C. 87 slides of East and (Mainland) Southeast Asia. Early 20th c Mainly from the…

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C. 87 slides of East and (Mainland) Southeast Asia. Early 20th c Mainly from the series "Projections Molteni Radiguet & Massiot", couple with some cracks in lower left corner. Japan: Kobe, Kyoto, Nara, etc. Views of temples, rivers, streets and people. China: Beijing (Summer Palace, Forbidden City, Lama Temple, Inner City, etc.). Shanxi, Shanghai (tea house, pagoda), Great Wall of China, port of Qingdao, etc. Views of imperial monuments, a railway station, tombs, pagodas, mausoleums, etc. Mainland Southeast Asia: Myanmar: Yangon (Shive Dagon Pagoda, praying Burmese people, Chinese temple) and Mandalay. Thailand: Bangkok. Cambodia: Angkor. Also a set of plates from a group of western people managing rubber tree plantations in Malaysia (Kuala Selangor) and Sumatra and with images of their homes. Furthermore: Singapore (canal, botanical garden, the Chinese city), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Port Swettenham, Tenang, Malacca, Kuala Selangor), Sri Lanka (Colombo), etc.

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C. 87 slides of East and (Mainland) Southeast Asia. Early 20

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