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AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: 15th United States
Infantry [Regiment]
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: ~1920s
TITLE of ITEM: Snapshots of China (vol.1)
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: 15th United States Infantry [Regiment],
Tientsin, China; 36 leaves.
FORMAT
of ITEMS: 25 x 32 cm.
DETAILS about IMAGES: About two
hundred b/w photographs;
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
North China;
CITIES: Tientsin
(Tianjin), Beijing (Peking)
OTHER TOPICS COVERED:
American and Chinese Military;
NOTES: I only have information about the first
volume of this title, but there may have been more successive volumes
published.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Abe
Keiji 阿部銈二 (監輯)
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1918
TITLE of ITEM:
Chintō shashin annai : tsuketari kanmin
benran 青島寫眞案內 : 附官民便覽
SUBTITLE:
Tsing Tau picture guide with
directory of officials and private citizens
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Associates of the Tsing Tau Picture Guide Publishers
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Prefatory remarks by Lieutenant General Fusataro Hongo; Dr. Ganosuke
Akiyama; Juro Natsuaki; Iuko Nakano, Esq.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Chintō Shashin Annai Hakkojō hensan, Chinto (Qingdao); 273 plates,
72, 8, 1 p. + fold-out map.
FORMAT of ITEMS: 23 x 31 cm.
DETAILS about IMAGES: Several
hundred b/w photographs; one color photograph;
one
panoramic view of the city.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northeast China; Shandong;
CITIES:
Qingdao (Tsingtau)
OTHER TOPICS COVERED:
Japanese business establishments,
their proprietors, officials, government and military installations. Laoshan landscapes;
Qingdao beaches; the former Strandhotel; old military batteries;
Tsingtau beer brewery; piers and the harbor; Qingdao railway station
and railroad transportation; factories and shops; street scenes; coal
and mining activity; gendarmerie
(police station); public gardens; European architecture; Japanese
architecture in China; elementary school; vintage automobile;
Japanese economic interests in
China; trade and commodities; banking and merchants;
NOTES: Very rare item; I have only ever seen one copy of
this book. Very
exhaustive visual
documentary of Qingdao after the Japanese take-over shortly before.
Every shop, every monument, every corner of the city seems to be
photographically represented. The most exhaustive pre-war coverage I
have come across so far, even surpassing Friedrich Behme in comprehensiveness. The quality of the
images is, however, only documentary, and the quality of the
reproductions themselves in the book is somewhat less than satisfying.
What is of high value is the directory of officials, enterprises and
private citizens. This
appended
(complete it would appear) index of names of Japanese shops and
individuals makes this volume not only an interesting pictorial guide,
but also a highly useful reference tool.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Ah Fong (Studio)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ca. 1937
TITLE of ITEM:
The Sino-Japanese Hostilities
SUBTITLE:
Shanghai - A photo album
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Ah Fong
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanghai
FORMAT
of ITEMS: 6x23.5 cm; 6x8 cm 23 x 31 cm.
DETAILS about IMAGES:
110 b/w photographs; (original photographs pasted to stiff carton).
Frontispice has a fold-out index to the image captions.
CITIES:
Shanghai
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: "Though
of small size, these photographs show very distinctly the Japanese
bombardments and invasion, August 13th to September 30th 1937" (Cathay
catalog, p.21); Anti-Japanese war and resistance;
NOTES: Rare
item. Individual photographs might have been for sale; table of
contents listing at the beginning of the album.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Alekseev, V.M.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1908 (Russian edition); 1989
German edition.
TITLE
of ITEM: China
im Jahre 1907
SUBTITLE: Ein
Reisetagebuch
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Alekseev, V.M.
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Riftin, B.
PUBLISHER / PLACE / PAGES:
Möller & Kiepenheur Verl., Hanau/Leipzig/Weimar; 431
p.
FORMAT
of ITEMS: 8 x 23,5 cm; 11,5 x 18,2 and smaller
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): see the well written
epilogue by Riftin.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Not
clear, presumably "trimmed" large format camera.
DETAILS about IMAGES:
62 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Northern
China: Hebei, Shandong; Central China: Henan, Shaanxi;
CITIES:
Xian; Luoyang; Kaifeng; Qufu; Beijing;
SCENIC SITES:
Catholic church in Xian (Tianzhutang); Dayanta (Wild Goose Pagoda);
grave mound of Guan Yu; Longmendong 龙门洞; Tieta (Iron Pagoda); Bota
Pagoda; Biyunsi; Pailou at the Konglin 孔林; Taishan Bixiasi and
Yuhuangding, Nantian men (Heavenly Gate); steles; Summer Palace
Yiheyuan 颐和园; Tiantan;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Taisui statue
(Jupiter); four heavenly kings; street scenes; Kuixing rubbing; Xuanwu
statue; Liu Daben; Konglin (Grave and grove of Confucius); statues of
Sun Bin, Shennong, Fuxi and Huangdi; Zhengyangmen (Beijing); market
scenes; Grand Canal (Da yunhe); Temple guardian Ha; Buddhist monks;
scenes from Buddhist hell; Edouard Chavannes;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Allgood, George
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1901
TITLE of ITEM:
China War 1860
SUBTITLE:
Letters and Journal
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Beato, Felice
PUBLISHER / PLACE / PAGES:
Longmans Green & Co; London; 107 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
Large oblong 8vo.
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): See the title Of
Battle and Beauty - Felice Beato's Photographs of China, by
David Harris.
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 21 b/w photographs, incl. two large
panoramas;
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Northern China: Hebei;
CITIES:
Shanhaiguan; Taku (Dagu) Forts.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Alonso, M.E.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1979
TITLE of ITEM: China`s
Inner Asian Frontier
SUBTITLE:
Photographs of the Wulsin Expedition to Northwest China in 1923, from
the Archives of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University, and the
National Geographic Society
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Alonso, M.E.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Presumably Boston
REGIONS and PROVINCES: Northern
China
NOTES:
Frederick Wulsin himself published an account of his expedition in the National
Geographic Magazine
under the title "The Road to Wang Yeh Fu" (February 1926, pages
195-234). For additional materials see the recent (2003) publication by
Mabel Cabot: Vanished Kingdoms - A Woman Explorer in China, Tibet and
Mongolia 1921-1925. See the entry under "Cabot" for more details.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1929
TITLE of ITEM:
Ceylon und Indochina. Burma,
Siam, Kambodscha, Annam, Tongking und Yunan
SUBTITLE:
Baukunst, Landschaft und Volksleben
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Atlantis/Wasmuth Verl.; Berlin; xxxix p.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES:
Orbis Terrarum HBK 7561
DETAILS about IMAGES: 288 b/w
photographs.
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Southern China: Yunnan
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1860
TITLE of ITEM:
China
SUBTITLE:
An Album of Thirty-six Photographs Taken During the Chinese War, 1860 -
many of them taken as the British Forces entered Peking.
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
unknown (British military photographer?)
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Beijing (?)
FORMAT
OF ITEM: 38 x 43 cm.
DETAILS about IMAGES: 37 leaves of
mounted photos (partly folded).
NOTES: I
have not seen this album.
It is held at the Library of the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis.
It sounds as if it is a compilation of Felice Beato's work.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: about 1916
TITLE of ITEM:
Walter J. Bronson
photographs of China, 1916-1917
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Bronson, Walter J.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES:
Bibliographical evidence pertaining to this collection can be found in
RLIN under NJPG91A8 as archival material in the AMC database. Text of
the entry: "Consists of 168 photographs (with negatives) of China taken
in 1916-1917 by Bronson when he was eight years old traveling with his. Since photographs by foreigners were
forbidden at that time in China, Bronson's camera was hidden in a
wooden box from which he surreptitiously took pictures. Included are
views of villages, rivers, railroad stations, temples, Tientsin
(Tianjin), peasants, and military officers."
DETAILS about IMAGES:
168 b/w photographs
REGIONS
and PROVINCES: Northern China
CITIES: Tianjin
SCENIC
SITES: Temples
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Military;
Farmers, Rivers.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1892
TITLE of
ITEM: Chinese
Customs
SUBTITLE: Indelible
Photographs
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Adolph Wittemann (New York) & Jos. Hofmann (San Francisco); no
pag. Wittemann
and Hofmann were publishers of souvenir albums.
FORMAT
OF ITEM: 14 x 10 cm
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
unknown
DETAILS about IMAGES:
15 b/w photographs
REGIONS
and PROVINCES: California
CITIES: San Francisco (Chinatown)
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Joss
House; Chinese theater and actor, funeral procession; funeral feast;
fortune teller;
Chinese girl with bound feet; mixed marriage; accountants; dragon
procession; opium smoking; vegetable peddlar; offerings to the
dead.
NOTES: Published
long before Arnold Genthe's photographic studies of San Francisco's
Chinatown, this is certainly one of the earliest published photographic
portfolios
of Chinese life in California.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1900-1902
TITLE of ITEM: Ostasien
- Photo album
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Lichtdruck
M. Glückstadt; Münden; n. p., no date (ca. 1910s?)
FORMAT OF ITEM /
FORMAT OF IMAGES: 6,5
x 25 cm / 11 x 18 cm
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style wet plates)
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 206 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China; Hebei;
CITIES: Beijing; Tianjin; Tianjin
Wilhelmsstrasse; Beidaihe; Yangcun; Shanhaiguan; Baodingfu; Donggu
(fortification at the coast); Shanghai;
SCENIC SITES: Marble
boat; Emperor's Palace; Summer Palace; "Coal Hill"; Temple (as field
hospital and military barracks); Great Wall; Tianjin railway station;
Temple halls;
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Field hospital; foreign troops in
Tientsin; Taku-Forts (Dagu paotai 大古炮台);
conflict between Russia and England in Tianjin; water carrier;
wheelbarrow; barber; Chinese vigilants (robbers and murderers); Chinese
singer (singsong girl); Boxer uprising; military; weapons.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ca. 1890
TITLE of ITEM:
Photo album
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Private album
DETAILS about IMAGES: 111 b/w
images
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Shandong
CITIES:
Qingdao;
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Album put together by a sailor on board
the German vessel S.M.S. Kaiser. Images depict the commanding officers,
the crew, and historical personae such as the German emperor Kaiser
Wilhelm II and Prinz Heinrich, both in the uniform of an admiral; rear
admiral Tirpitz as the station chief in East Asia. Further photographs
record excursions into the Chinese interior, including again Tirpitz
and his staff. Another section is devoted to German, American, Belgian,
Italian, British, Turkish, Austrian, Russian and French battle ships,
plus a couple of shots of the ill-fated S.M.S. Iltis (before and after
the disaster). Four steamers of the Japan-America line; one final
section consists of 43 studio photographs of Japan, 33 of which are
hand-colored.
