Bell Album 4 - Early Career

A leather bound photographic album. Each image is captioned, with the majority of pages containing two images. Contents as follows: Page 1 - My bungalow at Motihari / Bungalow and compound at mothihari across lake Page 2 - Kurseong / Temple at Motihari Page 3 - Tableau from 'little Minister' 1898 / Tableau on board ship 1898 Page 4 - Kurnagee, Behar / Kurnagee, Behar Page 5 - Lingtu, Sikkim / Kalimpong Page 6 - Kalimpong / Memdals and Karbaries with pattas at Gorubathan Page 7 - My servants at Gorubathan / Nepali Kabarie's house in Samalbong Page 8 - Opening of a new cottage in St Andrews Colonial Homes, Kalimpong x 2 Page 9 - Laying foundation stone of a new building in St Andrew's Homes / Palincha in Sinji Page 10 - Forest near Tonglu / Bhutanese house in Kalimpong subdivision Page 11 - Pedong monastery / Forest Bungalow Kalimpong with Grieve and Miss Grieve Page 12 - Magistrate's House, Kurseong with Hammond and wali / Bhutanese avatar Lama, subsequently Deb Raja Page 13 - Gnatong / Snows from Rikyisum Page 14 - Loley Hermitage / Snows from Sandakfu Page 15 - Bhanjau Nehneen Tonglu & Sandakfu / Dzos near Tonglu Page 16 - Sea of clouds from Tonglu / Rhododendron trees at Tonglu Page 17 - Tromowa's house in Tode / Bhutanese house in Kalimpong subdivision Page 18 - Nepalese blind minstrel at Pateu / Richi La from Tode Page 19 - Across the Jaldhaka from Pateu / Richi La from Tode Page 20 - Victoria memorial, Kalimpong / Mayrong valley, near Pedong Page 21 - Kar-gyu monastery, Chumbi valley / The Chumbi Valley from Kargyu monastery Page 22 - Yatung wall / Yatung Page 23 - Stream above Yatung / Yatung wall Page 24 - Stream above Yatung 'Master' in foreground / Jelap Pass Grieve and ponies Page 25 - Yatung / Tibetan beggars Page 26 - Tuna plain and Chumolhari / Dongtse monastery Page 27 - Phala Manor / Norbu Kyungtse, midway between Shigatse and Gyantse Page 28 - Tibetan cultivators near Jor-gye, 13 miles from Shigatse, resting for midday meal / Shigatse town Page 29 - Shigatse Jong / Shigatse Kung's garden house Page 30 - Shigatse Jong / Maitreya Buddha (Gye-wa-cham-pa) in chapel of Na-tang monastery, six miles from Shigatse Page 31 - Tashi Lama's snow leopard / Tashi Lama's bear Page 32 - Landlord's house near Jor-gye, 13 miles from Shigatse / Northern Tibetan at Norbu Kyung-tse Page 33 - Tashi Lhunpo Monastery with Shabtung, Norbu and Tashi Wangdi in foreground / Tashi Lhunpo with Shigatse Jong in background on right Page 34 - Shigatse Jong Page 35 - Photograph of colonial house with plaque dating to 1929. In front row, seated on step fifth from right is David Macdonald and standing in front row third from right is Charles Bell's orderly Phurbu. Page 36 - Loose photograph same as page 35 Page 37 - Loose photograh of colonial home - baby in pram in foreground Page 38 - Colonial home with plaque dating to 1929 - woman in doorway