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Category Archives: Photographers
Colonel Robert Ruxton, MBE OBE
Robert Minturn Clarges Ruxton 1876-1946, son of a Admiral William FitzHerbert Ruxton, joined the Essex Regiment in 1897, and began his association with China in 1900 when he was seconded to the First Chinese, or Weihaiwei, Regiment. This was the … Continue reading
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Tagged acrobats, Chinese Labour Corps, CIM, salt, soldiers, Weihai
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The Great Wall of China at Badaling
One of the world’s most famous structures, the Great Wall of China has been much photographed. Surprisingly though for such a massive and extensive landmark, many visitors, including John Thomson in 1871, photographed the same section – around Badaling. Here … Continue reading
Posted in cross-searching, Photograph of the day, Photographers
Tagged Archives, Badaling, defence, landmark, mountains, National, photography, Swire, wall
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Bioscoping in Shanghai, c.1923
In this East Meets West, tradition and modernity, studio tableaux, c.1923, two Chinese opera actors meet the celebrity of the day: Charlie Chaplin – or at least Tommy Crellin dressed up as Charlie Chaplin. So, in effect, three photographers in … Continue reading
Photographs of photographers: Maude Carrall
The ‘Blossoms’ looks like an orchard of either apple or cherry trees, which was probably in, or close to, Chefoo (Yantai). It must have been a favourite springtime picnic spot for the Carrall family, as their photograph albums hold several … Continue reading
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Tagged camera, Carrall, Chefoo, hobby, orchard, photography, Yantai
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Photographs of photographers: Warren Swire
Photographs of photographers with their cameras are not often found in their own albums of photographs. So it was good to find a snap of Warren Swire with an unidentified woman wearing jodhpurs, taken by Ann Phipps (ph04-045). Ann was … Continue reading
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Tagged balcony, Beijing, camera, diplomacy, farm, groom, horse, Legation, leisure, Phipps, photography, riding, Swire
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