NOTES:
Album was privately sold in 1996.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ca. 1875
TITLE of ITEM:
Photo album
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Private album
DETAILS about IMAGES: 122 b/w
images;
FORMAT
of ITEMS: 22 x 28 cm;
CITIES: Hong
Kong
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Temple, street scenes, workers at weaving
chairs, school classes, opium smoker(s), decapitation scene (fake or
staged?), courtroom scene;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ca. 1879
TITLE of ITEM: Album of Photographs of Peking and
Environs
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Private album (no provenance, no creator indicated)
DETAILS about
IMAGES: Ca. 95 b/w
pasted original photographs (plates);
FORMAT
of ITEMS: 31 x 42 cm;
CITIES: Peking
(Beijing), Tientsin (Tianjin);
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Biyunsi; Treaty Temple (Haiguangsi)
NOTES:
Held in the Rare and Manuscript Collection of
Cornell University
Library as a boxed and numbered Wason Photo Album (oddly enough
declared missing in the on-line catalog as of March 12, 2008).
For a
complete listing of the photographs see this tabulated file.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ca. 1875
TITLE of ITEM:
Photo album
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Private Album
DETAILS about IMAGES: 110 b/w
images;
FORMAT
of ITEMS: 22 x 28 cm;
CITIES: Hong
Kong
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Street scenes, Hong Kong harbor, Victoria
Peak.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ca. 1915
TITLE of ITEM: Harbin
SUBTITLE: A Miniature Photographic Guide
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Harbin
DETAILS about IMAGES: 10 b/w
images;
FORMAT
of ITEMS: 8 x 6 cm;
CITIES: Harbin;
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Railway Station; Russian Orthodox Church, etc.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1922
TITLE of ITEM:
Photographic album of the
last Dowager Empress & Emperor of Ch'ing dynasty China
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Chinese court photographer
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Beijing (?)
FORMAT OF ITEM:
Calico cotton covered accordion folded album, 11 x 16 cm.
DETAILS about IMAGES:
10 original and mounted photos. They show the Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧,
Pu Yi, his wifes Wen Xiu and Wan Rong, Pu Yi's younger brother, Prince
Chun, the coronation of Pu Yi at age three.
NOTES: On sale on very rare
occasions, usually expensive (close to $1,000); I have not seen an original copy of this
album, and do not know the real title
of this little piece. There are many fakes
of this volume on the market(s), and it may be the case that an
original album of this nature never existed in the form it is sold in
the Beijing markets.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Anonymous
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1919
TITLE of ITEM:
Shantung
SUBTITLE:
The Eastern Alsace-Lorraine
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Asia
Publishing Company / New York
FORMAT of ITEMS: 22,8 x 30,5 cm;
16,5 x 11,8 cm and smaller
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): none
available
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 126 b/w images
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China; Shandong
CITIES: Qingdao; Weihaiwei; Weixian;
Qufu
SCENIC
SITES: City walls; Government buildings in Qingdao;
Taishan-Temple; Confucius-Temple in Qufu; Grave of Confucius;
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: Grand Canal near Jinan; Military (jap.);
Embankments of the Yellow River (Huanghe); coolies;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: between 1900 and 1910 (?)
TITLE of
ITEM: Tsingtau
SUBTITLE:
Souvenir Album mit 50 Ansichten - Album with 50 views
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Quite possibly Friedrich Behme and others.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Qingdao (Tsingtau), Verlag von Adolf Haupt; 25 p.(?)
FORMAT OF ITEM:
10 1/4" by 8 1/4"
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 50 b/w photographs.
NOTES: Pictures
featuring places such as Diederichsstein, Irene Road, Government's
House, Kaiser Wilhelm-Ufer and many other views of the developing city.
Rare item. For
the book's cover click here.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1920-1949
TITLE of ITEM:
Zhanshi huakan
战时画刊
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Liangyou tushu gongsi
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: Cornell, Wason
Catalog; LC-# DS701.C396
NOTES: Illustrated journal
documenting the period of warfare in Republican China.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1925
TITLE of ITEM: V
Kitaiskikh kumirniath gor. Ashikhe
SUBTITLE:
Fotografichskii al'bom s 32-mi snimkami fotografa D. Raninin
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Raninina, D.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Kharbin (Harbin)
FORMAT of ITEM:
21,4 x 27,4 cm
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 32 b/w photographs;
REGIONS or PROVINCE: Northern
China; Heilongjiang (former Manchuria);
CITIES: Acheng
SCENIC SITES: Temple
of the God of Wealth; Wenchangge 文昌阁.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Daoist
priests; Temple gods of Northern China;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1935/36
TITLE of ITEM:
Durch China mit der Kamera
SUBTITLE:
Eine Zusammenstellung von Tiefdruckbildern zugunsten der Winterhilfe
1935/1936 von zwei Schanghai-Deutschen.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
no details given
FORMAT
of ITEM: 7,5 x 24,5 cm; 8,5 x 13 cm
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm camera
DETAILS about IMAGES:
12 b/w photographs
CITIES: Beijing, Nanjing, Wuxi,
Shanghai, Suzhou, Harbin.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Weaving,
butcher, small-scale traders, street scenes.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ca. 1895
TITLE of ITEM:
A Photographic Album of the
Japan-China War
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Tokyo ?
FORMAT of ITEM:
30 x 45 cm;
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: Voluminous work on the Japan-China war of
1894/95, divided into three parts: "1) The Campaign in Corea, 2) The
Fall of Port Arthur, 3) and the Expedition to Weihaiwei". The
photographs document the situations of the various battle sites: the
battle fleets and landing operations, troop encampments, fighting
positions, conquered cities and destroyed fortresses, life in the
camps, etc.
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Member of the army (?)
TECHNICAL DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style
wet plates);
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 40 plates, 14 of them rendered after
artistic sketches (the battle scenes);
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China
CITIES:
Port Arthur;
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: China-Japan war; Japanese troops; battle
at sea; war ships;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE
BODY: Anonymous
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: ca. 1903
TITLE of ITEM:
China
SUBTITLE:
Kultus und Kultur
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Rudolf Stübel
FORMAT of ITEM:
6 x 22cm
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: None.
DETAILS about IMAGES: 92 Brom
silver photograps on carton;
CITIES: Beijing (12 photographs)
SCENIC SITES: Deities,
iconographic objects, objects of worship;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Members
of the Peace Convention in Beijing in 1901; Monument of the Freiherr
von Ketteler.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ca.1910
TITLE of ITEM:
Photo-Album
SUBTITLE:
Japan und China
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
no place given
FORMAT of ITEM: Quarto
DETAILS about IMAGES:
262 original photographs on 31 plates (of these 27 colored on 12
plates)
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Northern China; Shandong
CITIES: Jinan;
Nagasaki; Nikko; Kyoto; Yokohama;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: This album
contains colorized souvenir style photographs of Kioto (Kyoto),
Yokohama, Nikko with everyday life situations, landscapes, temple
compounds, musicians, various bridges, farmers harvesting rice, street
festivals, fish vendors, vegetable stand in the street, etc.
Furthermore, private photographs with handwritten captions, such as:
visitation of the gouvernor in Jinan (Tsinan fu); vista of the walls
and city gates of Jinan; the garden of viceroy Jang (?) in Tsinanfu
(Jinan), hot sulphur springs in the vicinity of Mogi; landscapes mostly
from the vicinity of Nagasaki, Tsing Poo, Taku
(Dagu Forts), Jangtsekiang (Yangzijiang), the waters around
Ningpo with junks, sailing and fishing vessels, house boats, temples,
various pagodas und camel back bridges, water buffalos.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ca.1913
TITLE of ITEM:
Photo-Album
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
no place given
DETAILS about IMAGES: 45 b/w
photographs
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: These photographs depict landscapes and
parks, architecture such as buildings, bridges and monuments. Many of
the images have captions with technical details about the aperture, F
value etc. used in creating the photograph.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China; Shandong; Southern China;
CITIES:
Beijing; Shanghai; Canton, etc.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ca.1918
TITLE of ITEM:
Album von Kiautschou und der
Schantung-Halbinsel
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Tokyo (?)
FORMAT of ITEM:
Quarto
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 16 colour, 94 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China; Shandong.
CITIES: Qingdao
NATURE of IMAGES:
Documentary
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: ca. 1930
TITLE of ITEM:
China Photo-Album
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
unknown
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm camera
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca. 100 images, format 10 x 7.5 cm and
smaller
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Northern China; Hebei
CITIES:
Beijing;
SCENIC
SITES: Great Wall, Confucius temple (Kongmiao 孔庙), Lama
temple (Yonghegong 雍和宫) etc.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1900
TITLE of ITEM:
Xihu 西湖
SUBTITLE:
Fengjing huace 风景画册
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: [China]: Shijie she 世界社, [19--?]
FORMAT of ITEM:
Chiefly illustrations; 24 cm
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Zhejiang
CITIES: Hangzhou;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE
BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: Ca. 1900
TITLE of
ITEM: Souvenir Chili-China
FORMAT of ITEM:
35 x 26.5 cm
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 147 b/w photographs; sizes 13x8.5 cm and up to
26x18.5 cm
CITIES:
Beijing; Tianjin (Tientsin), Shanhaiguan;
SCENIC
SITES: Nankou-Pass; Taku-Forts (Daku-forts)
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Boxer Rebellion; military subjects;
NOTES:
This
album is privately owned by Christine Berg. Her personal web site (in
German) exhibits another 50 or so b/w photographs of China. The entry
point to this private on-line exhibit is here.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1917
TITLE of ITEM:
CHINA IN 1917: An Album With
124 Hand-Colored Photographs
FORMAT of ITEMS:
35 x 26 cm; 16 x
11 cm and 8 x 6 cm
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): none available
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 124 photographs
CITIES:
Beijing, Shanghai, Canton, Hongkong
SCENIC SITES: The
Summer Palace, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, the Great Wall;
NOTES: This
album was part of the C.R. Thomson family tour of photo albums
recording their journey and tour of the Far East; the album contains
several white penned captions, dates, & names.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE
BODY: Anonymous
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1995
TITLE of ITEM:
Old Photographs of Chinese
Cities - Hong Kong, Macau, Canton, Amoy, Shanghai and Peking 1865-1912
SUBTITLE:
An exhibition held at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong in January 1995,
presented by Horstmann & Godfrey Limited Ocean Terminal,
Kowloon, Hong Kong
CITIES:
Hong Kong, Macao (Macau), Canton, Amoy (Xiamen), Shanghai and Beijing
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Aris, Michael
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1992
TITLE of ITEM:
Lamas, Princes and Brigands
SUBTITLE:
Joseph Rock's Photographs of
the Tibetan Borderlands of China
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Joseph Rock
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: With the assistance of Patrick Booz and
contributions by S.B. Sutton and Jeffrey Wagner
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
China House Gallery, China Institute in America, New York; 141 p.
