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Photo 1255

Record Id:: 032-003188882
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-003188882
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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 each image. Of the remaining photographs, print 1 in the album is a portrait group of a Chinese family c. 1900, while prints 52-59 show views on the Yangtze and other uncaptioned scenes which appear to be of an earlier date. For background to the seige, with useful maps of the topography of the legations, see Michael J. Moser and Yeone Wei-Chih Moser, Foreigners within the gates. The legations at Peking (first published 1993, revised edition, Serindia Publications, Chicago, 2006).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
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In the Methodist Compound. Interior of the Chapel, showing the pulpit platform piled with provisions.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188891", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(9): No. 48. The Siege in Peking. In the Methodist Compound. Interior of the Chapel, showing the vestry filled with trunks. Photographer:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188892", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(10): No. 50. The Siege in Peking. In the Methodist Compound. Flash-light picture of Capt. Hall, of the American Marines, with the key of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188893", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(11): No. 51. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Fighting a fire started in the Mongol Market by the Boxers, who had hoped to…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188894", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(12): No. 53. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Native carts held in reserve for use in case of an emergency. Photographer:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188895", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(13): No. 54. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. The Front Tinger, or Pavilion, occupied as a hotel by the proprietor and guests…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188896", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(14): No. 55. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. End view of the Front Tinger (or Pavilion). This part was usually occupied by…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188897", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(15): No. 57. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. The First Secretary's house with its fortifications. The trees were cut down and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188898", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(16): No. 58. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Outside view of the Legation gate, with Nordenfeldt gun and barricades. The wall…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188899", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(17): No. 59. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Native Christians filling sand bags under foreign supervisor. Photographer:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188900", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(18): No. 60. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Hauling the filled sand bags to the places where they were needed. Not less than…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188901", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(19): No. 61. The Siege in Peking. In the Hanlin Yuan. A sentry-post on the outer (Northern) line of fortifications. Native Christians…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188902", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(20): [Uncaptioned print: two Chinese men and a boy in the British Legation during the siege.] Photographer: Killie, Charles A." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188903", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(21): No. 63. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. 'Relief is coming at last. August [?]14, 1900. Photographer: Killie, Charles A." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188904", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(22): No. 64. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. 'Hurrah! Here they are.' The British General Gazelee [Gaselee] is shown at the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188905", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(23): No. 65. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. The exhausted relief party of Sikhs resting on the tennis court. Photographer:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188906", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(24): No. 66. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Foreigners and natives on the tennis court, discussing the situation after the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188907", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(25): No. 67. The Siege in Peking. In the American Legation. Rapid fire Colt gun at the door of the office building. The Chinese gatekeeper…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188908", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(26): No. 1. The Siege in Peking. British Legation Gateway, with barricades protecting the guards and rapid fire gun. Dry canal in front.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188909", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(27): No. 2. The Siege in Peking. British Legation Gateway, inside view. Fuel Committee seated in the chairs. Photographer: Killie, Charles…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188910", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(28): No. 4. The Siege in Peking. Bell Tower, showing the bulletin boards, where all news items and announcements were posted daily. House…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188911", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(29): No. 5. The Siege in Peking. Front Tinger in the British Legation. The manager of the Peking Hotel brought all his guests to this…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188912", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(30): No. 6. The Siege in Peking. Fortified Bridge on Legation Street, connecting American, British, Dutch, and Russian Legations on the one…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188913", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(31): No. 7. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. First Secretary's House, showing how it was fortified with bricks and sand bags.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188914", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(32): No. 8. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Secretary Cockburn's House, with a 'Bomb-proof,' three or four feet deep, in…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188915", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(33): No. 9. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. 'Fort Cockburn,' with the Nordenfeldt rapid-fire gun and gunner, Sgt. Murphy.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188916", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(34): No. 10. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. 'When the Troops arrived.' Crowd of troops and civilians in front of the bell…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188917", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(35): No. 11. The Siege in Peking. In the Mongol Market (adjoining the British Legation). International Gun, 'Our Betsey.' The gun was…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188918", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(36): No. 12. The Siege in Peking. In the Mongol Market. Gun Stand for the Italian One-pounder Gun. Group of British Marines. Photographer:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188919", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(37): No. 13. