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HM the Gyalmo, HH Prince Palden, HH Princess Hope

HM the Gyalmo, HH Prince Palden, HH Princess Hope

Photograph shows Queen Hope Cooke with her children, Prince Palden and Princess Hope Leezum, Gangtok, Sikkim. Palden Thondup Namgyal was the hereditary ruler of the independent Kingdom of Sikkim, located in th... More

[Lamas playing cymbals during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Lamas playing cymbals during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Queen and Prince of Sikkim playing outdoors, Sikkim]

[Queen and Prince of Sikkim playing outdoors, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[King Palden Thondup Namgyal accepting scarves, including one scarf from Alice Kandell, at his coronation, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[King Palden Thondup Namgyal accepting scarves, including one scarf fr...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Prince Palden Gyumed and Princess Hope Leezum seated on white scarves, Sikkim]

[Prince Palden Gyumed and Princess Hope Leezum seated on white scarves...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[King and Queen of Sikkim and their daughter Hope Leezum watch birthday celebrations, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[King and Queen of Sikkim and their daughter Hope Leezum watch birthda...

Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-69. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Col... More

King of Sikkim receives scarves, Sikkim

King of Sikkim receives scarves, Sikkim

Photograph shows Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, receiving white scarves as a sign of purity and an open heart on his birthday, from a Lepcha man, Gangtok, Sikkim.

[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, in brocaded dress, walking to the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) during the King's birthday celebration, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikk...

Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-69. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Col... More

Princess Hope & Queen Hope in the palace, Sikkim

Princess Hope & Queen Hope in the palace, Sikkim

Date from information on related slide: LC-KAN05-0072. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 027 (color reference... More

King of Sikkim - Public domain portrait photograph

King of Sikkim - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, receiving white scarves as a sign of purity and an open heart on his birthday, from a Bhotia man, Gangtok, Sikkim.

[Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, seated, three-quarter length portrait, facing left]

[Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, seated, three-quarter length portrait, f...

Date from related slide: LC-KAN05-072. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikk... More

Sikkim, Gangtok, early Buddhist scrip[t] written on palm leave[s]

Sikkim, Gangtok, early Buddhist scrip[t] written on palm leave[s]

Photograph shows palm leaves with Devanagari and Bengali script, on exhibit at the Namgyal Tibetology Institute, Gangtok, Sikkim. Caption below palm leaves: "Indian MSS 4 Medieval Devanagari & Old Bengali. Pro... More

Traditional religious offering to High Lama

Traditional religious offering to High Lama

Photograph shows a monk carrying offering, possibly a butter sculpture. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 004... More

Portrait photo of [Smiling schoolchildren in Gangtok, Sikkim]

Portrait photo of [Smiling schoolchildren in Gangtok, Sikkim]

Related photograph published in : Sikkim; the hidden kingdom / text and photos. by Alice Kandell. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1971, p. 42. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photograph... More

Sikkimese boy painting a mask - Public domain scan of drawing

Sikkimese boy painting a mask - Public domain scan of drawing

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Studying the art of religious painting

Studying the art of religious painting

Photograph shows boys painting religious pictures, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kande... More

Studying the art of religious painting

Studying the art of religious painting

Photograph shows boy drawing and copying a religious picture, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Ali... More

[Class learning to read and write, Sikkim]

[Class learning to read and write, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Lepcha man in traditional bamboo hat and woven clothing holding knife in Singhik, Sikkim]

[Lepcha man in traditional bamboo hat and woven clothing holding knife...

Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 156, where image appears with caption "Lepcha man in tradit... More

[Man seated on ground next to two yaks, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Man seated on ground next to two yaks, Lachung, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 080 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

Portrait photo of [Boy playing with kite, Sikkim]

Portrait photo of [Boy playing with kite, Sikkim]

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Nepalese woman wearing purple headscarf and nose ring, holding baby, Sikkim]

[Nepalese woman wearing purple headscarf and nose ring, holding baby, ...

Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 112 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106). Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress).

