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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1116

31. Photo 1116/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(29)
Title:
Kowloon Wharves, Hong Kong, abt. 1890. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
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
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 1116/1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(30)
Title:
Hong Kong Races, abt. 1885. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the course, with a race in progress. A very yellowed print. [Albumen print, 286x236mm]. Subjects = horse racing; race meetings; racecourses; recreations; sports
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1885
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 1116/1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(31)
Title:
Chinese Cemetery, Hong Kong. The monument is to the memory of some who lost their lives in a storm known as 'the '74 typhoon'. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of Chinese memorial in the cemetery. [Albumen print, 292x239mm]. Subjects = cemeteries; monuments and memorials
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 1116/1(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(32)
Title:
Canton. No. 219. View of the Canton River on which are found various kinds of boats some navigating and some mooring. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of sampans, small steamboats and other craft on the river. [Albumen print, 219x214mm]. Subjects = local craft; river scenes; sampans; transport; water transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 1116/1(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(33)
Title:
Canton. No. 215. S.S. 'Fatshan' mooring at her wharf after her daily trip. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the river towards the steamer 'Fatshan' at her moorings, with sampans in the foreground. [Albumen print, 290x214mm]. Subjects = Fatshan (Canton river steamer); local craft; river scenes; river steamers; sampans; steamers; transport; water tran...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 1116/1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(34)
Title:
Canton. No. 310. Boats on the river. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Views of sampans moored at the riverside. The letterpress caption note reads: 'Once it was ascertained that there were 84,000 boats registered as belonging to the City of Canton, but whether they all remained near the City or went to other places it was not ascertai...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 1116/1(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(35)
Title:
Canton. No. 381. View taken from the Steamer's Wharf at the distance is Honam. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking over rooftops and across the river. [Albumen print, 281x212mm]. Subjects = river scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 1116/1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(36)
Title:
No. 284. Canton. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 1116/1(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(37)
Title:
Canton, the suburbs, before 1900. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across rooftops towards the Flower Pagoda in the distance (see also print 42). [Albumen print, 290x225mm]. Subjects = Chinese architecture; pagodas; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 1116/1(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(38)
Title:
Swatow trading junk, before 1900. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of a large trading junk, probably moored at Canton.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item