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1. Photo 1255

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255
Title:
Photographs of the Siege of Peking. Photographer: Charles A. Killie
Scope & Content:
Album measuring 257 x 294 mm, containing 59 prints, 50 of which are by Killie from his series of views taken inside the British Legation at the Peking during its period of besiegement during the Boxer Uprising. Killie's photographs are accompanied by letterpress descriptive labels pasted beneath...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:

1 item

2. Photo 1255(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255(1)
Title:
[Chinese family group, Peking.] Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Scope & Content:
Study of a Chinese family posed on the verandah of a traditional house. This image is uncaptioned and unattributed, but possibly by Killie.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1255(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255(17)
Title:
No. 59. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Native Christians filling sand bags under foreign supervisor. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1255(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255(20)
Title:
[Uncaptioned print: two Chinese men and a boy in the British Legation during the siege.] Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1255(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255(27)
Title:
No. 2. The Siege in Peking. British Legation Gateway, inside view. Fuel Committee seated in the chairs. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1255(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255(16)
Title:
No. 58. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Outside view of the Legation gate, with Nordenfeldt gun and barricades. The wall across the street in the distance is the wall of the Imperial city. It was pierced by the Chinese soldiers, and a cannon, protected by iron shields, placed there. The buildings along the wall at the right were also occupied by soldiers and 'Boxers' who, from this position, kept up an incessant rifle fire. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1255(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255(23)
Title:
No. 65. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. The exhausted relief party of Sikhs resting on the tennis court. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1900
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1255(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255(24)
Title:
No. 66. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Foreigners and natives on the tennis court, discussing the situation after the arrival of the relief party. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1900
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1255(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255(26)
Title:
No. 1. The Siege in Peking. British Legation Gateway, with barricades protecting the guards and rapid fire gun. Dry canal in front. The native Christians were quartered across the canal to the right. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1255(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255(28)
Title:
No. 4. The Siege in Peking. Bell Tower, showing the bulletin boards, where all news items and announcements were posted daily. House occupied by United States Minister Conger. Chapel, where seventy Americans ate their meals, and where thirty-five of them slept on the floor and benches for almost two [?months]. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item