"� elder statesman Tsarong Shape, stands to be photographed with his wife and married daughter. Born the son of a humble artisan, Tsarong has risen to a position of wealth and power Verso: Tsarong Shape, richest man in Tibet
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Caption: [page 246] A truly magnificent view of the Potala, "the Palace of the Gods,"� snapped from the top of nearby Iron Hill. The city of Lhasa proper is out of the limits of this photograph, extending beyond the right side
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Caption: [page 251] One of the many treasures of the Potala is this fabulous image of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, who made Lhasa the capital and began building the Potala. The image is of solid gold. Before it is an offering of butter
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Caption: [page 251] One of the many treasures of the Potala is this fabulous image of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, who made Lhasa the capital and began building the Potala. The image is of solid gold. Before it is an offering of butter
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Caption: [page 257] Shaped in curves strange to western eyes, this is the gold-encrusted mausoleum of a departed Dalai Lama. Some of these tombs rise for the whole height of the palace, their summits the gold pagodas on the roof
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Caption: [page 257] Shaped in curves strange to western eyes, this is the gold-encrusted mausoleum of a departed Dalai Lama. Some of these tombs rise for the whole height of the palace, their summits the gold pagodas on the roof
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Caption: [page 259] Everything in this palace chapel is of solid gold-except the red-robed monk, and the offerings of silk scarves, butter and grain. Not the design of the elaborate golden vessel and of the supporting dragon
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Caption: [page 263] Iron Hill, overlooking Lhasa, is a popular place for making offerings of prayer flags and incense to the gods. The nonchalant raven at the right knows he has nothing to fear; birds and animals are not molested in Tibet
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Caption: [page 263] Iron Hill, overlooking Lhasa, is a popular place for making offerings of prayer flags and incense to the gods. The nonchalant raven at the right knows he has nothing to fear; birds and animals are not molested in Tibet
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Caption: [page 265] If the painting is unusually fine it may be blessed by the handprint of the Dalai Lama or the Panchen Lama, in red upon its back. As in early European religious painting, the artist may put in a small self-portrait
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Caption: [page 265] If the painting is unusually fine it may be blessed by the handprint of the Dalai Lama or the Panchen Lama, in red upon its back. As in early European religious painting, the artist may put in a small self-portrait
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Caption: [page 265] If the painting is unusually fine it may be blessed by the handprint of the Dalai Lama or the Panchen Lama, in red upon its back. As in early European religious painting, the artist may put in a small self-portrait
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Caption: [page 267] A view of spreading Sera Gompa, the second largest monastery in Tibet. In the past, the monks of Sera Gompa have been troublesome to the government at Lhasa, sometimes supporting Chinese hegemony
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Caption: [page 271] A ration of barley flour is doled out to the monks at Sera Gompa, before they crowd into the prayer hall. Their red robes are picturesque but also greasy and tattered, as they are washed only once during a year
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Caption: [page 271] A ration of barley flour is doled out to the monks at Sera Gompa, before they crowd into the prayer hall. Their red robes are picturesque but also greasy and tattered, as they are washed only once during a year
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Caption: [page 275] One of the narrow alleys between the buildings of Drepung Gompa, which is built in tiers on the side of a hill. The monastery, seen from afar, resembles a medieval city, and these alleys confirm that impression
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Caption: [page 277] The central portion of the world's largest monastery, Drepung Gompa, which is occupied by ten thousand Yellow Hat trapas and lamas. We met Drepung's abbots in a room under the top of the red-collared building
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Caption: [page 283] To eighteenth-century missionaries, as to us, the Potala was a thrilling spectacle. The royal dwellers in the sacred palace were often tolerant toward western priests, who sought to turn their people to Christianity Verso: The Potala in Lhasa; 1000 rooms, golden domes, no elevators
