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[PHOTOGRAPHY - CHINA]. Photograph album of Shanghai and interior river navigation scenes. [Shanghai, China: 1920s].
Oblong 8vo. Album approximately 205 x 130 mm. 20 gelatin silver print photographs mounted with clear corners onto taupe cardstock leaves; photographs measure approximately 110 x 80 mm, with one being larger at 140 x 80 mm. String-tied album, gilt armorial stamp to front. Album of snapshot photographs taken by a European mariner in China. The timber trade is illustrated by a large vessel pulling logs in front of the Kaiyosha Wharf at Pootung, Shanghai, with numerous Chinese men standing on the train of logs to direct them. Additional scenes include a Chinese musical procession is photographed passing through a market street, where we also notice Chinese tailors catering to the growing number of foreigners settling and visiting China. Chang Hoo Kee advertises “Gentlemens Tailor. Tweed & Best. Cloth Shirts Maker.” Next door, Dong Cheong & Co. advertises as a “Ladies Tailor.” Also scenes of locals navigating the rivers in long hand-carved wooden boats to ferry passengers and cargo between villages, the junks sailing in the harbour, the one-man rickshaws, and horse-drawn carriages.