Miscellaneous scenes of life in China

People include: man with sword in hand brandishing severed head; boatmen; man swimming with his clothes in a basket. Activities include: mandarin being carried in a "welcoming spring" procession; cutting off a queue; removing a "Chinese plaster"; iron ore arriving at the Iron and Steel Plant of the...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/China/Photographs/Box 6
Date(s) of creation: c.1900 - c.1930
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/China/Photographs/Box 6
Summary: People include: man with sword in hand brandishing severed head; boatmen; man swimming with his clothes in a basket. Activities include: mandarin being carried in a "welcoming spring" procession; cutting off a queue; removing a "Chinese plaster"; iron ore arriving at the Iron and Steel Plant of the China Industrial Company; disembarking a boat. Also includes: buffalo and water irrigator; street and rural scenes. Photographs taken by or received from individuals, etc. including: ?J John; [?Robert Kenneth Evans;] Chinese Ministry of Information.
Extent: 12 black and white or sepia prints, 1 negative, and 1 note
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright probably expired
File number: 28
Copies: Some have been marked up for possible publication
Format: Archive