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Identifier:
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exwa_wmtc_b07b_bk
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Title:
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Vernie Merze Tate Photograph Album 5
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Title:
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Merze Tate’s Photographs of Asia and Hawaii
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Date:
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approximately 1950-1957?
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Creator:
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Tate, Merze, 1905-1996
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Description:
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Brown cover album of black and white photographs featuring photographs from Asia and Hawaii. In the 1950s, Merze Tate was a Fulbright Scholar and lecturer for the U.S. Information Agency and visited India, Thailand, Japan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The album opens with clippings about the reopening of Kashmir after a Pakistani raider invasion. The majority of the photographs feature Jawaharlal, the president of Indian National Conference and later India’s first prime minister. The remaining photogarphs feature a crowd with signs, which include the word “Conference” and “convene constituent assembly”; mountains and trails in India, views of Bangkok; a river market; Angkor Wat; portraits of tourists; Avantipur; Martand; Achhabal; Pahalgam; Shalimar; Nishat Bagh (Pleasure Garden); Dal Lake monuments; Gulmarg (Meadow of Flowers); views of families living on river boats; religious archetecture from South Asia; and views of Angkor Thom, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Interspersed among the views of Asia are photographs of Hawaii featuring views of the craters and steam vents and sulfer banks at Volcanoes National Park.
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Publisher:
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Western Michigan University
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Subject:
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Photograph albums
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Subject:
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Tate, Merze, 1905-1996--Travel--India
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Subject:
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Tate, Merze, 1905-1996--Travel--Hawaii
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Subject:
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India--Social life and customs--Pictorial works
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Subject:
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Jammu and Kashmir (India)--History--Pictorial works
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Subject:
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Fulbright scholars--Travel--India
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Subject:
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India--History--19th century--Pictorial works
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Subject:
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Architecture--India--Pictorial works
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Subject:
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Clothing & dress--India--History
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Keywords:
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black-and-white photographs; Buddhist temples; Hindu temples; Houseboats; Politicians; Craters; Temples; Religious architectural elements
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Person Identified:
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Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964
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Building Identified:
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Angkor Wat (Angkor)
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Building Identified:
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Śrī Raghunātha Mandira (Jammu, India)
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Building Identified:
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Wat ʻArunrātchawarārām (Bangkok, Thailand)
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Building Identified:
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Wat Phra Kǣo (Bangkok, Thailand)
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Building Identified:
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Phrathīnang ʻAnanta Samākhom (Bangkok, Thailand)
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Places Identified:
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Jammu and Kashmir (India)
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Places Identified:
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Angkor Thom (Extinct city)
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Places Identified:
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Achhām (Nepal : District)
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Places Identified:
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Pahlgām (India)
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Places Identified:
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Shalimar Garden (Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India)
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Places Identified:
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Nishāt Bāgh (India)
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Places Identified:
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Dal Lake (India)
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Places Identified:
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Gulmarg (India)
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Places Identified:
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii)
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Places Identified:
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Singapore
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Places Identified:
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Hong Kong (China)
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Places Identified:
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Bangkok (Thailand)
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Places Identified:
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Awantīpur (India)
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Places Identified:
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Mārtand (India)
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Time Period:
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Nineteen fifties
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Source:
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Vernie Merze Tate Collection. Photograph Album #5- Pictures from India (Box 7). Western Michigan University Archives
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Language:
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eng
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Rights Status:
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In Copyright
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Access Rights:
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Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections, Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
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Collection:
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Merze Tate Collection
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Date Digital:
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2023
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