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black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper.

Photograph taken high up looking down on to a mountainous landscape.

no writing anywhere

black and white photograph

Photograph of Photograph of an Mr JH Hicks (right) and a Bhutanese family (man, woman, and child)

writing on the back

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Trashiyangse [Trashiyangtse] Dzongpon with his family & "the author"
9/8/49

black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper.

Photograph of 4 men outside near a tent. 2 have hats on.

writing on the back

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Tibetan's prize hats
7/May/1949
49.A.11.3

A single bound reprint of vol. 102, number 6 of National Geographic Magazine.

(December 1952). The National Geographic Magazine, vol. CII (Number 6), 714-856.

Table of Contents:

• Bhutan, Land of the Thunder Dragon by Burt Kerr Todd (with map and 27 of 38 illustrations in colour)
• La Jolla, a Gem of the California Coast by Deena Clark & J. Baylor Roberts (with map and 18 of 25 illustrations in colour)
• Boom Time in Kuwait by Paul Edward Case & George Rodger (with map and 11 of 18 illustrations in colour)
• The Pacific, Where East and West Meet [NO AUTHOR] (with 1 illustration)
• Grass=skirted Yap by W. Robert Moore (with 21 of 27 illustrations in colour)
• Pilgrims Follow the Christmas Star by Maynard Owen Williams (with 11 illustrations)
• Hashemite Jordan, Arab Heartland by John Scofield (with map and 11 illustrations)

black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper.

Photograph of mountainous landscape as seen from Lao, Bhutan.

writing on the back

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The main range seen from Lao
18/May/1949
49.A.11.8

1 black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper. NOTE: rough dates derived from subject descriptions in Hicks' 'Index of negatives' found in his itinerary (GB235 HJH/4/1)

Photograph of the wife and daughter of the Lhuntzi [Lhuentse] Dzongpon [govenor/lord of Lhuentse]

Writing on the back.

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The Lhuntzi Dzongpon's wife and daughter

A single bound reprint of vol. 87, part 6 of the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society.

(June 1962). Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, vol. LXXXVII(Part 6), 245-288.

Table of Contents:

• The Secretary's Page
• Notes from Wisley. By C.D. Brickell, BSc
• Masters Memorial Lecture, 1961. Herbicides - Their Nature, Mode of Action and Use. Part II. By E.K. Woodford. Illustrated
• Survey of Recently Collected Plants. Part 1 cont. Himalayas, Tibet, China. Illustrated
• Breeding o Alstroemerias. By J.A.M. Goemans. Illustrated
• Notes from Fellows:
  -- Shrub Rose 'Maigold'. by Gram Thomas. Illustrated
  -- The Jacobaaea Lily. by Lt.-Cdr. C. Stockten, D.Sc., RN illustrated
  -- Mr. Clarence Elliot, VMH
• Wisley trials, 1961:
  -- Begonias
• Book Notes

1 black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper.

Photograph of a river bank, ferry on the shore. 3 people on the boat. Forested hills in the background across the water.

Writing on the back

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The ferry over the Trongsa Chu
31/Mar/49
49.A.7.5

black and white photograph

Photograph of an Mr JH Hicks (right) and a Bhutanese family (man, woman, and child)

writing on the back

[TRANSCRIPTION]

The Dzongpon of Lhuntzi
Bhutan, 1949
9/8/49

A single bound reprint that includes 2 parts, an article by Frank Ludlow and a list of the birds. Originally published separately in The Ibis in 1944:

• The Birds of South-Eastern Tibet. By Frank Ludlow (with Notes by N.B. Kinnear), from The Ibis for January 1944, p. 43-86.
  Ludlow, F. and Kinnear, N.B. (1944), The Birds of South-eastern Tibet. Ibis, 86: 43-91. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1944.tb07533.x

• Ludlow, F. (1944), The Birds of South-eastern Tibet. Ibis, 86: 176-208. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1944.tb03877.x