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Introducing the Malcolm Rosholt Collection
Today we are able to unveil a significant new addition to our collections that is now available for viewing: the photographs of Malcolm Rosholt. Born in Wisconsin in 1907, Malcolm Rosholt arrived in China in 1931 with the intention of … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Photographers
Tagged camp, children, China Press, Huangpu, journalism, Pudong, river, Shanghai, war
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On display in Chongqing
The project sometimes takes legs, and on 14 June at Chongqing Tiandi, British Deputy Consul-General Benedict Mann opened a new exhibition of project photographs, ‘Picturing China 1870-1950: Photographs from British Collections’, “1870—1950：英国收藏的中国影像”. This collaboration with the communications team in Chongqing, … Continue reading
The Song of the River
Porters would carry heavy loads and full pails up from the river into the city of Chungking, scaling long flights of steps, as in this photograph taken by Warren Swire: Steps in Taiping Men, Chungking, 1920. See also Sw19-067, below. … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition, Image Annotation, Photograph of the day
Tagged Chongqing, Chungking, exhibition, Maugham, porter, river, song, steps, Swire, work
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S.S. Shu Tung on Yangtze River
The hazards and drama of steaming through rapids and gorges in the Yangtze River is evident in this picture (Pa01-10). The Shu Tung, built by Messrs. Thorneycroft and Co. in Britain in 1910, was a stalwart Upper Yangtze steamer, owned … Continue reading
Water music
At this impromptu creekside concert, a record is being played for an audience gathered on the bank of a waterway. One wonders what sort of music was played and what the audience thought of it. The gramophone record player is … Continue reading