Set taken by "Dr Jim" [James Laidlaw Maxwell] during his visit to the Amis (Formosan aborigines)

Includes photographs of boats, people, village life, travel, and landscapes of a trip around the South and East sides of the island. Numbered and captioned [by Maxwell] up to 36. Photographs 2, 13, 20, 33 are missing. Places visited or photographed include: Tang-kang, Pang-soa, Hai-khan, Heng-chhun,...

Full description


Order number: PCE, Taiwan/Formosa, Photographs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 1914
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: PCE, Taiwan/Formosa, Photographs, Box 4
Summary: Includes photographs of boats, people, village life, travel, and landscapes of a trip around the South and East sides of the island. Numbered and captioned [by Maxwell] up to 36. Photographs 2, 13, 20, 33 are missing. Places visited or photographed include: Tang-kang, Pang-soa, Hai-khan, Heng-chhun, Chhia-sia, Koa-luts, Bong-hoan, Samasana, Botel Tobego [Lan Yu], Pi-lam [T'ai-tung], Lapa-lapa, Toa-ting, Chioh-pai, Kaon-im-soa, Tak-gai, Hoe-leng-kang [?Hsin-cheng]. [Possibly used in Maxwell's booklet "Savages, Sick and Sound"]
Previous numbers: PCE box 6 (file 5)
Extent: 32 black and white prints and 1 envelope
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright probably expired
File number: 33
Copies: Printed set in file 34 which includes 1 further print not in file 33. Negatives of some of these prints have been produced (negs 307-14).
Format: Archive