Indigenous Collection (#94)

View at Hong Kong, street scene
Early 20th century photograph: View at Hong Kong, street scene

View at Hong Kong, the Peak
Early 20th century photograph: View at Hong Kong, the Peak

View at Hong Kong, boats
Early 20th century photograph: View at Hong Kong, boats

Graveyard, cemetery, with coffins above ground, China
Early 20th century photograph: Graveyard, cemetery, with coffins above ground, China, probably region of modern Wuhan

View along the Bund, Hankow, modern Wuhan, China
Early 20th century photograph: View along the Bund, Hankow, modern Wuhan, China

People on the Bund, Hankow, modern Wuhan, China
Early 20th century photograph: People on the Bund, Hankow, modern Wuhan, China

Great wall of China
Early 20th century photograph: Great wall of China

Stone pagoda, Peking, Beijing, China
Early 20th century photograph: Stone pagoda, Peking, Beijing, China

Chinese beggar with bowl and stick, China
Early 20th century photograph: Chinese beggar with bowl and stick, China

Chines man swallowing a sword, street performer, China
Early 20th century photograph: Chines man swallowing a sword, street performer, China, crowd of specatators

Former Belgian consulate, Hankow, modern Wuhan, China
Early 20th century photograph: Former Belgian consulate, Hankow, modern Wuhan, China

Yanztze River view, possibly Hanyang, modern Wuhan, China
Early 20th century photograph: Yanztze River view, Hanyang, modern Wuhan, China

Arch, gateway, Peking, Beijing, China, with mule cart
Early 20th century photograph: Arch, gateway, Peking, Beijing, China, with mule cart

Floods, flooding, Hankow, modern Wuhan, China
Early 20th century photograph: Floods, flooding, Hankow, modern Wuhan, China

Temple of Confucius, Hankow, modern Wuhan, China
Early 20th century photograph: Temple of Confucius, Hankow, modern Wuhan, China

Daily life: Man having his toenails cut on street, China, c. 1910
Early 20th century photograph: Daily life: Man having his toenails cut on the street, China, c.1910

Captionerd on the back as bridge on the Yellow River, China
Early 20th century photograph: Captioned on the back as being a bridge on the Yellow River, China

City gate, Wuchang, Wuhan, China, c. 1910
Early 20th century photograph: City gate, Wuchang, Wuhan, China, c.1910

City gate, Peking, Beijing, China, c. 1910
Early 20th century photograph: City gate, Peking, Beijing, China, c.1910

Houses and boats, Yangtze River, Hanyang - Hankow, Wuhan area, China
Early 20th century photograph: Houses and boats, Yangtze River, Hanyang - Hankow, Wuhan area, Chinar

Street and gates, Peking, Beijing, China, c. 1910
Early 20th century photograph: Street and gates, Peking, Beijing, China, c.1910

Houses and boats, Yangtze River, Hanyang, Wuhan area, China
Early 20th century photograph: Houses and boats, Yangtze River, Hanyang, Wuhan area, China

City walls, Peking, Beijing, China, c. 1910
Early 20th century photograph: City walls, Peking, Beijing, China, c.1910

Chinese fisherman, boat with fishing cormorants, China
Early 20th century photograph: Chinese fisherman on their boat with fishing cormorants, China, c.1910, likely Hankow, Wuhan area

Marble Seventeen Arch Bridge Beijing Summer Palace, China
Early 20th century photograph: Marble Seventeen Arch Bridge in Beijing Summer Palace, China

Steam train in a station, China, c. 1910
Early 20th century photograph: Steam train in a station, China, c.1910

Country life, ox driven milling wheel grinding grain, China
Early 20th century photograph: Country life, ox driven milling wheel grinding grain, China

Arched stone bridge and boat, China. c. 1910
Early 20th century photograph: Arched stone bridge and boat, China. c.1910

Imperial Palace, Forbidden City, Peking, Beijing, China, c. 1910
Early 20th century photograph: Moat and walls, Imperial Palace, Forbidden City, Peking, Beijing, China, c.1910

Road construction, city gate, China, Peking Beijing ?
Early 20th century photograph: Road construction, city gate, China, Peking Beijing ?

Daily life, country people, Korea, c. 1910
Early 20th century photograph: Daily life, country people, Korea, c.1910

Daily life, Korea, waterfront, harbour view
Early 20th century photograph: Daily life, Korea, waterfront, harbour view

Temple ? Korea, c. 1910
Early 20th century photograph: Temple ? Korea, c.1910

City Gate, Seoul, Korea, c. 1910
Early 20th century photograph: City Gate, Seoul, Korea, c.1910

Daily life, street scene with wagon, Korea
Early 20th century photograph: Daily life, street scene with wagon, Korea

Stairway to church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Late 19th century photograph: Stairway to church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Palestine, modern Israel

Daily life, Korea, c. 1910
Early 20th century photograph: Daily life, Korea, c.1910

Porto Maurizio, Imperia, Italy, Italian Riviera
Late 19th century photograph: Porto Maurizio, Imperia, Italy, Italian Riviera

Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey
Late 19th century photograph: The Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey

The Golden Gate, Temple Mount, Jerusalem, modern Israel
Late 19th century photograph: The Golden Gate, Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Palestine, modern Israel

Al-Azhar mosgue Cairo Egypt, Muslim theologians, Imams
Late 19th century photograph: Al-Azhar mosgue Cairo Egypt, Muslim theologians, Imams

The Aqueduct of Valens, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey, c.1890 s

Transporting coal by camel train, Turkey
Late 19th century photograph: Transporting coal by camel train, Turkey

The Twin Pagoda Temple Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China
Early 20th century photograph: The Twin Pagoda Temple Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, c.1910

Panoramic view Seoul, Korea, c. 1910
Early 20th century photograph: Panoramic view Seoul, Korea, c.1910

Harbour, Yokohama, Japan
Early 20th century photograph: Harbour, Yokohama, Japan

Interior harbour, Yokohama, c. 1910, Japan
Early 20th century photograph: Interior harbour, Yokohama, c.1910, Japan

Street scene, Japan, c. 1910, likely Yokohama
Early 20th century photograph: Street scene, Japan, c.1910, likely Yokohama

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