[Tlc] L - req for help - 1940-50 picture IDs

[Txiabneeb Vaj]

Incase you wish to find a permanent home for these historical drawings,
please consider the SE Asia Archives at the University of CA-Riverside...

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:53 AM, H. Leedom Lefferts <lleffert at drew.edu>wrote:

> Justin - did this get to you?  resending . . . LL
>
> Dear Colleagues –
>
> A friend of a friend, whose grandfather took several trips to Laos in
> the 1940’s and ‘50’s, has given me a set of magic lantern-size color
> slides, mounted in glass plates, approx. 1.5 x 2.5 inches.  We know
> nothing about where they came from, other than Laos, and the approximate
> dates.  The slides depict everything from a boat festival to scenes of
> feasting, and several war scenes, including one in which people seem to
> be celebrating Songkhran while a battle, including airplanes, takes
> place behind and above them.  These pictures appear to be photos of
> paintings/drawing in frames, as evidenced by borders showing around some
> of the edges.  3 much compressed scanned copies of the 7 larger scanned
> pictures are attached to this message.  The slides are marred by fungus.
>
> I’d like to know if anyone knows anything about these.  Are they perhaps
> of real scenes from the period?  Does anyone know who might have done
> them?  I can send copies of the other 4 pictures if they are wanted.
>
> Your comments, ideas, and answers are gratefully appreciated.  You can
> talk with me off-list if you wish:  LLEFFERT at drew.edu.  Thanks, Leedom
> Lefferts
>
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