Tibet was a de facto independent state in East Asia that lasted from the collapse of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty in 1912 until its annexation by the People's Republic of China in 1951.
It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as the Monpa, Tamang, Qiang, Sherpa and Lhoba peoples and, since the 20th century, considerable numbers of Han Chinese and Hui settlers.
Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 4,380 m (14,000 ft). Located in the Himalayas, the highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain, rising 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft) above sea level.
These wonderful photos from
ELCA Archives are taken by Roy Thelander, Augustana Synod missionary. It’s from his trip to the Tibetan Areas of Northwest China in Summer 1924, accompanied by David Lindskog, science teacher of the Swedish School for children of missionaries from Sweden, Kikungshan, Honan.
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| Monastery, Charka, Tibet, 1924 |
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| A Tibetan woman outside the home, Gaba, Tibet, 1924 |
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| A guide for Tibetan areas west of Titao, 1924 |
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| A monk, 1924 |
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| A priest and two Tibetan children, 1924 |
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| At sheepherders nomad camp, Tibet, 1924 |
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| Boy from village, Charka, Tibet, 1924 |
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| Charka, Tibet, 1924 |
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| Home above Hsininggchow, 1924 |
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| Kungtungshan shrine, 1924 |
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| Kungtungshan temple, 1924 |
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| Langchowfu governor's headquarters, lions at entrance to capitol courtyard, 1924 |
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| Langchowfu William Borden Memorial Hospital, patients and beds, 1924 |
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| Langchowfu, patients at leper hospital, 1924 |
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| Langchowfu, William Borden Memorial Hospital, 1924 |
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| Mountains on the way to Gaba, Tibet, 1924 |
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| Mountains on the way to Gaba, Tibet, 1924 |
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| Opium poppies in field, Tibet, 1924 |
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| Road from Langchowfu into mountains, 1924 |
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| Temple and monks, Charka, Tibet, 1924 |
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| Tibetan monastery temple, Charka, Tibet, 1924 |
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| Tibetan officials in enclosed litter, traveling to Peking, 1924 |
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| Tibetan priest, 1924 |
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| Tibetan priest, 1924 |
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| Tibetan visiting Langchowfu, 1924 |
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| Tibetans on their way to Lanchowfu, 1924 |
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| Tibetans visiting Langchowfu, 1924 |
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| Village girls with braids and jewelry, Charka, Tibet, 1924 |
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| Village of Gaba, Tibet, 1924 |
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| Villagers investigating visitors making lunch, Charka, Tibet, 1924 |
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