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER can be found here.
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Southwest China; Tibet; Gansu;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Asia
Society Galleries
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1997
TITLE of ITEM:
Picturing Hong Kong
Photography 1855-1910
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: New York,
Braziller; 144 p.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 30 x 25 cm
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Hong Kong
CITIES:Hong
Kong
NOTES:An
excellent photographic record of early Hong Kong , done in some 89 fine
examples; arranged thematically, the photos showing Hong Kong sights,
portraits of its people, scenes of everyday life.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Bard, Solomon
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1988
TITLE
of ITEM: In
Search of The Past: A Guide to the Antiquities of Hong Kong - Xianggang
wenwu zhi 香港文物志
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: The Urban
Council; Hong Kong; 115 p.
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Hong Kong
CITIES:
Hong Kong
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: General maps of Hong Kong and the New
Territories; Chinese buildings such as ancestral halls and
study-libraries; rock carvings, rock inscriptions; western-style
buildings; forts.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Beato,
Felice
CO-AUTHOR:
Beatto, Felix (alternative way of writing)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1987
TITLE of ITEM:
China 1860
SUBTITLE:
A Photographic Album by
Felice Beato
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Beato, Felice
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Crombie, Isobel
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: Article by Theye in: Der geraubte
Schatten (see also: History of Photography 11/1987, Nr.1)
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Beato took part in the
1860 military expedition on Beijing of the British-French troops as a
semi-official photographer (Theye p.384); In 1864 he transferred to
Yokohama. In existance are rather dramatic images of the attack on the Taku
Forts (Dagu paotai 大沽炮台) near Tianjin (compare the volume Ostasien
1900-1902); photographs of other battle sites, including
those of the participants of the punitive and destructive mission to
the Beijing Summer Palace. As far as is known, Beato left the negatives
behind in Yokohama (see Wilshusen p.181/2, Theye p.28). These negatives
were then taken over by his successor, Baron Raimund von Stillfried
Ratenicz, who then - in 1883 - sold the whole lot again to his
successor and assistant Kusakabe Kimbei and the company of A. Farsari
& Co. See more on Beato in Worswick/Spence.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style wet plates)
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Northern China
NATURE of IMAGES:
Documentary; second opium war with China;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Beaton, Cecil
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1991
TITLE of
ITEM: Chinese Diary &
Album
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Jane
Carmichael
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Oxford University Press, Hong Kong; ISBN 0 19 585428 4
FORMAT of ITEM:
24 x 18 cm (?)
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca. 160 b/w photographs (?)
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Twin-lens Rolleiflex
(his "preferred camera")
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Was sent on behest of the
British Ministry of Information to the Far East to cover the war and
social conditions in China.
NOTES:
This book is a re-issue of two of Beaton's most important
photographic documentaries of China combined: Far East (1945), and
Chinese Album
(Winter 1945-46); both volumes were originally published by B. T.
Batsford in London. The bulk of Beaton's original photographs from his
war-time assignments are housed at the Imperial War Museum in London.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Beausoleil, Jeanne
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 2001
TITLE of ITEM:
Images de Pékin
SUBTITLE:
L'Illusion de
Permanence
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): various
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Paris,
Edition Museé départemental Albert Kahn; China Forestry
Publishing House; 126 p.
FORMAT OF ITEM:
20 x 25 cm.
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca. 100 photographs from about 1912, some
in color.
CITIES: Beijing
SCENIC
SITES: Many scenes capturing Beijing's old city gates.
NOTES: Exhibition catalogue.
Captions in French and Chinese.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Beers, Burton F.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1981
TITLE of ITEM:
China in Old Photographs,
1860-1910
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Anonymous (perhaps
incl. Beato and Thomson?)
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Beers, Burton
F. (good introduction)
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Dorset, New
York; 160 p.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 21,5 x 28 cm; 43 x 28 (double page) and smaller
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: The photographs in this volume were selected
from more than two thousand in the museum's files, and more than two
thirds of them were taken by Anonymousous photographers (preface p.9)
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Only a few words about
Beato and Thomson.
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old
style wet plates)
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 64 b/w photographs.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China: Hebei, Shandong; Southern China: Guangxi, Guangdong,
Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang;
CITIES: Shanghai, Fuzhou, Beijing,
Qingdao, Guangzhou (Canton), Hongkong, Xiamen (Amoy), Hankou, Tianjin;
SCENIC SITES: Feilaisi,
on the Pearl River near Guangzhou; buildings straddling bridges;
Tianmudian (Queen of Heaven Temple) along the Min river; Pagodas in
Fuzhou und Guangzhou; Great Wall; Putuoshan; grotto temple; Lama
temple; Confucius temple; Ming tombs; Shendao; port of Shanghai; main
administrative building of the customs office of Shanghai; Russell
& Co. administrative buildings; house of Frank. B. Forbes; club
house; race course; Church; Marble Boat;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Taku
forts (Dagu paotai); Kang-penalty; Indian troops; German
troops; Graf Waldersee; Kanone; junks; tea warehouses; dock workers;
women knitting and weaving; Opium smoker(s); furniture and interior
design; various building types of vernacular architecture; bound feet;
fortune teller; water carrier; fire brigade of the silk merchants guild
in Shanghai; gardens; barber; spinning cotton; fisheries; tea
plantation; irrigation of fields; tombs and graves; rain coats woven
from fiber; natural resources; arsenal in Tianjin; American consulate
in Shanghai; injured soldiers (Boxers); British gunboat H.M.S
Firebrand; harvesting rice.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Behme, Friedrich
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1897-1900
TITLE of ITEM:
Führer
durch Tsingtau und Umgebung
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Behme, Friedrich
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old
style wet plates)
DETAILS
about IMAGES: The 150+ (smallish) photographs used in
this guidebook are based on approx.. 700 glas plates and lantern slides
now located at the German Historical Museum in Berlin.
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): See Thomas Hahn's article about
Behme in: Tsingtau : ein Kapitel deutscher Kolonialgeschichte
in China 1897-1914 : [anlässlich der gleichnamigen Ausstellung
im Deutschen Historischen Museum Berlin] / ed. by Hans-Martin
Hinz und Christoph Lind; publ. in Eurasburg, Edition Minerva, 1998. The
on-line version can be found here.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China: Shandong
CITIES: Qingdao; Jinan, Jimo, Gaomi,
Port Arthur, Langfang;
SCENIC SITES: Prinz Heinrich Hotel;
Diederichsstein; Laoshan; Haus Mecklenburg Bismarck-Kaserne;
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: Railway station and railroads, harbor
installations, dry dock, industry; coolies, rikschas, personal
portraits; geological documentation of eastern Shandong Province;
battle ship Iltis.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Beijing shi dui wai wenhua
jiaoliu xiehui 北京市对外文化交流协会 and Beijing shi Xuanwuqu
<<Beijing lao Tianqiao>> huace bianweihui 北京市宣武區"北京老天橋"畫册編委會
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1993.12
TITLE of ITEM:
Beijing
lao tianqiao 北京老天桥
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: 150 p. (ISBN: 780554221X)
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: no info supplied, presumably 24x36
format.
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca. 160 b/w photographs, dating from
1911-1949; other images of more modern dates.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China
CITIES:
Beijing
SCENIC
SITES: Tianqiao district
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Acrobats;
street peddlars, local culture; monks; musicians; drama performance;
foodstalls; bird market; barbers; antiquarian dealers; photographer's
shop; teahouse;
NATURE
of IMAGES: Of high documentary value (rare comprehensive
documentation of a specific trait of Chinese life in the northern
capital before 1949)
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Bettge, Götz
CO-AUTHOR:
Bruns, Alfred
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1982
TITLE of ITEM:
Ein Westfale in China
SUBTITLE:
Briefe und Fotographien 1895-1900; der Nachlass Robert
Löbbecke, Iserlohn
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Löbbecke, Robert et al.
PREFACE or
EPILOGUE: Bruns, Alfred
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe: Westfälische Quellen und
Archivverzeichnisse Bd.8; Münster/Westfalen; 448 p.
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Löbbecke was
acting as a consultant and instructor of the Chinese imperial troops
stationed in Nanjing. At the same time, he was an engineer in charge of
several projects in the region.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large
format (old style wet plates)
DETAILS about IMAGES: 86 b/w
photographs
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Southern China: Jiangsu
CITIES:
Nanjing
SCENIC
SITES: City walls.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Street scenes,
beggars, opium smokers.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Bettge, Götz
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1989
TITLE of ITEM:
Iserlohn - China
SUBTITLE:
Berührungen mit dem Reich der Mitte (Stadtarchiv Iserlohn -
Beiträge und Mitteilungen Heft 3)
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Löbbecke, Robert
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Bettge,
Götz
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Iserlohn; 36 p.
FORMAT of ITEM: 4,5 x 21 cm; 11 x
17,5 cm
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Löbbecke was
acting as a consultant and instructor of the Chinese imperial troops
stationed in Nanjing. At the same time, he was an engineer in charge of
several projects in the region.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large
format (old style wet plates)
DETAILS about IMAGES: 15 b/w
photographs;
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Southern China: Jiangsu
CITIES:
Nanjing
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Street scenes, beggar, opium smoker(s);
Imperial troops and training grounds.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Bickers, Robert
CO-AUTHOR: Ladds, Catherine; Carstairs, Jamie & Yee Wah Foo
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 2008
TITLE of ITEM: Picturing China 1870-1950
SUBTITLE: Photographs from British Collections
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): L. Warren Swire; Foo Pingsheung (Fu Bingchang); William Armstrong.
