RoundsImaging Services - Jim Fields

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:16:14 +0000

Caption: Date: 1972-04-10 Location: Chiti, Lamjung Description: Gong and mallet used to signal class periods at Shree Jana Kalyan Higher Secondary School. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, community, home life, school, tools

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:16:07 +0000

Caption: Date: 1972-04-07 Location: Sikrung, Lamjung Description: View of Sikrung village from the north. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, landscape, town, village

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:16:00 +0000

Caption: Date: 1972-04-07 Location: Sikrung, Lamjung Description: Houses in Sikrung village, a Gurung village high on a hillside above the Marsyangdi River. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, home life, house exterior, landscape, town, village

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:15:53 +0000

Caption: Date: 1972-04-06 Location: Sikrung, Lamjung Description: Looking down on Sikrung village, a Gurung village high on a hillside above the Marsyangdi River. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, countryside, landscape, town, village

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:15:47 +0000

Caption: Date: 1972-04-06 Location: Sikrung, Lamjung Description: A young boy from Sikrung village. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, child, portrait

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:15:40 +0000

Caption: Date: 1972-04-06 Location: Sikrung, Lamjung Description: A retired Gurkha soldier, Subedar Par Dhoj Gurung the honorary headman of Sikrung village, is interviewed by Don Messerschmidt, an anthropologist, as the Subedar's young relative looks on. Par Dhoj fought in Burma in World War II. Don had previously been a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, PC volunteer, Peace Corp Photo History, People, named person

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:15:34 +0000

Caption: Date: 1972-04-06 Location: Sikrung, Lamjung Description: A retired Gurkha soldier, Subedar Par Dhoj Gurung, the honorary headman of Sikrung village. Par Dhoj fought in Burma in World War II. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, named person, portrait

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:15:27 +0000

Caption: Date: 1972-04-06 Location: Sikrung, Lamjung Description: Sikrung village, a Gurung village high on a hillside above the Marsyangdi River. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, landscape, town, village

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:15:21 +0000

Caption: Date: 1972-04-06 Location: Sikrung, Lamjung Description: Three chortens that mark the western entrance to Sikrung, a Gurung village high on a hillside above the Marsyangdi River. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, community, footpath, mani wall, shrine, stupa/chorten, transportation

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:15:14 +0000

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:15:07 +0000

Caption: Date: 1972-04-05 Location: Lamjung Description: Two men rest while sitting on their woolen bokus at a chautara on the path up to Sikrung. On the chautra are their two heavy sacks of grain and headbands for carrying the sacks. If the bokus are not needed for warmth or rain protection, they can be provide cushioning between a load and a porter's back. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, chautara, community, porter, transportation

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:14:58 +0000

Caption: Date: 1972-04-05 Location: Khudhi, Lamjung Description: Khudi Bazaar, at the junction of Khudi Khola and the Marsyangdi River. Most of Khudi village later moved a short distance up Khudi Khola near a later vehicle bridge site. The foot bridge in the photograph was severely damaged later. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, bridge, community, landscape, town, village

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:14:52 +0000

Caption: Date: 1972-04-05 Location: Khudhi, Lamjung Description: Khudi village. This village was later moved a short distance up Khudi Khola near a later vehicle bridge site. The foot bridge in the photograph was severely damaged later. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, bridge, community, landscape, town, village

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:14:46 +0000

Caption: Date: 1967-06-24 Location: Sindhupalchok Description: Chinese road construction workers with a bulldozer prepare to pull a bus through a muddy section of the Araniko highway. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, bus, community, road, road building, trail repair, transportation

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:14:39 +0000

Caption: Date: 1967-06-24 Location: Bahrabise, Sindhupalchok Description: Police check point on Araniko highway at Bahrabise. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, car, community, police, road, transportation

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:14:32 +0000

Caption: Date: 1967-06-24 Location: Tatopani, Sindhupalchok Description: Tatopani bazar on the Araniko highway. Regulations did not allow western travelers beyond Tatopani. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, home life, house exterior, landscape, town, village

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:14:26 +0000

Caption: Date: 1967-06-24 Location: Tatopani, Sindhupalchok Description: Looking north on the Araniko Highway from Tatopani village. Regulations did not allow western travelers beyond Tatopani north to the Tibetan border. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, landscape, town, village

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:14:19 +0000

Caption: Date: 1967-06-24 Location: Tatopani, Sindhupalchok Description: Tatopani village on the Araniko highway. Regulations did not allow western travelers beyond Tatopani north to the Tibetan border. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, landscape, town, village

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:14:12 +0000

Caption: Date: 1967-06-24 Location: Dolalghat, Kavrepalanchok Description: Bus at the bridge across the Sunkoshi River at Dolalghat. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, agriculture, bridge, bus, community, landscape, river, stream, transportation, wood cutting

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:14:05 +0000

Caption: Date: 1967-04-19 Location: Lamjung Description: Villagers begin to build a new bamboo bridge across the Dordi river the day after the former bridge was destroyed by high water. Keywords: Jim Fields, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, bridge, community, landscape, river, stream