[Royal procession for Chogyal's birthday, Royal Palace, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Royal procession for Chogyal's birthday, Royal Palace, Gangtok, Sikki...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Couple of North Sikkim at home drink millet beer

Couple of North Sikkim at home drink millet beer

Photograph shows Rinchen Namgyal Lachungpa and his wife at home, Lachung, Sikkim. Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New ... More

[Coronation ceremony of Palden Thondup Namgyal and Hope Cooke, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Coronation ceremony of Palden Thondup Namgyal and Hope Cooke, Gangtok...

Date from information on related slide: LC-KAN-0124. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Col... More

[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa Lama, full-length portrait, seated, at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa Lama, full-length portrait, se...

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 150 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Wood carver, Lachung monastery, Sikkim]

[Wood carver, Lachung monastery, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 163 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Group of women standing near stone wall, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Group of women standing near stone wall, Lachung, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 068 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[The sixteenth Karmapa Lama (Rangjung Rigpe Dorje), with monk, at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

[The sixteenth Karmapa Lama (Rangjung Rigpe Dorje), with monk, at Rumt...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Rinchen Namgyal Lachungpa, full-length portrait, seated, drinking millet beer at his home, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Rinchen Namgyal Lachungpa, full-length portrait, seated, drinking mil...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

King of Sikkim at home - Public domain portrait photograph

King of Sikkim at home - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Palden Thondrup Namgyal, Chogyal of Sikkim, half-length portrait, facing front, Gangtok, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congre... More

[Lepcha man and woman standing near Singhik, Sikkim]

[Lepcha man and woman standing near Singhik, Sikkim]

Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 156, where image appears with caption: "Lepcha man in tradi... More

[Bull? or ox? in front of waterfall, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Bull? or ox? in front of waterfall, Lachung, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 067 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

Traveling Tibetan tribe, grandmothers spinning prayer wheels

Traveling Tibetan tribe, grandmothers spinning prayer wheels

Photograph shows Tibetan refugees? men, women and children under shelter. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 1... More

Paper making - A couple of people sitting on top of a dirt field

Paper making - A couple of people sitting on top of a dirt field

Photograph shows laborers seated with wood shavings, Sikkim. Public domain photograph of farm, farmer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

USA aid wheat distributed at Rumtek Monastery

USA aid wheat distributed at Rumtek Monastery

Photograph shows monks with bags of wheat outside Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim. Date from related slide: LC-KAN05-3399. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Guests at the coronation of King Palden Thondup Namgyal, including Alice Kandell, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Guests at the coronation of King Palden Thondup Namgyal, including Al...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Lamas play horns at temple door, Sikkim

Lamas play horns at temple door, Sikkim

Photo shows lamas playing gyalings. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim... More

Beautiful monastery, Sikkim - Public domain historic place photograph

Beautiful monastery, Sikkim - Public domain historic place photograph

Photograph shows head lama standing in doorway of Pemayangtse monastery, Sikkim. Related photograph in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Nort... More

[Tsongmo Lake, along the Nathu La pass, Sikkim]

[Tsongmo Lake, along the Nathu La pass, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Man, seated on ground outdoors, working on a religious painting, Sikkim]

[Man, seated on ground outdoors, working on a religious painting, Sikk...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Headman of village, Pipon, seated in house with children, drinking out of cup, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Headman of village, Pipon, seated in house with children, drinking ou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[King Palden Thondup Namgyal and Queen Hope Cooke of Sikkim]

[King Palden Thondup Namgyal and Queen Hope Cooke of Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 020 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:... More

[Man standing with yak, next to monastery, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Man standing with yak, next to monastery, Lachung, Sikkim]

Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 081 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106). Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress).

