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[U Aung San, head-and-shoulders portrait, in military uniform] – Antique Photo Print

[U Aung San, head-and-shoulders portrait, in military uniform] — historic photograph
[U Aung San, head-and-shoulders portrait, in military uniform]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Aung San, the Burmese independence leader, appears here in a head-and-shoulders portrait in military uniform, a format that suited the image of a national commander he was then building. The record dates the print to 1947, the year he was preparing Burma's push toward independence from Britain. That same year he was assassinated, six months before the country gained independence on January 4, 1948, so the portrait captures him at the close of his public career. He is remembered in Myanmar as the father of the nation, and his face became one of the most recognized in the country's modern history.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1947
Subjects--Buil' khyup'
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,223 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-192526

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