A pair of interesting original wire photographs of the 14th Dalai Lama, the most influential figure in the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism, also well known for his political activities relating to the Tibetan independence movement. The first, stamped 1940 on the verso, shows the "six-year-old peasant boy from China" as he "will be enthroned at Lhasa tomorrow as the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet." The second, dated 1954 on the verso, shows "Mao Tse-tung, right, boss of Red China" as he "gets a handshake and bow from Tibet's Dalai Lama at the first national people's congress in Peiping recently." Each 8 x 10 inches, the second with some in-painting from later publication but otherwise fine condition.