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. House and Gate in the South Stable Court, ruined by shot and shell fired by the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188920", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(38): No. 14. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. A section of the outer wall, showing how it was reinforced on the inside with…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188921", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(39): No. 15. The Siege in Peking. Showing the only good building left in the Han-lin-yuan. The others were almost all destroyed by the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188922", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(40): No. 16. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Cemetery where some of those who were killed, or who died from disease, during…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188923", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(41): No. 18. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Sir Claude and Lady Macdonald and group of British subjects. (Unfortunately not…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188924", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(42): No. 20. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. The Legation Guard of British Marines. Sir Claude Macdonald in the centre, with…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188925", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(43): No. 21. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. The Legation Guard of Customs Volunteers. Sir Claude Macdonald in the centre…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188926", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(44): No. 23. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Group of American Missionaries in front of the Chapel. Photographer: Killie,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188927", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(45): No. 24. The Siege in Peking. Gateway of the American Legation. Also showing one of the barricades built across Legation Street. The…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188928", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(46): No. 25. The Siege in Peking. Fortified 'Ramp' back of the American Legation, leading to the American position on the city wall.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188929", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(47): No. 28. The Siege in Peking. The Ch'ien Men, or Front Gate. The walls here are double; and the photograph shows the space between the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188930", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(48): No. 29. The Siege in Peking. View from the Front Gate looking North towards the 'Forbidden City.' This photograph was taken during thr…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188931", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(49): No. 30. The Siege in Peking. View looking along the wall separating the Chinese, or outer city from the main, or Tartar city. Looking…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188932", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(50): No. 31. The Siege in Peking. The body of the American Artillery Captain Riley lying in the Front Gate (Ch'ien Men) building,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003188933", "parent" : "032-003188882", "text" : "Photo 1255(51): No. 32. The Siege in Peking. In the Russian Legation. Graves of the American Marines and Russian soldiers, buried here side by side.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-003188882
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Contains:: Photo 1255(1) : [Chinese family group, Peking.] Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Photo 1255(2) : No. 33. The Siege in Peking. At the Methodist Compound. Patrol of American Marines returning after having cleared the streets…
Photo 1255(3) : No. 36. The Siege in Peking. In the Methodist Compound. Group just within the big gate, listening to alarming rumours.…
Photo 1255(4) : No. 38. The Siege in Peking. In the Methodist Compound. Improvised Stand for the Guard of American Marines. Private Turner, who was…
Photo 1255(5) : No. 41. The Siege in Peking. In the Methodist Compound. Barbed wire fences. Put up to prevent a rush by the Chinese soldiers…
Photo 1255(6) : No. 43. The Siege in Peking. In the Methodist Compound. The Chapel. Some of the windows were bricked up to prevent the enemy…
Photo 1255(7) : No. 46. The Siege in Peking. In the Methodist Compound. Interior of the Chapel, showing the bundles of bedding of those who…
Photo 1255(8) : No. 47. The Siege in Peking. In the Methodist Compound. Interior of the Chapel, showing the pulpit platform piled with…
Photo 1255(9) : No. 48. The Siege in Peking. In the Methodist Compound. Interior of the Chapel, showing the vestry filled with trunks.…
Photo 1255(10) : No. 50. The Siege in Peking. In the Methodist Compound. Flash-light picture of Capt. Hall, of the American Marines, with the key…
Photo 1255(11) : No. 51. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Fighting a fire started in the Mongol Market by the Boxers, who had hoped…
Photo 1255(12) : No. 53. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Native carts held in reserve for use in case of an emergency.…
Photo 1255(13) : No. 54. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. The Front Tinger, or Pavilion, occupied as a hotel by the proprietor and…
Photo 1255(14) : No. 55. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. End view of the Front Tinger (or Pavilion). This part was usually occupied…
Photo 1255(15) : No. 57. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. The First Secretary's house with its fortifications. The trees were cut…
Photo 1255(16) : No. 58. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Outside view of the Legation gate, with Nordenfeldt gun and barricades. The…
Photo 1255(17) : No. 59. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Native Christians filling sand bags under foreign supervisor.…
Photo 1255(18) : No. 60. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Hauling the filled sand bags to the places where they were needed. Not less…
Photo 1255(19) : No. 61. The Siege in Peking. In the Hanlin Yuan. A sentry-post on the outer (Northern) line of fortifications. Native…
Photo 1255(20) : [Uncaptioned print: two Chinese men and a boy in the British Legation during the siege.] Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Photo 1255(21) : No. 63. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. 'Relief is coming at last. August [?]14, 1900. Photographer: Killie,…
Photo 1255(22) : No. 64. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. 'Hurrah! Here they are.' The British General Gazelee [Gaselee] is…
Photo 1255(23) : No. 65. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. The exhausted relief party of Sikhs resting on the tennis court.…
Photo 1255(24) : No. 66. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Foreigners and natives on the tennis court, discussing the situation after…
Photo 1255(25) : No. 67. The Siege in Peking. In the American Legation. Rapid fire Colt gun at the door of the office building. The Chinese…
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Techniques:: Photograph
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Start Date:: 1900
End Date:: 1900
Date Range:: 1900
Era:: CE
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Source of Acquisition:: Purchased October 2012.
Material Type:: Photographs
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Names:: Killie, Charles A., Reverend, 1857-1916
Places:: Beijing, China
Peking, China