PREFACE or
EPILOGUE: Robert Bickers
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Bristol University, Bristol, UK; 52 pages (Chinese Maritime Customs Project Occasional Papers No.1 - ISSN 1755-6643)
DETAILS about IMAGES: 32 b/w
photographs
OVERVIEW of the CONTENTS: "Between the 1840s and 1950s tens of thousands of Britons lived in or
visited China, and they brought or sent back photographs that they had
taken, commissioned, or purchased. In the twentieth century growing
numbers of Chinese visited or moved to the British Isles, bringing
their possessions with them. Picturing China 1870–1950 provides an
introduction to some collections of these images, mostly still held by
families with past China connections, and it reproduces some of the
treasures of this virtual archive. Published in conjunction with an
exhibition of the materials, and a new online resource, the volume
contains introductions to the ‘Historical Photographs of China’
project, which is concerned with these collections, and to some of the
main bodies of material that have been located. Britain’s historical
relationship with China has not always been a fundamentally equal one,
but these images suggest just how intimate it has long been." (Taken from Bristol University's Chinese Maritime Custom Project's web site)
Contents
1 ‘Picturing China’, Robert Bickers
2 ‘The World of the Chinese Maritime Customs’, Catherine Ladds
3 ‘Recording the Infrastructure of the Chinese Treaty Ports: The Photographs of G. Warren Swire’, Robert Bickers
4 ‘A Sentimental Policeman: William Armstrong’, Robert Bickers
5 ‘Picturing China’ – 32 photographs
6 ‘A Chinese Photographer: Foo Pingsheung (Fu Bingchang)’, Yee Wah Foo
7 ‘A Photographer’s View’, Jamie Carstairs
8 ‘Technical Note’
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Bishop, J. F.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: Ca. 1900
TITLE of ITEM:
Chinese
Pictures
SUBTITLE:
Notes on Photographs by Mrs. J. F. Bishop, F.R.G.S.
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Bishop, F.J.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Charles L. Bowman, New York; 126 p.
DETAILS about IMAGES:
60 b/w
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Liaoning; Zhejiang; Sichuan; Hebei; Fujian;
CITIES:
Shanghai; Beijing; Shenyang (Mukden); Wanxian; Chengdu; Fuzhou
(Foochow);
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: British
Legation, Beijing; Imperial Palace; Carriers and runners; bridges;
Yangzi River (Yangtze) rapids; Ten Thousand Ages Bridge, Fuzhou; Baby
Tower; Temple of the God of Literature (Wenchangge), Shenyang; Hulimiao
(Fox Spirit Temple), Shenyang; city gates; Market place; farm houses;
cobbler; marriage chair; Two Sichuan soldiers; Opium culture (poppy
fields) in Sichuan; Old Imperial Highway system.
-
The
Tablet (Altar) of Confucius (2.2MB)
- A
Market Place or Market Street in Sze Chuan (Sichuan) (2.1MB)
-
A
Baby Tower (Foochow) (2.2MB)
- The
Great Imperial Stone Road from Peking to Chengtu, the capital of Sze
Chuan (Sichuan) (2.3MB)
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Black, J. R. (ed.)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1876-1878
TITLE of ITEM:
The Far East
SUBTITLE:
A Monthly Journal, illustrated with Photographs
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Far East Printing Office; Tokio, Yokohama, Hong Kong, Shanghai
FORMAT of ITEM:
ca 22x17 cm
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format camera.
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: China, Japan
NOTES: This
very interesting and important early illustrated
journal (in conjunction with The Punch) has been
reprinted in its entirety in Japan in ca. 2000/2001.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Boerschmann, Ernst
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1982
TITLE of ITEM:
Old China In Historic
Photographs
SUBTITLE: 288
Views by Ernst Boerschmann With a New Introduction by Wan-go Weng
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Ernst Boerschmann
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Wan-go Weng
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Dover Publications, Inc. New York; New York; 287 p.
FORMAT of ITEM: 22,5
x 27,5 cm
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Amidst the disorder
and revolutionary energy of China in 1906, a German architect and
photographer named Ernst Boerschmann sought the eternal "Orient". For
three years, while Manchu power decayed, he traveled across 12
provinces photographing according to his concept of the "changeless"
China: Buddhist monasteries, temples, sacred mountain groves, family
graves, memorials, monuments, the statuary and architecture of Chinese
worship and reverence.
DETAILS about IMAGES: ca. 288 b/w
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Hebei; Shandong; Shanxi; Jiangsu; Hunan;
Fujian; Guangxi; Sichuan; Guangdong.
CITIES: Beijing; Chengde; Taiyuan;
Hangzhou; Ningbo; Changsha; Guangzhou; Chengdu; Wanxian ect.
SCENIC SITES: Part
of city walls; Temple of Heaven; Temple of Celestial Peace; Great Wall
of China; Summer Palace grounds; Temple of Universal Joy; Bridge in the
imperial park; Lake of the Great Brightness; Tai Shan; Monastery of the
Magical Cliff; Temple of Great Mercy; Wutaishan 五台山; Mianshan; Suzhou
thousand-armed Guanyin; West Lake; Tomb of General Yue Fei; Tiantongsi 天童寺;
South wall of city; Temple of the Dragon King; Great Temple of
Confucius; Hengshan; Lake Dongting; Harbor with Drum Mountain (Gushan);
Monastery of the Boiling Spring; Great Mosque; Guilin; Gui River; Hall
of Laozi in a Taoist monastery; Emeishan; Temple of General Zhang Fei;
Fengdu 封都; Leshan 乐山; Bellows Gorge.
NOTES: The 288 pictures in this book, roughly half
still reflect the current appearance of their subjects, giving us the
impression that China; the pictures have become truly historical; they
are the previous images of China that has gone forever. This Dover edition, first published in 1982,
is a revised republication of Picturesque China| Architecture and
Landscape| A Journey Through Twelve Provinces, as published by
Brentano's, New York, n.d.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Works of architecture and objects that have
been destroyed or severely damaged beyond restoration; landscapes that
remain largely the same but are now covered with different buildings
and vegetation; people who no longer look the same or do the same
things depicted in the photographs; Gates and Walls; Religious
Edifices; Burial Palaces; Memorial Gates, Family/Ancestral Temples 祠堂
and Provincial Guild Clubs 会馆.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Bruce, George C.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1937/38
TITLE of ITEM:
Shanghai`s Undeclared War
SUBTITLE:
An Illustrated Factual Recording of the Shanghai Hostilities 1937
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Mercury Press/Shanghai/ 88 p., 114 p. mit Aufnahmen
DETAILS about
IMAGES: ca. 200-300 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Southern China
CITIES:
Shanghai
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Burger,
Wilhelm
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1868-1871
TITLE of ITEM:
Siam, China und Japan
SUBTITLE:
Ethnographische Aufnahmen von Wilhelm Burger, Photograph und Mitglied
der K.u.K. Mission nach Ostasien (1868-1871)
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Burger,
Wilhelm
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: Gift of the photographer and presented to the
Austrian emperor Kaiser Franz Joseph upon his return to Vienna in 1871;
the originals are housed in the National Library of Austria (division
"Bildarchiv und Portraitsammlung") as part of the Wilczek-Burger
collection; about Burger see the following study by Gert Rosenberg:
Wilhelm Burger: Ein
Welt-und Forschungsreisender mit der Kamera,
1844-1920; Wien 1984.
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): p.
o.
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old
style wet plates)
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Cabot, Mabel H.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2003
TITLE of ITEM: Vanished
Kingdoms
SUBTITLE: A Woman
Explorer in Tibet, China & Mongolia 1921-1925
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Janett Elliott Wulsin and Frederick
Wulsin
PREFACE:
Dr. Rubie Watson,
Director of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Aperture Foundation, New York; 190 pages.
FORMAT of ITEM:
29 cm x 21 cm
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 150+ photographs, quite a number of them in
color.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format camera (Graflex with
tripod, as shown on p. 117)
REGIONS
or PROVINCE: Northern China; Mongolia; Tibet; Ningxia;
Qinghai; Gansu; Shanxi;
CITIES: Beijing; Lanzhou;
Baoding;
SCENIC SITES: Labrang - Great
Monastery; Alashan; Ordos desert ("scenic" only to a degree);
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: Wulsin Expedition; Tibetan cowboys; pasture;
Tibetan tent; Mongolian yurt; Mongol family; trumpeters; opium poppies;
camel caravan; trading post; Lamas;
NOTES:
From Dr. Rubie Watson's
preface to this publication: "The Wulsin Collection, the source of many
of the photographs that appear here, was donated to the Peabody Museum
[at Harvard] in the 1950s. It contains a remarkable archive of over
1900 photographs, negatives, and lantern slides augmented by written
materials. More than two-thirds of this collection pertains to China
and Southeast Asia. In 1979, an exhibit, China's Inner Asian Frontier:
Photographs of the Wulsin Expedition to Northwest China in 1923, and
a book by the same title [for more on this book see the entry above
under "Alonso"] highlighted a selection of photographs from the
collection. Vanished
Kingdoms is an important addition to this earlier work
and to the published work of Frederick Wulsin himself."
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE
BODY: Cameron, Nigel (ed.)
CO-AUTHOR:
Goodrich, Luther Carrington
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1978
TITLE
of ITEM: The
Face of China, 1860-1912
SUBTITLE: As Seen
by Photographers & Travelers
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Beato,
Felice; Wilson, E.H.; Thomson, John; Child, Thomas; Rock, Joseph F.;
Baptista, M.A.; Miller, John; White, H.C.; Mennie, Donald; Parsons,
Harry (Reverend); Egerton, Philip H.; Hinton, John Henry; Kilburn,
B.W.;
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Goodrich, Carrington L.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Millerton; New York ; 159 p.
FORMAT of ITEM: 23,5 x 29 cm; 48 x
19cm and smaller
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: Page 156 lists references where images stem
from.
