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Quarter-plate (landscape format). In front of the English Church : showing Sampan life.

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Half-plate (landscape format). City Wall [right], Queen of Heavens mountain and Temple [back right], French Cathedral (within the city) with two spires [centre distance], note the water buffalos here [below mountain to left of path]. (Fisher). [Rooftops in the foreground].

Scope and Contents Half-plate (landscape format). View from top of five-storeyed Pagoda : - goes to the left of previous view with which it joins to make 4480/4479 panorama. The Pearl River [a thin strip visible in far distance], The Normal College for training Chinese teachers: a recently new (6 months) building on site of the old examination cells [left back, white with black roof], Chines Govt. cement works (on island of Honam) [centre back in mists]; the mint lies to the left but is, I think, outside the...

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Quarter-plate. [No print]. Missing.

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Half-plate (landscape format). [Showing sailing boats and steam boats in the foreground].

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From top of five-storeyed pagoda. [Houses in the foreground].

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268 x 212 mm. View looking across the Whangpoo River and along the Shanghai Bund. For notes on the buildings along the waterfront, see Y30377C/13-17 and Y30383B.

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Half-plate (landscape format). On the right is one corner of the Shameen: on the left the suburb Shakee of the city of Canton: in the distance is seen the British Bridge: This view shows some of the small craft of the large river population.

Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 4000-4145 (originally there were 142). Added numbers are: 4129A-D; not used: 4067-4069, 4072, 4078, 4084, 4110 and 4129; missing: 4090, 4096 and 4138. Subjects covered in the album are: 'Empress of China' at Woosung; Shanghai. Wei Hai Wei [now known as Weihai]: approach from the sea, view from Government House: Chinese guard; market and street scenes; Nan-Chu-Tao; Chang Fang; Fenglin; Linkungtau Island: distillery and...

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Half-plate. [No print]. Missing.

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Quarter-plate. Stone screen with flagstaff in front of temple.

Scope and Contents The collection was originally housed in seven boxes, four of which were specially made with individual slots for slides. These were numbered 3, 6, 10 and 11 and the remaining boxes were unnumbered. Presumably these formed part of a larger collection, but nothing is known of the original owner or the fate of any other boxes. For conservation reasons, the collection has since been re-boxed. The captions given are normally those which appear on the slides themselves. They have been used as...

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A collection of loose albumen prints. These topographical views cover Hong Kong, the Chinese Treaty ports (a good selection of material from Shanghai) and Japan. Many of the Japanese prints are hand-coloured. It appears in the Supplement to the Library Catalogue published in 1901.

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50 x 53 mm.

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50 x 50 mm.

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Near Port Edward, Wei hai wei. [Houses on terraces built of stones above stream].

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Adults and children standing around on paved area near wall with bungalow in background and hills behind].

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Half-plate. [No print]. Missing.

Scope and Contents A printed book compiled from local journals and other sources, with prints of photographs by John Thomson inserted.Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1834-1900), second son of Queen Victoria, served in the Royal Navy, and in 1866 was promoted Captain. From 1867-68 he commanded HMS 'Galatea' on an extensive cruise which was cut short when he was wounded in Sydney. After returning to the U.K., 'Galatea' sailed for the Far East, and in the course of this cruise visited Hong Kong from...

Scope and Contents The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 4312-4476 (originally there were 155). Added numbers are: 4340A, 4353A and 4462A; not used: 4322, 4381, 4394, 4396, 4401, 4415, 4418, 4425-4427, 4450, 4466 and 4467; missing: 4320, 4358, 4455 and 4456. Subjects covered in the album are: North Borneo: Kampong Binai and Tenon: sports; road making; tobacco growing; Dyaks; Penotal Gorge; Orang Outang; rubber planting: sago factory, Membakut; pitcher plant; Jesselton; Imanan...

Scope and Contents The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 4000-4145 (originally there were 142). Added numbers are: 4129A-D; not used: 4067-4069, 4072, 4078, 4084, 4110 and 4129; missing: 4090, 4096 and 4138. Subjects covered in the album are: 'Empress of China' at Woosung; Shanghai. Wei Hai Wei [now known as Weihai]: approach from the sea, view from Government House: Chinese guard; market and street scenes; Nan-Chu-Tao; Chang Fang; Fenglin; Linkungtau Island: distillery and...

Scope and Contents The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 4477-4567 (originally there were 85). Added numbers are: 4541A and 4542A; not used: 4484, 4492, 4503, 4508, 4513, 4515, 4549 and 4550; missing: 4483, 4488, 4490, 4498, 4518, 4522, 4523, 4529, 4535, 4536 and 4542. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 4541A and 4542A follow 4520. Subjects covered in the album are: China: Canton; Hong Kong: general and harbour, Kowloon,...

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Quarter-plate. The building on the left is the H.K. and S Bank: shows also Queens Statue from the back. [Showing man pulling a rickshaw on right of street and man (blurred) standing at left].

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Half-plate (landscape format). Outside south gate of Wei hai wei city. [Showing groups washing in the stream beside road under the city walls].

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Half-plate (landscape format). [Group sitting under tree with a road and city wall behind them. Man standing watching photographer by anther tree. Reeds and the stream in the foreground].