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Caption: [page 289] Radio operator Reggie Fox and his Tibetan wife, educated in India
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Caption: [page 289] Radio operator Reggie Fox and his Tibetan wife, educated in India
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Caption: [page 289] Henry Harrer and Peter Aufschnaiter explain their route into Tibet
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Caption: [page 289] Henry Harrer and Peter Aufschnaiter explain their route into Tibet
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Caption: [page 289] Henry Harrer and Peter Aufschnaiter explain their route into Tibet
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Caption: [page 297] Midway up Potala's stone steps, Dad talks to Henry Harrer, one of four Europeans in Tibet. We heard that Pro-Chinese Tibetans were dragged by their heels down these stairs to death, or flung from the roof
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Caption: [page 297] Midway up Potala's stone steps, Dad talks to Henry Harrer, one of four Europeans in Tibet. We heard that Pro-Chinese Tibetans were dragged by their heels down these stairs to death, or flung from the roof
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Caption: [page 301] The village headman supplied yaks, mules and donkeys for a day's march. Each day we had to make new arrangements for transportation, with a mule driver to return the animals to previous day's starting point
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Caption: [page 303] L. T., Sr., homeward bound, at the summit of Karo-La, nearly 17,000 feet high. Less than half an hour after I took this photograph, Dad was to be thrown from his horse in the serious accident that impeded our descent Verso: L.T. and glacier at Karo La, just before the accident. At 17,000 ft
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Caption: [page 307] "O Lord Buddha, lighten our load!"� chanted the bearers of Dad's chair as we made the journey down. Their prayers were answered, too, for on that difficult descent from the mountain heights Dad lost twenty pounds
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Caption: [page 309] Just over Tang-La, we pause to change Dad's bearers, who carried his chair in teams of four. I am riding the mule. Afternoon clouds have gathered over snow and ice on the 24,000-foot summit of Mt. Chomolhari
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Caption: [page 309] Just over Tang-La, we pause to change Dad's bearers, who carried his chair in teams of four. I am riding the mule. Afternoon clouds have gathered over snow and ice on the 24,000-foot summit of Mt. Chomolhari
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Caption: [page 309] Just over Tang-La, we pause to change Dad's bearers, who carried his chair in teams of four. I am riding the mule. Afternoon clouds have gathered over snow and ice on the 24,000-foot summit of Mt. Chomolhari
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Caption: [page 309] Just over Tang-La, we pause to change Dad's bearers, who carried his chair in teams of four. I am riding the mule. Afternoon clouds have gathered over snow and ice on the 24,000-foot summit of Mt. Chomolhari
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1949
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[left to right:] Earl Thacker, Duke K [Kahanamoku], Lowell Thomas, "Pop"� Peltjanski
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Tibet: Scrapbook photographs [en route to Tibet - Japan]
1949
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25 July 1949; Radio Commentator in Tokyo: Lowell Thomas dean of American commentators, lecturer and world traveler at the Imperial hotel, Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Thomas is on an extensive tour of East and South East Asia
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19 Jan 1949; Building Project: The Radio Tokyo Building, Tokyo, Japan
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Verso: 19 Jan 1949; Building Project: The Radio Tokyo Building, Tokyo, Japan
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[5 copies] 26 July 1949; Lowell Thomas Visits Japan: Miss Marilyn Moore (Washington, D.C.) Sec. Chief of Foreign Trade and Commerce Div., ESS, interviews Mr. Lowell Thomas, world famous lecturer and globe trotter, over WVTR Radio Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. This broadcast was beamed to the U. S.
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Verso: 26 July 1949; Lowell Thomas Visits Japan: Miss Marilyn Moore (Washington, D.C.) Sec. Chief of Foreign Trade and Commerce Div., ESS, interviews Mr. Lowell Thomas, world famous lecturer and globe trotter, over WVTR Radio Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. This broadcast was beamed to the U. S.