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): See p. 151-155
PHOTO AGENCY /
OTHER INITIATING AGENCIES: Keystone View Company;
Underwood & Underwood;
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large
format (old style wet plates)
DETAILS about IMAGES: ca. 150 b/w
photographs
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Western China: Sichuan; Northern China:
Hebei, Gansu; Southern China: Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi,
Fujian; Central China: Shanxi, Hubei;
CITIES:
Ningbo, Beijing, Guangzhou, Macao, Wanxian,
SCENIC SITES: Yandangshan;
Pagoda in Ningbo; Pailou; Temple of Confucius in Beijing; Mosque
(Qingzhen si); Yuanmingyuan; Temple island; Shibaozhai; Longmen dong;
Stone buddhas; Gushan-monastery in Fujian; Summer Palace; Pagoda
Island; Shendao (spirit way); Tibetan mountain monastery; Moganshan
(Bambushain); Yangzi Gorges;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Railroads;
canons; grave sites; Buddhist monks; observatory in Beijing;
Rattan-Factory; Duke of Edinburgh in Hongkong; Rikscha; Hygiene
authorities (pest control, exterminator); Steamer U.S.S. Monocacy;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Cao Yu 曹煜
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2004
TITLE of ITEM:
Qixian Lao Zhaopian
祁县老照片
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Cao Yu 曹煜
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanxi renmin chubanshe; Taiyuan; 250 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
20 x 24 cm
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca. 300 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Shanxi
CITIES:
Qixian
NOTES:
Historical photographs giving a general overview of
Qixian, a city famous for its history and rich in culture;
most photographs were taken from around 1900 to 1949.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Calmel (Capitaine), Plaisant & Tissier, Louis-Simon H.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1902
TITLE of ITEM: La
Chine à Terre et en Ballon
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Paris / Berger-Levrault (75-Paris : Héliotypie E. Le Deley)
/ 18 pages (some descriptions have 15 pages)
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Capitaines Calmel,
Plaisant and Louis-Simon H. Tissier (May 31, 1863 to March 17, 1947). The latter received a Médaille Commemoratif de l'expédition de China 1900-1901 and Chevalier de Legion d'Honneur for his services in China. His photographie is mentioned in the French Patrimonie site. He had a very distinguished career well beyond his service in China, and ended up in the Géneral
de Division in the 1920s, though his later life is still subject to
further research. Capitaine Calmel, prior to his engagement in China,
appears to have been involved in a railroad engineering project in
Central Africa (linking Niger and Senegal by rail, that is).
FORMAT OF ITEM /
FORMAT OF IMAGES: 34
cm
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style wet plates)
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 41 collotype plates, with some plates having multiple photographs, amounting to perhaps as many as 272 photographs, according to an entry in the library catalog of the University of Dijon (France) which reads: "Reproduction de 272 photographies
exécutées par des officiers du Génie
du Corps expéditionnaire [par les capitaines Calmel,
Plaisant, Tissier]."
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China.
CITIES:
Beijing; Tianjin.
NOTES:
Very rare and early aerial photography of certain parts of China (and certain
cities, such as Beijing). Offered for sale by Maggs Bros. in their catalog #
1379 (2005, item 69). The U of California-Berkeley holds a copy.
Additional information to update this entry was provided by Gael Newton (Thank you, Gael!).
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Capa, Cornell (ed.)
CO-AUTHOR:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1972
TITLE
of ITEM: Behind
the Great Wall of China
SUBTITLE:
Photographs from 1870 to the Present
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Capa, Cornell
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Distributed by the New York Graphic Society; Greenwich,
Con.;
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old
style wet plates) and 35mm camera;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Carter, J.C.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: no date
TITLE of ITEM:
Familiar Chinese Faces
SUBTITLE:
A Selection of Figure studies of everyday life from photographs by J.C.
Carter
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Carter, J.C.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
McTavish; Shanghai
FORMAT of ITEM: 28,5 x 22,5 cm;
TECHNICAL DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style
wet plates).
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 24 b/w tipped in photographs; Portfolio
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: Portraits; women; peasants, mender of crockery,
street juggler;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Cartier-Bresson,
Henri
CO-AUTHOR:
Delpire, Robert; Faucheux, Pierre
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1955
TITLE of ITEM: China
SUBTITLE:
Gestern und Heute
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Cartier-Bresson, Henri
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
same
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Karl Rauch Verl.; Dusseldorf; o.p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
21,4 x 27,4 cm / 37,1 x 25 cm (double pages!) and smaller
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Co-founder of the photographic
agency Magnum.
PHOTO
AGENCY / OTHER INITIATING AGENCIES: Magnum , Paris
TECHNICAL DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: presumably Leica M, 35mm
camera
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 144 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Southern China; Northern China; Jiangsu;
CITIES:
Shanghai; Beijing; Nanjing; Hongkong; Hangzhou;
SCENIC SITES: Imperial
palace; city gates; Yuemiao.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: War;
revolution; liberation; poverty; beggar; rikschas; judicial court;
theatre; people on stilts; Protesting mass; tanks; wedding;
caricatures; parliament in session; blind people; eunuchs; taiji quan;
junks; children; soldiers; elderly people; women; police; money; sport
festival; dragon dance; posters on walls; readers of comics; General
Yan Xishan and General Ma Hongkui.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Castell, Wulf Diether (Graf zu)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1938
TITLE
of ITEM: Chinaflug
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Castell, W. D.
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: same (44 pages of preceding text)
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Atlantis Verlag; Berlin, Zurich; 192 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
8,5 x 25,5
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Extensively treated in
the very readable preface; later acting director of the international
airport of Munich, Germany.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Leica
(probably a IIIC with a left-traveling shutter curtain); usually
exposed at 1/200 sec.
DETAILS about IMAGES: 128 b/w
pictures
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Central China; loess plateau; Qinghai;
Jiangsu; Guangdong; Sichuan; Henan; Hebei; Northern China; Hunan;
Shandong; Ningxia; Gansu; Shaanxi; Anhui; Zhejiang; Yunnan
CITIES: Xian;
Luoyang, Urumqi; Guangzhou; Xianyang; Beijing; Nanjing; Shanghai;
Hankow (Hankou); Chengdu; Kunming;
SCENIC SITES: Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum;
Pagodas; Taishan; Emeishan 峨眉山; Tiantan; Beijing city walls; Beihai
Gongyuan; Ditan 地坛; Ming Tombs; West Hills; Huashan; underground loess
houses; street scenes; German Missionary station; Gobi desert; Graves
of Mongols (Mongol nobility); Great Wall; Lama-monasteries; Karst
mountains in Guangxi; Tanhashan; Hengshansi.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Flooding;
Loess-terraces; soil erosion; urban design and planning; boat people;
terraced rice paddies; cave and underground dwellings; rivers; bamboo
rafts; Yangzijiang; Qinling; Jialing-river; Lolo-settlements (Yizu 彝族);
Pamir; Hindukusch; Wakhir-Pass; fortified towns and villages;
irrigation canals; Tibetan Nobility; Caravan of camels. Early civil
aviation in China.
NOTES:
Reprinted in 1999 by Herbig Publ., Munich. This new edition includes
additional photographs of Castell and a new text part.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Catleen, Ellen
CO-AUTHOR:
Friedrich H. Schiff (sketch artist)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1934
TITLE of
ITEM: Peking
Studies
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Ellen Catleen (aka Ellen
Thorbecke)
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Kelly and Walsh, Shanghai; 87 pages.
FORMAT of ITEM:
37 cm
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Wife of former minister
of the Netherlands in China. Also published under the name Ellen
Thorbecke. Ellen Katleen (her real name as far as I
can ascertain at the moment) was of Austrian origin and in China as a
reporter for the Neuen Freie Presse, a Viennese
newspaper.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Rolleiflex
camera
DETAILS
about IMAGES: Ca. 70 b/w and several (very nicely)
hand-colored photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Northern
China: Hebei.
CITIES:
Beijing
SCENIC
SITES: Pailou; Yiheyuan (Summer Palace); Stone buddha;
city gates; porcelain pagoda; Jeweller Pagoda; Jade Fountain; West
Hills; Marble Boat; Kunming lake 昆明湖; Lama temple (Yonghegong 雍和宫) and
monks chanting scriptures; astronomical observatory (as build by
Verbiest).
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED:
Shoemaker; street vendors; curios; musicians and musical instruments;
bridal procession and wedding; Singsong girl; Peking donkey cart;
children; barber; beggar; open-air market (pottery, baskets etc.);
small series of images of theatre school; rickshaws; New Year's cake;
water wheel;
NOTES:
Wonderfully produced book with high-grade photographs of Beijing and
its environment. Much "stock photography", typical scenes, but with a
twist: the accompanying sketches by Schiff add a light and humorous
touch to the visual narrative.
A copy of this book in good
condition is not easy to find these days, and can be quite expensive.
Likewise, Friedrich Schiff's works are even more rare, and a numbered
first edition of his famous Maskee - a Shanghai Sketchbook
was recently (as of September 11, 2006) sold on eBay for $1200. Gerd
Kaminski compiled a valuable book on Schiff, published in
Vienna in 2001.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Centre Culturel Français (Beijing)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2007
TITLE of ITEM: La
Chine vue par Joseph Skarbek 眼中的中国
SUBTITLE:
Photographies de Joseph Skarbek prises dans
la province de Henan, 1906-1909 摄影图片展, 1906-1909 年摄于河南
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Text by Joanna Wasilewska-Dobkowska
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Joseph
Skarbek (born in 1879) was a railroad engineer who worked in central
China between 1906 and 1909. He left a legacy of over 500 photographs.
The glass negatives are lost, but prints of the originals are still in
the holdings of his son Jean Skarbek in Paris.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Centre Culturel
Français, Beijing
/ unpaginated pamphlet
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Joseph Paul Jules Skarbek
FORMAT OF ITEM /
FORMAT OF IMAGES: 12
x 21 cm
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style wet plates)
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 4 plates.
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Central China.
Henan province.
CITIES: Kaifeng 开封; Luoyang 洛阳;
NOTES:
Text of this small but well produced pamphlet in French and Chinese. It
accompanies an exhibition of photographs which for a number of
reasons should be more widely known. One of my reasons for this
statement is that here we have probably the earliest photographic
documentation of some of China's most prominent and
important architectural structures, captured on film (or,
rather,
glass), thirty years before Liang Sicheng 梁思成 and his group conducted
their methodic survey of Chinese historical architecture in the
interior. Another interesting aspect of this collection is the visual
recording of customs, crafts and festivals, which again to the best of
my knowledge constitutes the first such record of daily life in Henan
province.
