Period:Unknown Production date:1927-1928
Materials:plastic
Technique:photographic process
Subjects:harness/trappings horse/ass
Dimensions:Height: 85 millimetres Width: 108 millimetres
Description:
Negative (black and white); A mail horse arriving at Gyantse Dak Bungalow. The Political Officer F. M. Bailey wanted to speed up communications between Sikkim and Gyantse and tried to institute a motorised mail service, which Hopkinson was given responsibility for overseeing. However, it did not succeed and the horse service remained a principal mode of transporting correspondence between Gangtok and the various Trade Agencies in Tibet. In this photograph the mail bags can be seen strapped to the saddles of two ponies that have just entered Gyantse dak bungalow compound. Tibet. Photographic process
IMG
![图片[1]-negative (polymer film)(black and white) BM-2015-OA+.344-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_bmh_d_82_1_O.jpg)
Comments:This negative is kept in one of several original wallets used by Hopkinson.. Image taken during A. J. Hopkinson’s Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28.
Materials:plastic
Technique:photographic process
Subjects:harness/trappings horse/ass
Dimensions:Height: 85 millimetres Width: 108 millimetres
Description:
Negative (black and white); A mail horse arriving at Gyantse Dak Bungalow. The Political Officer F. M. Bailey wanted to speed up communications between Sikkim and Gyantse and tried to institute a motorised mail service, which Hopkinson was given responsibility for overseeing. However, it did not succeed and the horse service remained a principal mode of transporting correspondence between Gangtok and the various Trade Agencies in Tibet. In this photograph the mail bags can be seen strapped to the saddles of two ponies that have just entered Gyantse dak bungalow compound. Tibet. Photographic process
IMG
Comments:This negative is kept in one of several original wallets used by Hopkinson.. Image taken during A. J. Hopkinson’s Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28.
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