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[2 copies] 25 July 1949; Lowell Thomas, dean of American commentators and world traveler in Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Thomas is pointing to the park named after his old friend Gen. Jimmy Doolittle
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Verso: 25 July 1949; Lowell Thomas, dean of American commentators and world traveler in Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Thomas is pointing to the park named after his old friend Gen. Jimmy Doolittle
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[5 copies] 25 July 1949; Commentator Visits Gen [General] MacArthur: Mr. Lowell Thomas, Dean of American Radio commentators, lecturer and world travel visits with Gen [General] of the Army Douglas MacArthur, SCAP, at the [?], Tokyo
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Verso: 25 July 1949; Commentator Visits Gen [General] MacArthur: Mr. Lowell Thomas, Dean of American Radio commentators, lecturer and world travel visits with Gen [General] of the Army Douglas MacArthur, SCAP, at the [?], Tokyo
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[5 copies] 25 July 1949; Commentator Visits Gen [General] MacArthur: Mr. Lowell Thomas, Dean of American Radio commentators, lecturer and world travel visits with Gen [General] of the Army Douglas MacArthur, SCAP, at the [?], Tokyo
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Verso: 25 July 1949; Commentator Visits Gen [General] MacArthur: Mr. Lowell Thomas, Dean of American Radio commentators, lecturer and world travel visits with Gen [General] of the Army Douglas MacArthur, SCAP, at the [?], Tokyo
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Tibet: Scrapbook photographs [Tibet skit]
1950
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Lowell Thomas, Jr. at White House [with Tibetan scroll presented to President Harry S. Truman]
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Lowell Thomas, Jr. at White House [with Tibetan scroll presented to President Harry S. Truman]
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[Lowell Thomas, Jr. on tour to promote his book, Out of This World: Across the Himalayas to Forbidden Tibet]
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To Mr Lowell Thomas- With my best wishes and happy memory of your visit to Lhasa. From your Sincere Friend, (Rimski) W.N.[?] Kyibute
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With best wishes. [?] March 1950 [?]
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circa 1960s
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A Tibetan with his prayer wheel as he arrived in Delhi with 2,200 other Tibetan evacuees after surviving the Chinese invasion of India
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An old Tibetan woman who escaped the Chinese invasion of India and made her way with 2,200 other Tibetan refugees to Delhi. On Tibetan New Year's Day 1963 A.E.C.T.R. (American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees) distributed blankets to the children and others in need
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Verso: An old Tibetan woman who escaped the Chinese invasion of India and made her way with 2,200 other Tibetan refugees to Delhi. On Tibetan New Year's Day 1963 A.E.C.T.R. (American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees) distributed blankets to the children and others in need
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Lowell Thomas Home
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One of the dormitories in the Lowell Thomas Home
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Tibet: Trip to Dharamsala [Lowell Thomas and the Dalai Lama]
circa 1963
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Tibet: Trip to Dharamsala [Lowell Thomas and Tsering Dolma, eldest sister of the Dalai Lama]
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A group of Tibetan woman repairing roads in the Himalayan mountains in North India. Damage resulted from mountain snow-slides during December which trapped hundreds of Indians and Tibetan refugees.
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A group of Tibetan refugees now encamped on the ouskirts of Delhi. They are refugees for the second time, having recently been evacuated from N.E.F.A. In the backgroung may be seen the adjacent Buddhist shrine and monestary.
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Part of a group of 300 refugees who have recently arrived at Pathancot in northern India. One half of them were evacuated from NEFA during the invasion of India by Cooounis China. The others have come from Nepal where there are more than 20,000 Tibetan refugees. When asked why they had come to India they said there were neither food nor jobs in Nepal and they had been informed that the Chinese would strike there next.
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Verso: Part of a group of 300 refugees who have recently arrived at Pathancot in northern India. One half of them were evacuated from NEFA during the invasion of India by Cooounis China. The others have come from Nepal where there are more than 20,000 Tibetan refugees. When asked why they had come to India they said there were neither food nor jobs in Nepal and they had been informed that the Chinese would strike there next.