Visit my Zenfolio
gallery for a first impression of these photographs.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Chater, Catchick Paul, Sir
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1924
TITLE of ITEM:
The Chater Collection 中國通商圖
SUBTITLE:
Pictures relating to China,
Hongkong, Macao, 1655-1860; with historical and descriptive letterpress
by James Orange.
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): W. Alexander, Chas. Abbot, G. Chinnery, A.
Borget, etc.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Thornton Butterworth Limited; London; 528 p.
DETAILS about IMAGES:
261 illustrations; of which 18 are reproduced in color and 243 in
half-tone plates.
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT AUTHOR(S): Sir Catchick Paul Chater,
Member of the Executive Council of the Colony of Hongkong, was born in
1846; Sir Paul, as he is generally called in the Far East, has been
foremost of all residents of the Colony of Hongkong in originating and
fostering projects for the extension and benefit of the Colony.
NOTES:
A representative collection of
pictures and engravings chiefly on South China and British influences
in Hongkong during 1834-1860; sufficient illustrations giving an
impression of the early days in China.
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED:
Outline maps and pictures of China,
Canton River, Town of Victoria, Hongkong;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY:
Chen Congzhou 陈从周, Zhang Ming 章明
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1988
(first edition)
TITLE
of ITEM: Shanghai
jindai jianzhu shigao 上海近代建筑史稿
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanghai sanlian shudian chuban 上海三联书店出版; Shanghai; 226 p.
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Chen Congzhou 陈从周
FORMAT of ITEM:
640 x 640 mm or smaller
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 110 b/w pictures
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Shanghai
CITIES:
Shanghai
NOTES:
Historical photographs showing the development of architecture in Old
Shanghai from 1880 onward; The quality of the images is, however, only
documentary, and the quality of the reproductions themselves in the
book is somewhat less than satisfying.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: The historic scenery of the Waitan in 1880;
Nanjing Lu in 1911; the architecture and landscaping of the Hui Feng
Bank and the Jin Men Hotel, etc.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Chen He 陈和
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1998
TITLE of ITEM:
Shanghai in Old Days - Lao
Shanghai 老上海
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Shanghai
jiaoyu chubanshe; Shanghai; 478 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
30 cm
DETAILS about IMAGES:
over 1000 b/w pictures.
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Shanghai
CITIES:
Shanghai
NOTES:
Historical photographs showing the development of the architecture in
old Shanghai from 1880 onward; the images in this album are well
reproduced;
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Old Town (Chinese
town), Shiliupu, Yangjingbang Creek; the major foreign and Chinese
banks on Jiangxi Road; the Bund; architecture and landscaping of
Nanjing Road, Fuzhou Road and the region around Jing'an Temple; Pudong;
Zhabei; Suzhou River 苏州河.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Chen
Shouxiang 陈纭祥
CO-AUTHOR:
Fang Lin 芳霖, Bei Ning 构宁
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1998
TITLE of ITEM:
Jiu meng chong jing 旧梦重惊
SUBTITLE:
Fang Lin, Bei Ning cang Qingdai mingxin pian xuanji, vol. 1 - 芳霖,
构宁藏清代明信片选集 (I)
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Chen Shouxiang 陈纭祥
PUBLISHER / PLACE / PAGES:
Guangxi meishu chubanshe 广西美术出版社 / ISBN 7-80625-552-4
FORMAT of ITEM:
25 x 25 cm
DETAILS
about IMAGES: Several hundred b/w and color
reproductions of late Qing postcards.
CITIES:
Beijing, Shanghai; Hankou, Guangzhou, Yongping, Kunshan, Tianjin,
Chinatown (San Francisco), Xiamen, Yichang, Hong Kong;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Chen Yuanjian 陳遠見, You Zenghui
尤增輝
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1980
TITLE of ITEM:
Lugang sanbai nian, 鹿港三百年
SUBTITLE:
Xiangtu xilie 4, 鄉土系列4
PUBLISHER
/ PLACE / PAGES: Hu wai shenghuo zazhi she 戶外生活雜誌社; Taibei
CITIES:
Lugang.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Chen Zhengqing 陈正卿 (ed.)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 2005
(August)
TITLE
of ITEM: Chenfeng
de lao zhaopian 尘风的老照片
SUBTITLE:
70 nian qian waiguoren jingtou zhong de Zhongguo 70年前外国人镜头中的中国
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Sichuan chuban jituan 四川出版集团, Sichuan meishu chubanshe
四川美术出版; Chengdu; 272 p. ISBN 7541026239.
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: anonymous; very general introduction into
the affairs of foreigners in China in the late Qing, early Republican
period.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 17 x 23 cm
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 427 mostly smallish b/w pictures, reproduced on
rough and cheap paper, resulting in high grain and low levels of
sharpness of the images.
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Jiangsu,
Guangdong, Shandong, Hebei, Yunnan, Hubei, Xizang (Tibet), etc.
CITIES:
Shanghai, Tianjin, Beijing, Qingdao, Wuhan, Guangzhou (Canton),
Nanjing, etc.
NOTES:
Photographs cover a wide variety of subjects, including architecture in
the various concessions; religious life (such as an elderly Chinese
gentleman reading a bible); certain technologies (such as the earliest
coal mine in Tibet using large wooden wheels); minorities; popular and
infamous personalities (such as Feng Yuxiang or Li Yuanhong), ships and
various other types of river crafts; hospitals, schools, churches and
other types of public buildings; street scenes, etc.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Cheng Po Hung - 鄭寶鴻
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1997
TITLE of ITEM:
Hong Kong Through Postcards
- 香港明信片精選 1940's - 1970's
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Joint Publishing (H.K.) Co., Ltd.; Hong Kong; 135 p.
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Introduction: The Development of Hong Kong
Postcards - 香港明信片的發展 (代序) by David P.M.Toong - 佟寶銘
FORMAT of ITEM:
242 x 242 mm
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT AUTHOR(S): Cheng Po Hung is a manager of a gold and
silver company and a dealer in stamps and coins. He is an advanced
collector of postcards, coins, stamps and historical documents. His
publications include "Pictorial Hong Kong Currency" (Joint Publishing
Co., 1996) and "Pictorial Hong Kong Stamps" (Joint Publishing Co.,
forthcoming). At present he is the honorary adviser of the Hong Kong
Museum of History, the honorary secretary of the Hong Kong Collectors
Society and the Hong Kong Numismatic Society, a committee member of the
Hong Kong Stamp and Coin Dealers Association.
DETAILS about IMAGES:
200 pictures; some b/w pictures and some colored pictures.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Hong Kong
CITIES:
Hong Kong
NOTES:
Well reproduced pictures of Hong Kong postcards through 1940's -
1970's; Hong Kong postcards during the 1940's (The Japanese Occupation
and Post-war Recovery Period), the 1950's (The Founding Period), the
1960's - 1970's (The Take-off Period); Five Categories of postcards
including the monochrome lithographic postcard, hand-coloured
postcards, mechanically-printed colour postcards, photographic picture
postcards, hand-coloured photographic picture postcards.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Early
printed colour postcard view of Victoria Harbour; postcard of Central
District; street scenes of Queen's Road Central; Shanghai street,
Kowloon, near Ningpo Street in the mid-50's; typical New territories
paddy fields in the 1950's; an aerial view of Tsimshatsui in 1970's;
the Central banking district in 1960's.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Chengdu Municipal People's
Government Information Office &
Chengdu Television Station; Publicity
Department of the Chengdu Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of
China.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2002
TITLE of ITEM: Hui mou lishi - Ershi shiji chu
yige Meiguoren jingtou zhong de Chengdu
回眸历史 -- 二十世纪初一个美国人镜头中的成都
SUBTITLE: Looking
back at Chengdu. Through [the] Lens of an American Photographer in the
Early 20th Century
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Luther Knight
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Luyou chubanshe 中
国旅游出版社;
ISBN 7503220805
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Luther
Knight was an American
teacher and scholar temporarily stationed in the Sichuan basin in the
1910s. The photographs published in this book reflect the (turbulent)
time period between 1910 and 1913. "Born in 1879 in the state of Iowa,
the United States, Knight obtained his Master of Science degree from
Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. At the invitation of the
government of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), he left Seattle in July
1910, traveling for nearly one month by boat to reach Shanghai in
August. Two months later, he arrived in Chengdu and began
teaching mathematics, chemistry and geology at the Sichuan Institute of
Higher Education. The institute, which is today's Sichuan University,
was founded in
1902 and was Sichuan's first modern institution of higher education. In
his spare time, Knight took many pictures of Chengdu, recording the
area's scenery, historic and cultural sites, local customs and social
events. "They are the oldest pictures of Chengdu," said Zhou Mengqi,
director of the Chengdu municipal government's Information Office and
mastermind of the album's publication." (Quoted from Bill Hawkins' Chengdu Journal)
DETAILS about IMAGES: 106 b/w photographs
TECHNICAL
DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Unknown
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Western
China, Sichuan
CITIES:
Chengdu; Kangding; Aba 阿坝; Ganzi 甘孜; Xinjin 新津; Pengxian; Shanghai; Nanjing;
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Qingyang
gong 青羊宫; temple bazaar and fair; Three Gorges 三峡; Sichuan Institute of
Higher Education; Tea road towards western Sichuan and Tibet;
agriculture in the Sichuan basin; Imperial (Forbidden) City in Chengdu
成都皇城; traveling in the mountains; suspension bridge; Mission hospital
(Chengdu);
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Child,
Thomas (alternative spelling: Thomas Childe)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1871-1889
TITLE of ITEM:
Views of Peking and its
Vicinity
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Child, Thomas
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Unclear if ever published in regular book form.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: Worswick/Spence p. 150;
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Child was a civil engineer in
Beijing, in charge (among other things) of providing gas-powered street
lighting to the city and its more noted residents.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style wet plates)
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 92 b/w photographs;
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China: Hebei.
CITIES: Beijing.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: China.
National Health Administration
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1931
TITLE
of ITEM: Album
of Photographs illustrating the work of the National Health
Administration, Nanking, China
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
unknown
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Nanking (Nanjing), National Health Administration; 37 p.
FORMAT OF ITEM:
29 x 39 cm.