[Street in Rumtek, Sikkim], photo by Alice S. Kandell

[Street in Rumtek, Sikkim], photo by Alice S. Kandell

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 105 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Young boy studying the art of religious painting, Sikkim]

[Young boy studying the art of religious painting, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Masked Black Hat dancer at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Masked Black Hat dancer at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Chinese soldier watching the Nathu La Pass, Sikkim]

[Chinese soldier watching the Nathu La Pass, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Nursing mother and children of the Jorbu family, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Nursing mother and children of the Jorbu family, Lachung, Sikkim]

Same woman shown in Kandell slides: LC-KAN05-0017 and LC-KAN05-0018. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice... More

[Princess, sister of the King of Sikkim, standing on right, in traditional royal dress, during coronation of King, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Princess, sister of the King of Sikkim, standing on right, in traditi...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Related photograph published in : Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; t... More

[Karmapa Lama's successor studying penmanship, Sikkim]

[Karmapa Lama's successor studying penmanship, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Person crossing river on wooden bridge, Sikkim]

[Person crossing river on wooden bridge, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Alice Kandell posing with guards at the Nathu La Pass, Sikkim]

[Alice Kandell posing with guards at the Nathu La Pass, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 015 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Dragon head carvings above the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) door, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Dragon head carvings above the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple...

Title devised by Library staff from information on similar slide: LC-KAN05-3055. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg.... More

Lama turning prayer wheel activating prayers

Lama turning prayer wheel activating prayers

Photograph shows a Shinglay Lama seated on ground, turning a large prayer wheel, Sikkim. (Source: related image in LOT 14032-1, no. 041). Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (... More

[Drum inside royal palace temple, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Drum inside royal palace temple, Gangtok, Sikkim]

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[People carrying wood on their backs as they walk along a mountain road, Lachung, Sikkim]

[People carrying wood on their backs as they walk along a mountain roa...

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 092 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Exterior of Pemayangtse Monastery with prayer flags, Sikkim]

[Exterior of Pemayangtse Monastery with prayer flags, Sikkim]

Title devised by Library staff. Related photograph in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 96, where image appears with caption... More

Princess of Sikkim - Public domain portrait photograph

Princess of Sikkim - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows princess Hope Lezzum, half-length portrait, facing front, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms par... More

[Monk fixing clock above painting, Sikkim]

[Monk fixing clock above painting, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Boys from Lachung carrying wood in the mountains, Sikkim]

[Boys from Lachung carrying wood in the mountains, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Princess, sister of the King, with a coronation guest, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Princess, sister of the King, with a coronation guest, Gangtok, Sikki...

Date from information on related slide: LC-KAN-0115. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Col... More

[Altar with butter lamps, butter paste offerings (torma) and images to be burned at the end of New Year's ceremony in the palace monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Altar with butter lamps, butter paste offerings (torma) and images to...

Category label: "Prior to ceremony, prayers in monastery." Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 004 (color refer... More

Sikkim, dry season, rice terraces

Sikkim, dry season, rice terraces

Photographer's stamp on item. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 108 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S... More

[Men with herd of yaks, next to monastery, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Men with herd of yaks, next to monastery, Lachung, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 081 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Nepalese band playing curved horns at coronation of the King of Sikkim]

[Nepalese band playing curved horns at coronation of the King of Sikki...

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 200 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Man buying items from coffee and snack vendor in shop along a street, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Man buying items from coffee and snack vendor in shop along a street,...

On slide: "G-40". Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 124 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2... More

River running thru village, Lachung, Sikkim

River running thru village, Lachung, Sikkim

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 068 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Lamas spinning prayer wheels at old Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

[Lamas spinning prayer wheels at old Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Royal family looks on during coronation ceremony of Palden Thondup Namgyal and Hope Cooke, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Royal family looks on during coronation ceremony of Palden Thondup Na...

Date from information on related slide: LC-KAN-0124. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Coll... More

[Alice Kandell hiding behind a Sikkimese soldier to take a photograph of a Chinese soldier along the Nathu La pass, Sikkim]

[Alice Kandell hiding behind a Sikkimese soldier to take a photograph ...

