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The way we learned Burmese, Three men with books and three women from Burma in front of a house, page, photomechanical print, photographer: AGE Newland, Burma, maker: Michel Berthaud, Paris, c. 1892, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 154 mm x width 202 mm, Prints opposite page 20., book, hut, cabin, lodge, A group of people sits and kneels in front of a raised wooden structure with a woven bamboo railing and vertical posts; two men in light-colored suits sit or stand near the railing, one seated reading from a small book and the other standing with a hand resting on the railing next to a hat, while another man in a darker uniform leans forward showing a piece of paper to a seated woman in patterned clothing who holds a small bundle in her lap; two other women kneel on the ground at either side, one with a scarf around her neck and a cloth of small round objects spread before her and the other wrapped in a patterned shawl holding a small item near her mouth with plates of small round objects and a small basket placed on the ground nearby.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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way learned Burmese Three men books three women Burma front house page photomechanical print photographer AGE Newland maker Michel Berthaud Paris c 1892 paper collotype photoprint height 154 mm x width 202 mm Prints opposite page 20 book hut cabin lodge group people sits kneels raised wooden structure woven bamboo railing vertical posts two men light-colored suits sit stand near railing seated reading small book standing hand resting railing next hat another man darker uniform leans forward showing piece seated woman patterned clothing holds small bundle lap two women kneel ground side scarf neck cloth small round objects spread wrapped patterned shawl holding small item near mouth plates small round objects small basket placed ground nearby