A Chinese rough and ready 'Sedan Chair' for the mountains. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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View of a man being carried on a wooden chair slung over poles carried by two porters. Wingate's additional note on the conveyance reads: 'A suggestion for hill-warfare. These two men carried the man on the chair up and down 2,000 and 3,000 feet of steep mountain-side, and across rapid-flowing r...
Yun-nan soldier on the march. A personal body-guard. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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Full-length portrait of a Chinese soldier, standing with his pack hanging from the rifle slung over his shoulder, and holding an umbrella above his head.
Yun-nan soldier on the march. A personal body-guard. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of a Chinese soldier, standing with his pack hanging from the rifle slung over his shoulder, and holding an umbrella above his head.
The 'guardians' of Yun-nan city ready to fire the two-man gun or jingall. (These are the men whom the invader will have to encounter). Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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Group of Chinese soldiers posed on the verandah of a house, with the guns in the firing position. One man holds the stock, aims and fires the weapon, while resting the massive barrel on the shoulder of the man standing in front.
The 'guardians' of Yun-nan city ready to fire the two-man gun or jingall. (These are the men whom the invader will have to encounter). Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
Scope & Content:
Group of Chinese soldiers posed on the verandah of a house, with the guns in the firing position. One man holds the stock, aims and fires the weapon, while resting the massive barrel on the shoulder of the man standing in front.
Yun-nan [Kunming] city, No. 1. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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View across the rooftops of Kunming towards distant mountains. This and following views are presumably taken from the point described in the report as Wu-hua-Shan: 'From the south gate the ground gradually rises within the walls to the Wu-hua-Shan, which is nearly in the centre of the city, and ...