Soldier in photograph is identified as "the General" by Alice Kandell in her presentation. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Fo... More

[King and Queen of Sikkim getting ready to fly to Bhutan in helicopter, Sikkim]

[King and Queen of Sikkim getting ready to fly to Bhutan in helicopter...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Rinchen Namgyal Lachungpa and boy standing next to yak-butter churns, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Rinchen Namgyal Lachungpa and boy standing next to yak-butter churns,...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Primula flowers at Pemayangtse in western Sikkim]

[Primula flowers at Pemayangtse in western Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Mount Kānchenjunga, third highest mountain in the world]

[Mount Kānchenjunga, third highest mountain in the world]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Chiles & eggplant on sale at Gangtok Bazaar, Sikkim

Chiles & eggplant on sale at Gangtok Bazaar, Sikkim

Photograph shows woman at the Gangtok Bazaar, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Related photograph published in: Mount... More

[Monks praying inside Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

[Monks praying inside Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

Public domain photograph related to Chinese history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa Lama, seated, with a monk, at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa Lama, seated, with a monk, at ...

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 002 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

Road building. Women laborers - Public domain scan of photograph

Road building. Women laborers - Public domain scan of photograph

Photograph shows a Nepalese woman road builder, seated on pile of rocks, Sikkim. Date from related slide: LC-KAN05-2679. Label from color reference copy slide page: "Nepali road builders." Forms part of: Dr. A... More

Karmapa Lama, religious leader of Sikkim

Karmapa Lama, religious leader of Sikkim

Photograph shows the sixteenth Karmapa Lama, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924-1981). "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of... More

[Boys blowing gyalings in front of the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple), Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Boys blowing gyalings in front of the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Portrait photo of Khentse Rinpoche [i.e., Jamyang Khyentse]

Portrait photo of Khentse Rinpoche [i.e., Jamyang Khyentse]

Photograph shows Jamyang Khyentse (Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche), a young lama, seated behind a table, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Con... More

[Lepcha women in traditional clothing in Singhik, Sikkim]

[Lepcha women in traditional clothing in Singhik, Sikkim]

Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 157, where image appears with caption "Women in Lepcha cost... More

[Woman with basket of greens on her back, resting by side of road, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Woman with basket of greens on her back, resting by side of road, Lac...

Label from LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 090 (color reference copy): "Apple picking and farming" Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 1403... More

[Man, full-length portrait, standing in snow, carrying bundle on his back, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Man, full-length portrait, standing in snow, carrying bundle on his b...

Label from LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 089 (color reference copy): "Proud man". Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 08... More

[Nepalese woman road builder, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, Sikkim]

[Nepalese woman road builder, half-length portrait, standing, facing f...

Label from color reference copy slide page: "Nepali road builders." Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 114 (co... More

[Poinsettia flowers, mountains in background, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Poinsettia flowers, mountains in background, Lachung, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 102 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Woman spinning with a hand spindle, seated on floor across from another woman who is carding fibers, Lachung Sikkim]

[Woman spinning with a hand spindle, seated on floor across from anoth...

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 092 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Woman leading horse on mountain road with another woman and child, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Woman leading horse on mountain road with another woman and child, La...

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 071 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Woman and young girl crossing a bridge, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Woman and young girl crossing a bridge, Lachung, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 068 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Inside Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

[Inside Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 001 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

Old methods of farming: hoeing mountain fields, North Sikkim

Old methods of farming: hoeing mountain fields, North Sikkim

Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 107, where image appears with caption "Women of Lachung, ho... More

[Sick girl in bed, Sikkim] - Public domain scan of photograph

[Sick girl in bed, Sikkim] - Public domain scan of photograph

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Orchid flower, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Orchid flower, Lachung, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 102 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Mountainside and road in Lachung region, Sikkim]

[Mountainside and road in Lachung region, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 062 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Man standing behind a small truck, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Man standing behind a small truck, Lachung, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 070 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Houses on mountain slope, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Houses on mountain slope, Lachung, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 064 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Mother and children of the Jorbu family sit by the hearth, Lachung, Sikkim]

[Mother and children of the Jorbu family sit by the hearth, Lachung, S...

Same woman shown in Kandell slides: LC-KAN05-0016 and LC-KAN05-0018. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice... More

[Woman churning yak-butter tea, Sikkim]

[Woman churning yak-butter tea, Sikkim]

Possibly same woman shown in Kandell slides: LC-KAN05-0016 and LC-KAN05-0017. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: ... More

Waterfall, typical of Sikkim, photo by Alice S. Kandell

Waterfall, typical of Sikkim, photo by Alice S. Kandell

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

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