{"id":4571,"date":"2014-01-03T09:03:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T09:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/?p=4571"},"modified":"2020-10-14T11:56:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T10:56:01","slug":"burma-pictures-1897","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/burma-pictures-1897\/","title":{"rendered":"Burma &#8211; Pictures from 1897"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great release today from the British Library of a series of pictures of Burma from 1897 released to their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/britishlibrary\/\">Flickr account<\/a>. Burma has such a strong hold on the imagination for me and these pictures told me a little about why that might be.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/globalvoices.org\/2014\/01\/02\/10-vintage-photos-of-burma-in-1897\/?gv_hidebutton_used=header-banner&amp;gv_hidebutton_expiration=30\">Global Voices<\/a> website for bringing them to my attention:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4573\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/burma-carriage.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4573\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4573 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/burma-carriage-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Alice Hart published the book \u2018Picturesque Burma\u2019 also in 1897. This is one of the photos from this collection.\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/burma-carriage-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/burma-carriage-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/burma-carriage-585x469.jpg 585w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/burma-carriage-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/burma-carriage.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alice Hart published the book \u2018Picturesque Burma\u2019 also in 1897. This is one of the photos from this collection.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4574\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/burma-pagoda.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4574\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/burma-pagoda-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Shewdagon Pagoda. From the book \u2018Wanderings in Burma\u2019 authored by George W Bird:\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/burma-pagoda-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/burma-pagoda-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/burma-pagoda.jpg 541w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/burma-pagoda-150x222.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Shewdagon Pagoda. From the book \u2018Wanderings in Burma\u2019 authored by George W Bird:<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great release today from the British Library of a series of pictures of Burma from 1897 released to their Flickr account. 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