China Photograph Album, ca. 1906

Summary

Extent:

.2 linear feet (1 half-size box)

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

Photograph album, mainly of Han-Keou (Han-kow), China, ca. 1906. 13 black/white mounted photographs, most with extensive captions in French, including street scenes and buildings in Han-Keou, a pagoda, the Russian Orthodox Church, towers for raising irrigation water, shots of a sash vendor, a group of coolies, people unloading charcoal, the Han-Keou prefecture de police, and a man in a wooden cage condemned to die from hunger.

Acquisition information:

Purchase, 2003.

Physical location:

Del Sur

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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