Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

University of Massachusetts Amherst


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University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Old and new exist side by side in Kathmandu. These cattle graze in the middle of the city.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

An umbrella shelters a woman and a man from the sun as they walk along a road in rural Nepal.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

The United States Operations Mission in Nepal had a large compound in 1959. Topiary work has created the letters U, S, O and M in front of the building.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

The older children take care of the younger children. Behind them sheep are grazing.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Various farmhouses dot a hillside where some fields have harvested grain. Mountains can be seen in the distance.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

This sign is near the telecommunication lines, in a modern area of Kathmandu.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Village children, perhaps gathering grass for animal fodder.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Crowds gather near the Gokarna Mahadev temple at the Father's Day Festival in Gokarna, Nepal, where priests prepare dough balls and other traditional delicacies.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Young girls and an older man gather on the street to watch women dance in this small town in Kathmandu Valley.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

A man carrying baskets along a Kathmandu street. In the background is a woman with an umbrella. The house on the right appears to be a place of communal meeting, …