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Colonial Buildings & Landmarks, 
Rangoon (1)


                                                               
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1831
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1855
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View from Dalla, 1868
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1879

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1869

Merchant St.
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1879

​Merchant St.
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Strand, 1879
Holy Trinity - Chief Commissioner's Office - Public Offices - Customs House 
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1879

​Sule Pagoda Rd.
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c. 1900
Sule Pagoda (foreground)

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Shwe Dagon, 1879
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Shwedagon, c. 1860's
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Shwe Dagon, 1872
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SDA Hospital - 1947

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c.1900
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c 1900's
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c. 1890's
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view from the river, 1824

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Waterfront, 1938
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Harbour, c. 1900's
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Street scene, c. 1900
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c. 1900's
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c. 1900

CITY HALL
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c. 1900
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1910
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1945
City Hall, Immanuel Baptist Church to its right ​and bomb damage to the ​High Court.
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017

Whiteaway Laidlaw & Co.
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Customs House, c. 1900
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Customs House
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Old Law Courts, Strand Rd. c. 1879

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Fytch Sq. and the
Sule Pagoda
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Sule Pagoda Rd., c 1920​
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Sule Pagoda Rd. c. 1920,
​Central Fire Brigade tower on right
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Sule Pagoda Rd, 1945, showing bomb damage

General Post Office
Strand Road
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Posts & Telegraphs Offices
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Posts & Telegraphs Offices
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Posts & Telegraphs Offices
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Post Office, 2009
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Post Office, 2009
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Post Office, 2009
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Post Office, 2009
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Post Office, 2009
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Post Office, 2017

Government House
​Commenced in 1892 and completed in 1895.  
​Demolished in 1970's due to earthquake damage.
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c. 1900's
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c. 1920's
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c. 1930's

Telegraph Office
Erected 1875
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2010
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2010
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2013
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017

Government Press
Erected 1912
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2010?
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2017

Government Book Depot
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2017
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2017

Royal Lakes and Boat Club
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c. 1879
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c 1900's
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c 1920's
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c 1920's
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c 1920's
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c 1920's
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Boat Club, c. 1930's
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Boat Club, c. 1900's
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Boat Club, c. 1900's
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Boat Club, c 1910

​Gymkhana Club
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c. 1910

Pegu Club
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​Founded in a bungalow in Cheape Road, in 1871.
Moved to this site on the Prome Road. in 1882.
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c. 1890
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c. 1910
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c 1920's
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​Prome Club
c 1900's  - ​Courtesy of Fiona Thorburn
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Jubilee Hall
​Replaced the Assembly Rooms, completed in 1898
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Assembly Rooms, 1854/55
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c. 1900's
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​The German Club
​Founded in 1867, a small bungalow was purchased on the site of the present home on Commissioner's Rd.
The present building was erected in 1890.
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c. 1900's

​The Rangoon Club
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Masonic Hall
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c 1900's

Merchant Street
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c.1890, Looking West, Trinity Ch. spire left, R.C. Ch. right.
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c. 1895
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c 1900
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c 1920's
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c. 1879
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c. 1869
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1938
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2013
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2009
Mercantile Bank
Mercantile Bank &
​Oppenheimer Bldg., (right)
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c. 1910
American Baptist Mission Press

Mahommedan Mosque​, Mogul Street
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c. 1890
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c. 1920's

Phayre Street
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1895

Y.M.C.A.
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c. 1920's


Y.W.C.A.
The building was erected in 1902 with an extension added in 1921.

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The following slide show photos were taken in Nov. 2017

​Central Fire Station
1912
One of the oldest building in Rangoon retaining its original use. 
The tower, with its panoramic view, served as an early warning system for fires.   
The first fire engines replaced horse-drawn carts in 1913.
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2015
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017

Irrawaddy Flotilla Co.
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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Phayre St, 1933
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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co.
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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Phayre St.
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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co.

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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Office, floodlit during Jubilee Celebrations, 1935. (From the I.F.C. collection)
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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. New Office, ground floor and staircase. Freight Dept. on left. Cash and Launch depts. on right.
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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co.
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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. New Office, 1st.floor. (From the I.F.C. collection)

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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. 1890. Built in 1865, pulled down in 1928. (From the I.F.C. collection)
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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. 1882. (From the I.F.C. collection )
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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co.- 1882,- Interior view, old office at Rangoon. (from the I. F.C. collection)
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1890, Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Entrance hall. (From the I.F.C. collection)
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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Building decorated for Prince of Wales visit, Jan. 1922. (From the I.F.C. collection)

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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. New Office, Board Room. (From the I.F.C. collection)
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IRRAWADDY FLOTILLA Co, New Office, opened Aug. 1933
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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Wharf Office, Knightly St. (From the I.F.C. collection)
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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Phayre St. Office. (From the I.F.C. collection)
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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. (From the I.F.C. collection)

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CHURCHILL Rd. c 1900
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SHAFRAZ RD. c 1920
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Rangoon Gazette (founded 1861) c. 1910

Mogul Street
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c. 1865
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1900's
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c. 1890

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2013
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2013
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2013

Dalhousie Street
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Harperink Smith & Co. c. 1910
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1900
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c 1900's
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Central Hotel. c. 1910

Strand Road
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Holy Trinity, Chief Commr's Office, Public Offices, Custom's House,
​c. 1879
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c 1880's
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The old church c. 1890
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c 1900
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c 1920's

Strand Hotel
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1890's
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c 1900's
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c 2009
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c 2009
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2013
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2013

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The Strand, 1878
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The Strand, 1920

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Phayre Museum, 1872
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Scott Market, c. 1930's

DUFFERIN HOSPITAL
c 1900's, opened in 1887
​to be replaced

THE MILITARY HOSPITAL
c 1900's
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Rangoon General Hospital
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(south view) c 1900's )
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c 1920's
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The following slide show photos were taken in Nov. 2017


Salvation Army, 2017
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The Tejoomal Building
Emporium of oriental curios, founded in 1888
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2013

Down Town Area
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12, 30th St. 2010
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30th St. 2010
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5 Brooking St. 2010

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2013
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2013
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2013
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2013
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2013
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2014
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2013

Mogul Hall, Mogul St., 2014
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The following slide show photos were taken in 2017

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