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Colonial Buildings & Landmarks
Rangoon (2)


                                                             
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Burmah Oil Co.
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J. & F. Graham Shipping Co.
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A. Scott & Co.
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Bombay Burma Trading Corporation (B.B.T.C.)

Rowe & Co.
Corner of Dalhousie & Barr Streets
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1883
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c 1920
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c 1945
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ROWE & CO.

Sofaers' Building
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Oppenheimer & Co.
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Hegt & Co., 1868
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The Trading Company's premises, 1938, (formerly Hegt & Co.)
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The Pasture Institute,
from Stewart Rd. Rangoon
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COX & CO. ( later LLoyds Bank )

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Reserve Bank of India, 1945
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Reserve Bank of India, 1945
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Chartered Bank of I.A.  & Co.
​c 1900's
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​The State Commercial Bank. 
Painting by the manager Mr
​G.M. Godley

Accountant General's Office & Currency Dept.
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c.1900
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c.1900
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c.1900
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c.1900

Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation
(H.S.B.C.)
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c 1900's
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c 1900
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c 1910
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H.S.B.C.

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H.S.B.C.
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c 1977
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2014
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2014

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"White Lodge," home to the H.S.B.C. Agent/Manager
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"Waterside," 1947, home to the H.S.B.C. Manager

 SCOTT MARKET
Completed in 1926, named after Gavin Scott, Municipal Engineer of Rangoon
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Rander House, built 1932
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​Rander House, built 1932
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American Baptist Mission Press
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Minto Mansions Hotel
c 1900's

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Burma Athletic Assoc., (B.A.A.) 
Football ground, c 1900
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Golf Links
c  1900's
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Gymkhana Club
c 1920's
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690, Mayo Marine Club, 1928 (From the I.F.C. collection)

The Cantonment & Gardens
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1855
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Gardens, 1868
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Gardens, 1895
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Gardens, c 1900's

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Gardens, c 1900
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Gardens, c 1920's
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Gardens, c 1920's
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Gardens, c 1900's

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Gardens, c. 1900's
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Gardens, c 1894
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Cantonment Cemetery, c 1877
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Cantonment Cemetery, c 1900's

Courts
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​Recorder's Courts, c 1868
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​District Courts, c 1868
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District Courts, c 1875
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District Courts, c 1900
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New Law Courts

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Fytche Sq., c. 1895
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​​The High Court, from Fytche Sq. Gardens, c 1900's
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​The High Court, from Fytche Sq. Gardens, c 1920's
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High Court

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The High Court, (N.E. view)
c. 1900's
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The High Court, (E. view)
c. 1900's
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High Court
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High Court

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The High Court
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The High Court
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The High Court

Additional photos of the High Court, taken in Nov. 2017, can be found in a slideshow at the end of this page. 

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The Governor's, 1895, now demolished.
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The Governor's, 1895, now demolished
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Cushing Hall High School, 1914 (previously known as the American Baptist Mission College)
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CUSHING HALL

Secretariat
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Under construction, c. 1900
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c 1900
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c 1920
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c.

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July, 2015
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July, 2015
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July, 2015
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July, 2015

The following set of photos (12) were taken in Nov. 2017
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Offices of the Burma Railways
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Mongtomery St. c. 1900
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c. 1900
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2014
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c. 1900

Rangoon Train Station
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c. 1900
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2014
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2014
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2014
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Inya Lake, 2014
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Leper Asylum Rangoon
​c. 1900-1920
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Leper Asylum, Rangoon,
​1912

VICTORIA MEMORIAL PARK
opened in 1906
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ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, c 1900's
The statue in the photo (left) and above is a little difficult to see but it is of Sir Arthur Phayre, the one on the right is from 1930's and the three below are recent, but in a different location.
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Sir Arthur and Maude Day
Rangoon, c. 1930

Sir Arthur Phayre
now stands in the grounds of the British Embassy, Yangon, 2012
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Sir Arthur Phayre
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Sir Arthur Phayre
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Sir Arthur Phayre

Port Authority
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2014
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2014
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2014
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Riverfront, c. 1930, L-R High Court, Customs House and Port Authority

Rangoon Jail
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c. 1900's
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1945, shows the plea from the P.O.W.'s, written on the roof - "extract didget"

Tiger Alley, Rangoon
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1855
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1938

Various
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View from Captain Brown's residence, 1824
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View from Major Canning's residence, 1824
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Residence of G.S. Manook, 1846
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Elephant Steeple chase, 1856

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Sale Pagoda, Rangoon, 1875 - became known as Signal Pagoda
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The principal approach to the Shwedagon, 1824
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Shwedagon Pagoda,
​c. 1900
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Sule Pagoda
1938
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Shwe Dagon,
​Rangoon, c. 1879

Downtown Rangoon
2913, 14 & 2017

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Downtown , 2013
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Downtown, 2014
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Downtown, 2014
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Downtown , 2013

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2014
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2014
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2014

The High Court
2017

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