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Festive Burmese in their best clothes stroll around the Great Golden Spire of the Shwedagon Pagoda during Thadingyut | musefully
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Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Festive Burmese in their best clothes stroll around the Great Golden Spire of the Shwedagon Pagoda during Thadingyut, 1951. gelatin silver print, Image: 16.1 x 24.1 cm (6 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.); Paper: 16.1 x 24.1 cm (6 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.). Gift of George Stephanopoulos, 2012.317. Copyrighted undefined.
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Festive Burmese in their best clothes stroll around the Great Golden Spire of the Shwedagon Pagoda during Thadingyut
Inscription: Written in pencil on interior of mat: B/258"
Typed in blue ink on adhesive label on verso: "FESTIVAL AT THE GOLD PAGODA. Pix by Henri Cartier Bresson of "Magnum"/This month thousands of devout Burmese flock to the fantastic Shwe/Dr(r crossed out in blue ink)agon in Rangoon for the annual Festival of Fire."
Typed in black ink on adhesive label on verso: "32 (220-27)/Festive Burmese in their best clothes stroll around the great golden spire of the Shwe Dagon pagoda during Thadingyut."
Stamped in black ink on verso: "SEE/13OCT1951/ILLUSTRATED"
Stamped in black ink on verso: "PROPERTY OF THE/PERIODICALS ART LIBRARY,/191 HIGH HOLBORN. W.G.I./MUST BE RETURNED UNDAMAGED (underlined)"
Typed in blue ink on adhesive label on verso: "FILE BURMA/RELIGION."
Written in pencil on verso: "LLO-27"
Written in pencil on verso: "32 (circled)"
Written in pencil on verso: "HCB-13-94"
Written in pencil on verso: "8-"
