Genre: Ethnographical Photography Child in a Hong Kong street, carrying goods on a yoke. Subjects = Chinese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; street traders
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the rooftops of the city. The letterpress caption note reads: 'The streets of the native city are so very narrow and irregular that a general view of it shows nothing but house-tops, and to secure even this is a matter of difficulty, the one we h...
Genre: Architectural Photography View of alarge grave. The accompanying letterpress caption note reads: 'No. 238. Chinese are very careful in selecting grave which often led to a clan-fight. They do so by consulting a necromancer, and the spot chosen must be on the hill facing the south, so far...
Kowloon Wharves, Hong Kong, abt. 1890. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the water towards shipping moored at the Kowloon Wharves, with Norddeutscher Lloyd mail steamers on the left. [Albumen print, 294x215mm]. Subjects = harbours; shipping; wharves