NOTES:
I
have not seen this album. It is held in the Yale University Library.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Christie's (auction house)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1994
TITLE of ITEM:
The Lau Collection of 19th
Century Chinese and Japanese Photographs
SUBTITLE:
London, Wednesday, 19 October 1994 (auction held)
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Afong Lai (Ah Fang), Felice Beato, Saunders, Miller, Rusfeldt, Thomas
Child, G. W. Pach, Stillfried, Kusakabe Kimbei, Ogawa, James Ricalton,
John Thomson et al.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Christie's,
London; ca. 41 p.
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old
style wet plates)
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 65 b/w photograph and color reproductions
of early photographs
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Clark, Douglas
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1978 (?)
TITLE of
ITEM: The John Henry Hinton
Photographs
SUBTITLE: China 1894-1918
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): John Henry Hinton
PUBLISHER / PLACE / PAGES:
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, CA; 7 p.
FORMAT of ITEM: Ca
20 x 27cm.
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Hinton
was a piano tuner who went to work for a Shanghai piano manufacturer.
During his time there he travelled with a Chinese tutor utilising his
recently acquired expertise in photography to record his new
environment.
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 21 sepia toned photographs
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: n/a
CITIES:
n/a
NOTES:
I
have not had a chance to see this publication. It was released in
conjunction with an exhibit of Hinton's photographs at the Edmonton Art
Gallery in 1978 (to be precise: May 17, 1978 to July 3, 1978).
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Claudel, Paul
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1946
TITLE of ITEM:
Chine
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Hoppenot, Hélene
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Claudel, Paul
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Éditions
D`Art Albert Skira
FORMAT of ITEM:27 x 35 cm (French
bindung) - 23,5 x 24,5 cm
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: probably
medium format (Rolleiflex)
DETAILS about IMAGES: 80 b/w
photographs (héliogravure)
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China; Yunnan, Henan, Jiangsu, Hebei, Shandong, Zhejiang,
CITIES:
Beijing (Peking), Nanjing, Jehol (Chengde), Macao;
SCENIC SITES: Yungang
Grottoes; Longmen Grottoes; Ming Tombs (Nanjing); Great Wall; Liuli
Chang; Tiantan; Stupas; Taishan; Song-dynasty tombs; Summer Palace;
city walls; funerary statues, Pagoda.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED:
Flowers and plants, street life, birds, bridges, merchants, puppets.
NOTES: Extremely
interesting, well executed and well produced photographs; somewhat
"steely" tinge to them, no doubt owing to the precision and the optical
definition of the lenses used. Many winter shots dismantle Beijing and
demonstrate the intricate structures of its buildings.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Commercial Press
(Shangwu yinshuguan)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1920s
TITLE
of ITEM: Scenic
China
SUBTITLE:
Series VI: T'ai Shan, Shantung; Series XVIII: Wu I Shan, Fukien
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Commercial Press/Shanghai
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: Part
of a whole series of photographic documentation of most of China,
published by the Shangwu yinshuguan (Commercial Press).
Photographic Studio or
other Agency: Commercial Press
DETAILS about IMAGES:
Serie VI: 31 b/w; Serie XVIII: 28 b/w
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Shandong; Fujian
SCENIC SITES: Wuyishan 武夷山;
Taishan 泰山
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Commercial Press
(Shangwu yinshuguan)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: ca.1912
TITLE
of ITEM: Views of
China 中国名胜
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Commercial Press/Shanghai
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: Photographic
documentation of the (then considered) most important sites and views
of China.
Photographic
Studio or
other Agency: Commercial Press
FORMAT
of ITEM:
24 x 18 cm
DETAILS about IMAGES: 182
b/w
REGIONS
or PROVINCES:
Guangdong; Shandong; Fujian; Zhejiang, Sichuan; Liaoning;
SCENIC
SITES: Public Park, Shenyang (Mukden); Ming Tombs
(Nanjing); Wuyishan 武夷山;
Taishan 泰山; Lianchi Academy (Baoding); Hanshansi 寒山寺 (Suzhou)
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Compilation Committee /
Pictorial History of the Founding and Reconstruction of the Republic of
China
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1981
TITLE of ITEM:
A Pictorial History of the
Republic of China
SUBTITLE: Its
founding and development
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Jin Xiaoyi
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
China Art Printing Works/Taibei/515, 575 p. in 2 vols.
FORMAT of ITEM:
24 x 17 cm
DETAILS
about IMAGES: More than
1000 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Southern
China/Norchina/Central China
CITIES: Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin,
Mukden, Port Arthur, Nanjing, Ulan Bator, Lhasa, Qingdao, Laizhou,
Cheefoo, Jiujiang, Hankou, Hanyang, Wuchang, Chengdu.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: War,
history of the Communist party, battles fought at sea (naval).
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Cornet, Christine, &
Verdier, Francois
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2004
TITLE of ITEM:
Paysans de l'Eau: Chine 1932
SUBTITLE: Photographies du
Père Joseph de Reviers de Mauny
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): (Jesuit
priest) Père
Joseph de Reviers de Mauny
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Christine
Cornet
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Arles, Actes
Sud, 244 p. ISBN 2742746730
FORMAT
of ITEM: 23 x 26 cm
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): For a brief description
of Père Joseph's work and agenda see here
(in French).
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: n/a
DETAILS
about IMAGES: Ca. 150 b/w pictures.
NOTES: The
publication draws from about 4000 photographs in the possession of the
Jesuit Archives in Lyon (Oeuvres Pontificales Missionnaires
à
Lyon). A number of exhibits
were launched in China in 2005 to make these long-forgotten images more
widely know.
I am grateful to Peter van de Kamp for bringing
this work to my attention.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Cornet, Christine
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2001
TITLE of
ITEM: Shanghai 1849-1946
SUBTITLE: La Concession Francaise:
Chronique Photographique
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Christine
Cornet
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Saint Paul de
Varax: Éditions Scheibli; 127 p. ISBN
2-9114667-03-5.
NOTES:
"Ce livre qui se présente comme une chronique
photographique, retrace
l'histoire de la présence française à
Shanghai depuis 1849, date de la
fondation de la Concession française de Shanghai jusqu'en
1948, date du
rapatriement des français."
NOTES: This
volume does not seem to exist in American libraries. ILL was
unsuccessful.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Crow,
Dennis G.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1998
TITLE of ITEM:
The Chinese: A Catalog of
Historic Photographs of China
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Dennis G. Crow, Ltd. / Los Angeles / 33 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
8 x 11"
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 75 b/w photographs
NOTES:
Exhibition catalog.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Crow,
Dennis G.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1998
TITLE of ITEM:
Historic Photographs of Hong
Kong, Canton & Macao
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Dennis G. Crow, Ltd. / Los Angeles / 108 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
8 x 11"
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 138 b/w photographs
NOTES: Catalogue of an exhibition and
sale held at the Museum Annex in Hong Kong in June of 1998.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Crow,
Dennis G.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1999
TITLE of ITEM:
Historic Photographs of
Shanghai, Hong Kong & Macao
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Dennis G. Crow, Ltd. / Los Angeles / ~80 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
8 x 11"
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ~100 b/w photographs
NOTES: Catalogue of an exhibition and
sale held at the Museum Annex in Hong Kong in April 1999.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Crow,
Dennis G.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 2000
TITLE of ITEM:
Historic Photographs of Hong
Kong
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Dennis G. Crow, Ltd. / Los Angeles / 79 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
8 x 11"
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 139 b/w photographs
NOTES: Catalogue of an exhibition and
sale held at the China Club in Hong Kong in June of 2000.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Crow,
Dennis G.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 2004
TITLE of ITEM:
Historic Photographs of Hong
Kong & China 1860 to 1960
SUBTITLE: Featuring photographs by
Afong, E.O. Hoppe, Daisy Wu & others.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Dennis G. Crow, Ltd. / Los Angeles / 67 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
8 x 11"
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 106 b/w photographs
NOTES: Catalogue of an exhibition and
sale held in Hong Kong April 20 to 25, 2004.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Dao
Shuming 道書明
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: First edition 1994, second
edition 1996
TITLE
of ITEM: A
Tour of Shanghai's Historical Architecture - Shanghai li shi jian zhu
you 上海歷史建築游
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Da Xiangqun, Dong Zhilin, Chen
Dongcheng, Zhang Ligang, Xie Xinfa, Yang Zhongjian, Li Zhicheng
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Henan Fine Arts Publishing House; Henan; 86 p.
CITIES:
Shanghai
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Ancient constructions in Shanghai;
buildings on the bund; former residences of prominent figures;
religious constructions; public constructions; resident constructions;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Deng
Ming (ed.)
CO-AUTHOR:
Tang Weikang, Zhang Wenyong, Zhou Zhende
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1993
TITLE of ITEM:
Shanghai bai nian lao ying
上海百年老影 (1840s - 1940s)
SUBTITLE: Survey of Shanghai 1840s - 1940s
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
various
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
/ 213 p.
CITIES:
Shanghai
NOTES:
This work has been reprinted at least four times.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Deuel, Pamela and
Mayer, Kurt
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 2005
TITLE of ITEM:
In the Shadows of the
Himalaya.
SUBTITLE:
A
Photographic Record by John Claude White 1883-1908
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): John
Claude White
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
London; 190 pp. 6 maps.
FORMAT of ITEM:
28x23 cm.
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): White photographed
extensively in the border regions of Tibet. He served for a year in
Kathmandu and spent almost 20 years based in Gantok, Sikkim, as a
political officer overseeing British interests in Sikkim, Bhutan and
Tibet. Some of the photographs in this album were taken during the
British Military Expedition to Lhasa in 1904 under Sir Francis
Younghusband.
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format camera.
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 113 quadrotone sepia photographs.
NOTES:
A belated reprint of one of the most
stunning work ever produced by a British photographer in Asia.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Deutsch-Chinesische
Hochschule, Tsingtau
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1914
TITLE of
ITEM: Die Deutsch-Chinesische
Hochschule im Jahre 1914
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Tsingtau (Qingdao)
FORMAT of ITEM:
34 x 27,5 cm; images 21 x 16.5 cm.
DETAILS about IMAGES: 34 b/w
photographs;
REGIONS
or PROVINCE: Northern China; Shandong (Shantung);
CITIES:
Qingdao (Tsingtau).
