
Photographs - CHINA. Twenty black and white image
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Photographs - CHINA. Twenty black and white images of Chinese interest, circa 1900, captioned verso in pencil, the subjects including 'Prisoners wearing the kang, Shanghai'; 'Chinese "Death Cages" - The slow death'; 'A Chinese execution, Shanghai'; 'S.S. Namoa pirates awaiting their turn of decapitation'; the aftermath of the 'Execution of "Namoa" pirates at Kowloong'; a 'fashionable tea house, Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai'; a 'lower class Chinese wedding' [procession]; 'view in Hong Kong harbour', with warships at anchor; 'Chinese young lady'; 'Chinese boats with fishing birds'; 'View of Bund, Shanghai'; 'French Bund, Shanghai'; 'Club House, Shanghai race-course'; and 'View in Nankin Road, Shanghai', each approximately 10cm x 14cm; together with a scrap-book of postcards, ephemera and other items relating to a P. & O. voyage to North Africa aboard the R.M.S. Strathmore, circa 1930s, and travels elsewhere.
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Photographs - CHINA. Twenty black and white image
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