B&W Photos Mawlamyine

Moulmein (Now Mawlamyine) was the capital of British Burma from 1826 until 1852 when Rangoon became the new capital after the Second Anglo-Burmese War. During British colonial times, Germany, Persia (now Iran), Denmark, Norway, and Sweden opened and maintained consulates in Mawlamyine while Italy and the United States placed consular agencies in Mawlamyine. The city only lost its importance when the supply of marketable timber from Salween Valley decreased in the 1890s. The first commercial photo studios were established in Mawlamyine in 1856 and it took until 1863 before the first photo studio was established in Rangoon. 

MW 1

The Great Pagoda, Maulmain

Philip Klier, 1870s

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 2

The Kyaik-Tha-Lun Pagoda

Philip Klier, 1879

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 3

The Uzina Pagoda, Moulmain

Watts & Skeen, 1895

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

 MW 4

Great Pagoda on the hill at Moulmein

J. Jackson, c. 1868

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 5

View of Moulmein from the Great Pagoda

Bourne & Shepherd, c. 1875

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 6

Stair-case of Great Pagoda, Moulmein

Philip Klier, 1880s

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 7

View of Moulmein from the Flagstaff

Bourne & Shepherd, c. 1875

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 8

View from Allandine Pagoda

Watts & Skeen, 1895

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 9

Snake Dagonedine at Myangoon, Moulmain

Watts & Skeen, 1895

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 10

Scene at Uzina Pagoda, Moulmain

Watts & Skeen, 1895

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 11

Nats guarding entrance to Myangoon Pagoda, Moulmain

Watts & Skeen, 1895

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 12

Nats guarding entrance to Uzina Pagoda, Moulmain

Watts & Skeen, 1895

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 13

The Jail, with Salween River, the Martaban Hills in the distance

J. Jackson, c. 1868

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 14

Eastern suburbs, with limestone hills rising abruptly from the plains

J. Jackson, c. 1868

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

 MW 15

Cantonment and Native Infantry Barracks, with Martaban and Zingyike Hills in the background

J. Jackson, c. 1868

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 16

Stair-case of Great Pagoda, Moulmein

H.G. Ponting, c.1900

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 17

Mayangoone Pagoda Moulmein

Philip Klier, 1870s

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 18

Town of Moulmein

Philip Klier, 1879

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

 MW 19

Court House, Moulmain

J. Jackson, c. 1868

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

 MW 20

Court House, Moulmein

Philip Klier, 1880s

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

 MW 21

South Pagoda Hill, Moulmein

Philip Klier, 1880s

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 22

Moulmein from the river

Watts & Skeen, 1895

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 23

The Harbour, Moulmein

 Philip Klier, 1880s

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 24

The village of Toungine in the Salween, Moulmein, 2372

Bourne & Shepherd, c. 1875

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 25

 View of Moulmein

 Philip Klier, 1880s

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 26

Salween River, The Rope Station,

 Moulmein

Bourne & Shepherd, 1874

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 27

A view of the Salween River near the Rope Station, Moulmein

Bourne & Shepherd, 1874

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 28

Approach to Kyaik-Tha-lun Pagoda

Watts & Skeen, 1895

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 29

Moulmein, Strand Road

Watts & Skeen, 1895

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

 MW 30

View of the Gaungzegyun Pagoda, near Moulmein

Archaeological Survey of Burma, 1903

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

 MW 31

Martaban

J. Jackson, c. 1868

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

 MW 32

Maulmein Crow Island

Philip Klier, 1880s

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 33

Caves near Moulmein

Bourne & Shepherd, c. 1875

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 34

Caves near Moulmein

Unknown, 1870s

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 35

Buddhas in the great Paingu caves near Moulmein

H. G. Ponting, c. 1900

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 36

Religious followers in front of a giant Buddha in the Paingu Caves near Moulmein

H. G. Ponting, c. 1900

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 37

Scene at the Farm Caves

Watts & Skeen, 1895

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 38

Scene at the Farm Caves

Watts & Skeen, 1895

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 39

Interior, Farm Caves, Maulmain

Klier, 1880s

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20

MW 40

Interior, Farm Caves, Maulmain

Klier, 1880s

Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)

Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)

Framed: USD 50

Unframed: USD 20