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Tibet: Trip to Dharamsala [Lowell Thomas and Heinrich Harrer]
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Note: Henrich [Heinrich] Harrer taught Dalai Lama English
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Tibet: Trip to Dharamsala [Travis L. Fletcher and Katherine Cantwell]
circa 1963
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The Director [Travis L. Fletcher] and his associate Mrs. Katherine Cantwell are greeted by the children at the Tibetan Nursery School in Dharamsala on the occasion of a recent visit. The usual salutation of the Bhudists [Buddhists] is in evidence. The sister [Tsering Dolma] of His Holiness stands to the right of Mr. Fletcher. She directs the work of this school which accommodates 600 children. AECTR [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees] has supported the nursery with medecines [sic], clothing, shoes and food, just one of four schools receiving similar help
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Verso: The Director [Travis L. Fletcher] and his associate Mrs. Katherine Cantwell are greeted by the children at the Tibetan Nursery School in Dharamsala on the occasion of a recent visit. The usual salutation of the Bhudists [Buddhists] is in evidence. The sister [Tsering Dolma] of His Holiness stands to the right of Mr. Fletcher. She directs the work of this school which accommodates 600 children. AECTR [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees] has supported the nursery with medecines [sic], clothing, shoes and food, just one of four schools receiving similar help
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Mrs. Katherine Cantwell, Assistant Field Director, AECTR [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees], with one of hundreds of Tibetan women who were recently evacuated from NEFA during the invasion of India by Communist China. Though depressed and disillusioned the Tibetans never complain, witness the happy expression on this woman's face. This photograph was taken in the Kulu valley in the far northern part of India where AECTR [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees] is furnishing medecines [sic] and other relief supplies
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Verso: Mrs. Katherine Cantwell, Assistant Field Director, AECTR [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees], with one of hundreds of Tibetan women who were recently evacuated from NEFA during the invasion of India by Communist China. Though depressed and disillusioned the Tibetans never complain, witness the happy expression on this woman's face. This photograph was taken in the Kulu valley in the far northern part of India where AECTR [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees] is furnishing medecines [sic] and other relief supplies
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T.L.F. [Travis L. Fletcher] and K.K.C. [Katherine Cantwell] were greeted by the children at the nursery in Dharamsala with songs and dances of their native country
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K.K.C. [Katherine Cantwell] is greeted by a group of children at the nursery school for Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala
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this little Tibetan boy was badly burned in an accident. After care and treatment at the Nursery at Dharamsala by the medical unit of A.E.C.T.R. [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees] and the Dooley Foundation he is well on the road to recovery. Mr. Thomas saw this little boy shortly after the accident occurred [Katherine Cantwell on left]
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Verso: this little Tibetan boy was badly burned in an accident. After care and treatment at the Nursery at Dharamsala by the medical unit of A.E.C.T.R. [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees] and the Dooley Foundation he is well on the road to recovery. Mr. Thomas saw this little boy shortly after the accident occurred [Katherine Cantwell on left]
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T.L.F. [Travis L. Fletcher] with a group of children at the Dharamsala nursery. Clothes, shoes, food, blankets and medicines are supplied to this nursery by A.E.C.T.R. [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees]
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Verso: T.L.F. [Travis L. Fletcher] with a group of children at the Dharamsala nursery. Clothes, shoes, food, blankets and medicines are supplied to this nursery by A.E.C.T.R. [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees]
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K.K.C. [Katherine Cantwell] and T.L.F. [Travis L. Fletcher] with a group of children at the nursery for Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala. Mrs. Tsering Dolma, sister of the Dalai Lama, stands in the middle between T.L.F. and K.K.C.
