1955B appears in Hitchcock and Norris as Fig 52 (cropped). Caption reads ‘ Walter uses a white sheet to screen out distracting background details when taking a portrait photograph.’ Selected for HD Scan March 2010.
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Black and white negative of man looking at stone archway in middle distance with man sitting on hill in background with camping site on right
object | ARC/GUP/006/095
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Hart Museum Visitor Books
object | ARC/HAR/001/230
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Slide of a mini pass with a chorten on the right and prayer flags across the road
object | ARC/BAL/003/031
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Slide of a painted rock-carved Buddha on the roadside beside the Kyichu River between the chusal Bridge and Lhasa
object | ARC/BAL/002/001/019
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