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31. Photo 337/3(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(41)
Title:
8. - Western suburbs looking north [after the tornado, Canton]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Letterpress continues: 'This view ranges over nearly the same scene as the preceding one, but extends further west. The picture speaks for itself.' Subjects = disasters; tornadoes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1878
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 337/3(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(18)
Title:
Canton. No. 182. [The Five Storey Pagoda.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the ramparts towards the pagoda. Letterpress continues: 'Five Storey Pagoda. - During the war the Artillery Garrison was stationed here. - The wall is eight feet wide, - in the small sheds along the wall are placed heavy cannon - in the distan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 337/3(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(29)
Title:
No. 441. Another photograph of a flower boat in Canton. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Subjects = local craft; transport; water transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 337/3(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(14)
Title:
Canton. No. 244. Yamoon. Residence of the English Consul - on the left is the gardens. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Courtyard and garden of the Consul's house. Subjects = Chinese architecture; private houses
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. Photo 337/3(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(2)
Title:
Hongkong. No. 352. - Road to Morrison's Hill. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the unsurfaced road. Letterpress continues: 'It is a very picturesque drive along the ent[i]re has been planted with large pine trees - on the hill is His, Excellency the Governor's summer residence, at the right can be seen Hongkong, and just abo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 337/3(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3(32)
Title:
No. 434. Bananas trees in a native garden in Canton. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
With a Chinese man seated amongst the plants. Subjects = gardens
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item