Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts

20130604

Tank Man

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© Charlie Cole via Iconic Photos


20120912

Cecil Beaton

A portrait of the pilot and co-pilot in the cockpit of their No 149 Squadron Wellington bomber, probably at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. (IWM)


The rear gunner in his position in a Wellington bomber. (IWM)


The navigator working at his chart table in a Wellington bomber. (IWM)


The western bell towers of St Paul's Cathedral in London seen through an archway after the heavy incendiary raid of 29 December 1940. (IWM)


Chinese troops practising a march past at the Chinese Military Academy at Chengtu. (IWM)


Two Chinese soldiers wearing gas masks at Pihu Military Training Centre in south eastern China, 1944. (IWM)


Winston Churchill at his seat in the Cabinet Room at No 10 Downing Street, London. (IWM)


Cecil Beaton (in civilian suit) and his Rolleiflex reflected in a mirror of the Jain temple, Calcutta, India. (IWM)


© Cecil Beaton / Imperial War Museum

20110716

Robert Capa Part 5

China 1938


Guangzhou, China, 1938.


Hankou, China, March 1938.


Near Zhengzhou, China, June-July 1938.


Hankou, China, July-September 1938.


Hankou, China, 1938.

© Robert Capa
Source:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5

20110626

Vintage China

Jinshan Temple. 
Photo: John Thompson.


Summer Palace, 1925.
Photo: H. C. White (?).


Nanjing.


Hong Kong, 1872.




Guangzhou, 1868.
Photo: John Thomson.


Mount Wutai, 1900.


Source:
[1-3], [4], [5], [6]

20110528

Tibet Expedition 1938 Part 2

Part 2

Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-10-04-39
Mount Jomolhari (Chomolhari), Tibet
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-09-18-30
June 21, 1938
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-09-20-12
Samada, Tibet
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-10-21-20
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-10-12-36
Lhasa, Chinese New Year
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-09-14-15
June 21, 1938
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-11-10-28
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-11-15-33
Sikkim, India
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-11-16-05
Gyantse Dzong, Tibet


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-11-21-16
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-11-17-20
Gyantse Dzong
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-11-17-04
Gyantse, Tibet
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-15-14-09
Testang, Tibet
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135 S-12-41-17
Lhasa, Tibet
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


via Wikimedia Commons / German Federal Archives.

20110527

Tibet Expedition 1938 Part 1

Bundesarchiv Bild 135-KB-05-015
Photo: Ernst Krause


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-KA-06-048
Samada, Tibet
Photo: Ernst Krause


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-KB-17-041
Photo: Ernst Krause


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-KA-06-004
Dongkya-Group, Sikkim, India
Photo: Ernst Krause


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-04-13-02
Kampa Dzong (Khamber Jong), Tibet
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-KB-18-095
Lhasa, Tibet


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-01-01-13
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-KA-01-074
Gangtok, India


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-KB-17-095
Gangtok, India
Photo: Ernst Krause


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S01-03-17
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S01-17-03
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S05-01-26
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S02-05-17
Photo: Ernst Schäfer


via Wikimedia Commons / German Federal Archives.