Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim

[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. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

Mahakala deity, photo by Alice S. Kandell

Photograph shows a painting of the Mahākāla, a Buddhist deity, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 002 ... More

[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. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.go... More

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...

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. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov... More

[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).

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

Label in color reference copy slide page: "Formal royal family shoot, 1971." Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no... More

Rumtek Monastery, great hall, 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).

Portrait photo of Coronation 1965, the King & Queen

Photograph shows the newly-crowned King Palden Thondup Namgyal and Queen Hope Cooke walking in procession, Gangtok, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library... More

[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. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.go... More

[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).

[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. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

Clown dancer, ceremonial masked lama dances, Sikkim

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

[Woman weaving on loom, Lachung, Sikkim]

Title devised by Library staff from information for similar slide: LC-KAN05-2276. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg... More

[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. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

Rinchen in Lachung Monastery - wall - allegorical painting

Photograph shows Rinchen Namgyal Lachungpa next to wall painting of an elephant, Lachung Monastery, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also rep... More

[Blue Mahakala dancer initiating the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sik...

[Terraces with religious shrine?, Sikkim]

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

[Man putting apples into basket which is on a girl's back, Lachung, Si...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Woman (member of the Jorbu family), hoeing in field, Lachung, Sikkim]

Label from LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 086 (color reference copy): "Jorbu family farming". (This page proceeds page where slide is located). Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Libr... More

[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).

[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. Webcast available at: ht... More

[Masks of different deities, Gangtok, Sikkim]

Location from information on slide: LC-KAN-0712. Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN-0090. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 1... More

[School children at the Paljor Namgyal Girls School, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 056 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Lama ringing bell to begin New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 82-83, where image appears with caption "Lamas chant pray... More

[Schoolchildren raising hands in classroom, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 048 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Bhotia tailor sewing a vest at Geyzing (Gyalshing) Government Farm in...

Date from information for related slides: LC-KAN05-2612 and LC-KAN05-2613. Date on slide: "Aug. 71" possibly reflects date of later use or publication. Published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Ali... More

[Headman Pipon standing in rocky field, as children use hoes in earth,...

Public domain photograph of farm, farmer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[People walking along mountain path, 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).

[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

[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. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc... More

Negotiating a deal, Jorbu - Public domain portrait drawing

Photograph shows father of the Jorbu family with child, seated at table with another man, at the Jorbu home, Lachung, Sikkim. Label from LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 085 (color reference copy): "Inside the Jorbu famil... More

[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).

[Rai Bahadur Sonam Tobden, (Athingla), a Sikkimese nobleman, sitting w...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

[Rinchen Namgyal Lachungpa blowing a gyaling in front of altar in his ...

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

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]

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 trad... More

Coronation 1965, Queen accepts traditional white scarf

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

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

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

[Guruda bird dancer performing at the New Year's dance, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 024 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Boy, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing h...

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).

[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. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

[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. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

[Shinglay Lama and grandchildren sit in haystack 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. 87, where image appears with caption "Shinglay Lama and gr... More

Ploughing rice terraces, old methods of farming

Photograph shows boys and man with yoked cattle in a field, Lachung, Sikkim. Photographer's stamp on item. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also repr... More

[Men with horses, possibly unloading wood in courtyard of house, Lachu...

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 095 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

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

Coronation 1965, Queen accepts traditional white scarf

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

Ceremonial masked lama dancer, 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. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

[Poh, a shaman, performing a ritual to heal a sick child]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

[Woman and boy, members of the Jorbu family, farming in a field next t...

Label from LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 086 (color reference copy): "Jorbu family farming". Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-2203. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs ... More

Queen and son in Palace playground

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

[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. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

[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 tradi... More

Portrait photo of [Boy playing with kite, Sikkim]

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

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

Rinchen Lama with silver pitcher, Lachung

Photograph shows Rinchen Namgyal Lachungpa, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding silver pitcher, Lachung, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library... More

King of Sikkim reviews troops, Sikkim

Photograph shows Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, reviewing troops on his birthday, Gangtok, Sikkim. Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-69. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Al... More

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

[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 cos... More

[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).

[Mountain path, Lachung, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 063 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:... More

Lachung weaving, photo by Alice S. Kandell

Photograph shows woman weaving on loom outdoors as a man watches, Lachung, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, ... More

Portrait photo of [Two brothers and horse, Sikkim]

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

[Prince Palden (second from left) making silly faces with friends, Sik...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Palden Thondup Namgyal was the hereditary ruler of the independent Kingdom of Sikkim, locat... More

[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).

Royal baby playing with Queen Mother during ceremony

Photograph shows Prince Palden Gyumed Namgyal with his grandmother at the coronation of his father, King Palden Thondup Namgyal, Gangtok, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell ... More

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, h... More

[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).

Palace Guards, photo by Alice S. Kandell

Photograph shows palace guards playing drums during the coronation ceremonies for Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs ... More

[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).

[Lama displaying brocaded robe and masks for the New Year's ceremony a...

[Women standing outside Lachung women's monastery, Sikkim]

Label in color reference copy slide page: "Lachung women's monastery." Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 166 ... More

[Woman standing by stone wall near building storing wood, Lachung, Sik...

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).

[Two men secure wood logs on yak's back]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

Jorbu family, photo by Alice S. Kandell

Photograph shows the mother and children of the Jorbu family, seated outside their home, looking up at father and another child in the window, Lachung, Sikkim. Date from information for related slides: LC-KAN05... More

[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. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

[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).

[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).

3 dragon headed bracelets & jewels

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 044 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

Portrait photo of [Young girl canning oranges, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 045 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Black Hat Lama throwing religious sacrifice into fire to destroy evil...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

[Young lamas learn to play horns, Sikkim]

Photograph shows two boys playing gyalings. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cy... More

[Mount Kānchenjunga, third highest mountain in the world, seen through...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

King reviews troops on his birthday, Sikkim

Photograph shows Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, standing next to soldier, Gangtok, Sikkim. Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-69. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. K... More

[School children lining up for the birthday parade in honor of Palden ...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

[People herding yaks along a mountain path to higher grazing land, Sik...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

[Members of the Jorbu family, digging in pile, houses of Lachung in ba...

Label from LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 086 (color reference copy): "Jorbu family farming". Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-2203. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs ... More

[Girl from the Jorbu family, full-length portrait, standing in road ne...

Label from LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 085 (color reference copy): "Jorbu children". Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. n... More

Jorbu family - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows the mother, father and children of the Jorbu family, seated outside their home, Lachung, Sikkim. Date from information for related slides: LC-KAN05-2119 and 2120. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. K... More

[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. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

[Drum inside royal palace temple, Gangtok, Sikkim]

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

[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

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

Housing for prayer wheel, turn for water power

Photograph shows wooden and stone structure with blue painted trim, built over stream, Lachung, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represe... More

[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. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912 Forms part ... More

[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).

Coronation 1965, the King on throne

Photograph shows King Palden Thondup Namgyal at his coronation, Gangtok, Sikkim.

Rinchen's brother's family

Photograph shows Rinchen Namgyal Lachungpa's brother's family, eating and drinking, around a hearth, Lachung, Sikkim.

Holiest reincarnate in Sikkim with teacher, Mt. Khangchondzonga [in] b...

Photograph shows a young lama, Jamyang Khyentse, with his teacher, in Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast availab... More