Lynn McLaren Slides of India

A set of original 35mm color slides, photographed in India in the 1960s by photojournalist Lynn McLaren (1922-2008). Subjects include people, street scenes, and temple and domestic architecture. Images from photo assignments include Nehru's funeral pyre, the Queen of Sikkim, and traditional Indian actors.

Lynn McLaren was a freelance photojournalist whose work appeared in National Geographic, Newsweek, and other publications. She also produced several books of photography. The State Department career of her first husband, John Y. Millar, took McLaren to various locales around the world, including India, Tanzania, and Berlin, where she was drawn to shots that included architecture and people, especially children. McLaren went on to earn a degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri. After her divorce from Millar, she moved to Beaufort, South Carolina. Her years there with her second husband, William Demarest, resulted in a book devoted to her photographs of Beaufort County.

FSA A2007.01

McLaren, Lynn, 1922-

Cooke, Hope, 1940-

Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964

India -- 1960-1969

Box 1

Box 2

Box 3

Box 4

Box 5

Donated by Lynn McLaren, 2007.

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

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Slides

Slides (photographs)

Lynn McLaren Slides of India. FSA.A2007.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Slides organized in slide boxes by location.

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Slides (photographs)

Collection is open for research. Due to cold storage requirements, digital surrogates are prefered for access. One week's notice is required prior to access originals.