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141. Photo 337/3(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(35)
Title:
3. - Shameen looking towards Canal Road [after the tornado, Canton]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Letterpress continues: 'The house shewn in this view is Messrs W. Pustau & Co.'s. It was in a peculiarly exposed position and its western wall about 2 or 3 feet in thickness was almost entirely demolished. The roof was completely stripped, and the boundary walls wer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1878
Extent:
1 item

142. Photo 337/3(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(36)
Title:
4. - View from Canal Bridge looking north [after the tornado, Canton]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Letterpress continues: 'Some idea of the force of the wind may be gleaned from this view. The embankment on the side of the Canal, which is built of stone and brick several feet in thickness, is stripped along its entire length, and what was once a mass of closely-packe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1878
Extent:
1 item

143. Photo 337/3(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(39)
Title:
6. - Western suburbs of Canton looking south-east [after the tornado]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Letterpress continues: 'This view, taken from a house in Chung Wah Street, about one mile north of Canal Road, gives a faint idea of the vast extent of the damage but shews the direction the tornado took. Shameen [the foreign settlement] can be seen peeping over the roo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1878
Extent:
1 item

144. Photo 337/2(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(26)
Title:
Panorama of Macao from San Januario Hospital. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Panoramic view composed of two joined prints. 'This view, taken from San Januario Hospital, on one of the hills, gives a panorama of the greater part of the city of Macao, as it appeared after the typhoon. Whilst many of the residences and buildings, especially on the P...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

145. Photo 337/2(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(28)
Title:
Tea hongs destroyed by fire at Macao. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Looking over the gutted tea warehouses towards the harbour. 'The fire which occured at Macao during the typhoon, and added so greatly to the horrors of that night, is supposed to have originated among the tea-hongs represented in the above sketch. Whether the fire was a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

146. Photo 337/2(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(32)
Title:
View from Lapa, - Looking towards Macao. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events The over-turned junk in the water, the half-sunken boats floating about, and the junkss and boats ashore, some mere wrecks - here sketched - are further indications of the severity and destructiveness of the typhoon. Many dead bodies, washed up by the waves, or recovere...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

147. Photo 337/3(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(23)
Title:
Canton. No. 188. - Buddhist image. Photographer: Miller, Milton M.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Letterpress continues: 'These images are in the Koon-yum Temple next to the Five Storey Pagoda, they are made of bronze, and are worshipped by the Chinese.' Subjects = Buddha images
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

148. Photo 337/1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/1(12)
Title:
[View of a European couple with Indian servants and a type of rickshaw, Simla.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = rickshaws; road transport; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

149. Photo 337/2(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(18)
Title:
[View of the Peak, Victoria, Hong Kong.] Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

150. Photo 337/2(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(36)
Title:
Preparations for floating the 'Alaska' [Aberdeen, Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of the paddle steamer Alaska, taken from the same viewpoint as print 11, and showing re-floating wotk in progress. 'This view exhibits the means by which the Alaska was got off. Five large pontoons, to which were attached heavy wooden supports, were placed on each ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1874
Extent:
1 item