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K.K.C. [Katherine Cantwell] makes friends with one of the many orphans at the nursery at Dharamsala, introduced by Mrs. Tsering Dolma, sister of the Dalai Lama
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K.K.C. [Katherine Cantwell] and T.L.F. [Travis L. Fletcher] are besieged by large groups of Tibetan refugees during their visits to the various projects, all expressing their gratitude to A.E.C.T.R. [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees] for the help thus far rendered and pleading for more food, medicines, and clothing
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Verso: K.K.C. [Katherine Cantwell] and T.L.F. [Travis L. Fletcher] are besieged by large groups of Tibetan refugees during their visits to the various projects, all expressing their gratitude to A.E.C.T.R. [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees] for the help thus far rendered and pleading for more food, medicines, and clothing
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Tibet: Trip to Dharamsala
circa 1963
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A small group out [of] approximately 5000 Tibetan refugees who were evacuated from NEFA during the recent invasion of India by Communist china. They managed to escape with only the clothes they wore and have since sought refuge in the interior of India, wandering aimlessly, bewildered, disillusioned and discouraged. In this photo are a small group of 2200 who have recently come to Delhi, India in search of help. AECTR [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees] has donated blankets and food to them
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Verso: A small group out [of] approximately 5000 Tibetan refugees who were evacuated from NEFA during the recent invasion of India by Communist china. They managed to escape with only the clothes they wore and have since sought refuge in the interior of India, wandering aimlessly, bewildered, disillusioned and discouraged. In this photo are a small group of 2200 who have recently come to Delhi, India in search of help. AECTR [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees] has donated blankets and food to them
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Dr. Nallathambi is pictured in consultation with one of scores of patients who queque [queue] up to seek his services daily. This medical project is operated jointly by A.E.C.T.R. [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees] and the Dr. Dooley Foundation. At Doctor Nallathambi's right is a social worker trained by A.E.C.T.R., another social worker is with the Tibetan nurse and K.K.C. [Katherine Cantwell] to the right in this photograph. This is a good demonstration of how two American agencies may co-operate in rendering a useful service to depressed peoples
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Verso: Dr. Nallathambi is pictured in consultation with one of scores of patients who queque [queue] up to seek his services daily. This medical project is operated jointly by A.E.C.T.R. [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees] and the Dr. Dooley Foundation. At Doctor Nallathambi's right is a social worker trained by A.E.C.T.R., another social worker is with the Tibetan nurse and K.K.C. [Katherine Cantwell] to the right in this photograph. This is a good demonstration of how two American agencies may co-operate in rendering a useful service to depressed peoples
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A distressed and disillusioned Tibetan mother with her child who escaped the Chinese invasion of Assam, India. Presents were distributed to all of the children on the occasion of the Tibetan New Year 1963
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A Tibetan refugee receives treatment on a medical project in northern India. The project is operated jointly by AECTR [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees] and the Dr. Thomas A. Dooley Foundation. In this photo, one of an average of 150 patients who receive treatment daily. Also a Tibetan welfare worker and a Tibetan Nurse, both of them received training by AECTR. Large quantities of medicines have been donated generously y American pharmaceutical firms to AECTR for this and other medical projects
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Verso: A Tibetan refugee receives treatment on a medical project in northern India. The project is operated jointly by AECTR [American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees] and the Dr. Thomas A. Dooley Foundation. In this photo, one of an average of 150 patients who receive treatment daily. Also a Tibetan welfare worker and a Tibetan Nurse, both of them received training by AECTR. Large quantities of medicines have been donated generously y American pharmaceutical firms to AECTR for this and other medical projects
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Tibet: Dalai Lama [includes color photographs]
circa 1970s
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Dikung Chetsang Rinpche [Rinpoche?] is giving his priestly vow to His Holiness the Dalai La [Lama], at Dhramsalla [Dharamsala] on Sept. 13th 1968
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After the ceremony, all participants are served with tea and rice, as a symble [sic] of auspicious rejoicing [1968]
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Note: After the ceremony, all participants are served with tea and rice, as a symble [sic] of auspicious rejoicing [1968]
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His Holiness is giving his final advice to the Rinpoche and bidding farewell with a scarf [1968]
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[Lowell Thomas and the Dalai Lama, circa 1970s]