Lhasa, Marpori (red mountain) and Potala from SSE

A set of 50 photographs and associated handwritten descriptive notes, acquired from the Imperial Russian Geographical Society in St. Petersburg. The complete notes, "1904 View of Great Tibet", are available at: http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/u?/tibet,94Marpori, with Potala from SSE. [N.]"Potala derives its chief interest from the fact that it is the residence of the head of all the great Buddhist hierarchy, the Dalai (or Tale) lama, who is represented in the flesh by a child of tender years." (p. 605) Holdich, T. H. (1901). Lhasa. The Geographical Journal, 18(6), 602-607. Available at http://www.jstor.org/view/00167398/ap020108/02a00050/0Grayscal