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Campus of the "German-Chinese University"
(better characterized as a technical college) at Qingdao. This college
was established in 1908. The images present an overview of the
buildings, the facilities, the departments, the laboratories, the
school of medicine, agricultural experimentation, etc. Unique album (in
the Cornell Wason Collection). For a sample image click here.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Dietrich, Johannes
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1937
TITLE of ITEM:
Wunderbar bewahrt
SUBTITLE: Erlebnisse
während des Kommunisteneinbruchs in die chinesische Provinz
Yunnan 1936
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Dietrich, Johannes
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Spener Verlag, Marburg/Lahn; 52 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:2,2 x 18,3 cm; 11,5 x
7 cm and smaller
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Dietrich was a
missionary stationed in Yunnan.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm camera
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 18 b/w pictures
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Southern China: Yunnan
CITIES: Kunming
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Mission
station Yuanjiang Nanyang; the Dietrich family; Missionary Bosshardt;
Passenger steamer nr.2; Bijimen; city gate; Missionary Bromme;
suspension bridge;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Dillenbeck, Nora M.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1913
TITLE of ITEM:
Selected Snapshots of Sunny
Scenes
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Nora M. Dillenbeck
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Kodak camera
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 40 (smallish) b/w photographs, inserted into
Chinese style doublefolded album pages.
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Nora Dillenbeck was a missionary
in Shandong, China. This album chronicles her departure from Seattle
and her living and working environment at the Mission station.
According to the preface of this album, she was a member of the First
M. E. Church in Ithaca, NY state.
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Northern
China: Shandong
CITIES:
Tai'an fu;
SCENIC
SITES: Taishan.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Missionary
activities; boy's school; girls attending church; Chinese Christian
family; Church building; Tai'an city walls;
NOTES: This unique little album is
scanned
in its entirety. Watch the slideshow
here (opens in separate
window).
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Dong Dan 董丹 (editor)
CO-AUTHOR:
Xin Wei 辛巍 (co-editor), Xin Peilin 辛培林 (consultant)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2005
TITLE of ITEM:
Heilongjiang kang'ri lishi
tujian 黑龙江抗日历史图鉴
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Heilongjiang
renmin chubanshe 黑龙江人民出版社 / 哈尔滨 / 180 p. ISBN 7-207-06588-4.
DETAILS about IMAGES:
ca.250 b/w, interspersed with some military and administrative maps and
additional statistical tabels.
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Northern China; Heilongjiang Province;
former Manchuria.
CITIES: Harbin; Keshan county 克山县; Qiqihar; Danjiang city
丹江市;
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Military action; bunkers; ammunition,
chemical and biological warfare; Unit 731; torture; politicians and
military commanders (such as Xia Yunjie 夏云杰, Feng Zhongyun 冯仲云, Wang
Yachen 汪雅臣, Zhao Yiman 赵一曼, Zhang Zuolin 张作霖, etc.) detention camps;
churches; flood of 1932 in Harbin; Jilesi 极乐寺；
migrants and war victims; Japanese weapons program; combat scenes;
monuments and war memorials; newspaper notices and reproductions of
articles; Simeon Kaspe; Amleto
Vespa 范斯白.
NOTES:
Vivid photographic documentation of the ill-adviced and ill-fated Japanese involvement
in Northeastern China from 1931 to 1945.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Dransmann, F. (p.V.D.)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1934
TITLE of ITEM:
T'ai Shan - Kufow Guide
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Dransmann, F.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Catholic Mission Press; Yenchowfu;
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Dransmann was a missionary
stationed in Shandong.
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Shandong
CITIES:
Qufu;
SCENIC
SITES: Taishan; Daoist and Buddhist temples; grave of
Confucius.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Edwards,
St.John
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1872-1890
TITLE of ITEM:
Views of Amoy and its
Districts
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Edwards, St.John
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
(uncertain if ever published commercially in book or
album format)
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: Worswick/Spence p. 150
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Edwards was a professional
photographer with a studio in Amoy (Xiamen).
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style wet plates)
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Southern China: Fujian
CITIES: Xiamen
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Edwards, St. John
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1872-1875
TITLE of ITEM:
Formosa - Chinese and
Aboriginals
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Edwards, St.John
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
n.d., n.p.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: Worswick/Spence
p.150
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Edwards was a
professional photographer with a studio in Amoy (Xiamen). Some of his
work is included in "The Far East", a weekly newspaper published by
J.R. Black in Shanghai and Yokohama.
FORMAT of ITEM: 40 items measuring
20x26cm, 11 photographs measuring 9x11.5cm. Oblong folio.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format camera
DETAILS about IMAGES:
51albumen prints
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Southern China: Taiwan
NOTES: I have
only seen this exceptionally rare album being on the market once,
offered by Maggs/London for the price of 18,000 Sterling in the fall of
2003. Several of the photographs relate to an expedition headed by
General Charles Le Gendre (1830-1899), the US Consul to Amoy.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Er wo xuan zhaoxiang guan 二我轩照像馆
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1930
TITLE of ITEM:
Xihu fengjing 西湖风景
FORMAT of ITEM:
1v. (unpaged): 48 mounted photos; 19 x 29 cm.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Hangzhou
NOTES:Description
and travel; pictorial works;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: West Lake;
Buddhist monasteries.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Esders, Viviane
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2006
TITLE of ITEM:
Auction catalog of historical photographs
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Jules Itier,
John Thomson, Milton Miller, Saunders, Thomas
Child, Auguste Francois (his personal photo-album!), Perckhammer,
Chin-San Long 郎静山, Cartier-Bresson and others.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Yann Le
Mouel, Paris. 80 p.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 27 x 26.9 cm
DETAILS about IMAGES: Ca. 150
images.
NOTES:
This
auction catalog (in PDF format) can be downloaded here. The auction took place April
12, 2006, and was conducted by Yann le Mouel/Richelieu Drouot.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Ezekiel,
S.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1924
TITLE of ITEM:
Leaders of Commerce, Industry and Thought in China
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: S. Ezekiel
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanghai, Commercial Press, 405 pages (i.e. plates).
FORMAT of ITEM: 38
x 26.5 cm
DETAILS
about IMAGES: Ca. 400 images.
NOTES: The
book cover in fact says it is published by a certain Geo. T. Lloyd.
This is a compilation of annotated portraits and handsomely produced
photographs of the leaders (both western and
Chinese) of the late Qing period and early Republican China. It makes
for - among other things - a very useful (and rather massive) reference
tool. Texts and captions in English and
Chinese. Two indexes, one by a person's name, one
organized along the company's, ministry's, embassy's or institution's
name, are helpful in quickly locating a photograph and the accompanying
short (bi-lingual) biographical sketch. One of the few existing copies
is held at Cornell University Library.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Falconer, John & Lilla
Russell-Smith
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 2002
TITLE of ITEM:
Catalogue of Photographs
Taken or Collected by Sir Aurel Stein
PUBLISHER / PLACE / PAGES:
Budapest, Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
NOTES: This
extensive bibliography was published in Eva Apor's "Catalogue of the
Collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the Library of the Hungarian Academy
of Sciences", on pages 159-235. The volume is part II of the series
"Keleti Tanulmanyok - Oriental Studies". Check http://www.mtak.hu/
for more details.
Sir Aurel Stein is hailed as the pioneer
of Silk Road Studies, having discovered and excavated numerous sites.
The British Library's Stein collection consists of thousands of
manuscripts in Chinese, Tibetan and Tangut, Prakrit wooden tablets, and
documents in Khotanese, Uighur, Sogdian and Eastern Turkic languages.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Fang Sen 方霖, Rui Ming
锐明 (ed.)
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 2003.9
TITLE of ITEM:
Chengshi
ji qi zhoubian 城
市及其周边
SUBTITLE: Jiu ri
Zhongguo yingxiang 旧日中国影像
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Jinan 济南,
山东画报出版社; 120 p..
FORMAT
of ITEM: 28 x 21 cm
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): A.
Chan; John Thomson, Thomas Child, M. Miller
CITIES: Hong Kong; Shanghai; Ningbo; Weihaiwei; Beijing, Guangzhou.
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: The Weihaiwei and Ningbo sections contain some
very rare footage on architecture and monuments; for example, there is
a photograph of the needle-shaped monument erected by the
British to commemorate the 1860 expedition
(Ningbo); the old forts of Weihaiwei 威海卫炮台 (Weihaiwei paotai) are
capturd in an interesting short series of images (ca. 1885); A Chan's
photographs of Guangzhou include a rare vista of the old wall (from ca.
1890). It should be noted that Rudolf Mell's photographs of Guangzhou
(1910s to the 1930s) constitute probably the most extensive oeuvre of
historical photographs of Guangzhou of that particular time period.
Mell's photographs in 5 albums were recently (late 2008) auctioned off
into private hands as far as I was able to ascertain.
NOTES: A well produced little book mostly with full-page
illustrations of a variety of themes around the cities listed above.
Print quality is high, the captions informative in as much as they
describe the image somewhat, and give an approximate or precise date. In a few cases, the photographer's names
are mentioned, though.
This is a special volume (专辑) of the
series Lao zhaopian 老照片.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Favier, Alphonse
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1897
TITLE of ITEM:
Peking
SUBTITLE:
Histoire et Description
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Favier, Alphonse
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Imprimerie des Lazaristes au Pei-Tang / Peking / XII, 562 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
35,5 x 27,5 cm
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format camera
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 24 Collotype (Kallotypien) plates and 124
photographs;
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Northern China
CITIES: Beijing
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Fenby, Jonathan
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 2008
TITLE of ITEM:
China
SUBTITLE:
The Longest Journey 1850-1949
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Felice Beato,
John Thomson, Friedrich Behme, Sidney Gamble, Cartier-Bresson, etc.
PREFACE or
EPILOGUE: Jonathan Fenby
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: FormAsia
Books Ltd., HK; 228 p.; ISBN 978-988-98269-1-8
FORMAT
of ITEM:32 x 26 cm;
DETAILS about IMAGES:
ca 200 b/w; not captioned or individually credited;
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Northern China: Shandong, Hebei; Northeast
China: Manchukuo; Central China: Shaanxi, Henan; Southern China:
Guangdong; Western China: Sichuan
CITIES:
Beijing; Shanghai; Nanjing; Guangzhou; Wuhan; Qingdao; Tianjin,
Chongqing etc.
NOTES: This
well-produced book serves as a visual history of China during a
critical time period, from the Opium Wars to the Boxer Rebellion and
the fall of the Qing/Manchu Empire towards the Republican era until the
Communist victory in 1949.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Feng
Jicai 馮驥才
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1995
TITLE of ITEM:
Tianjin Lao Fangzi - Jiu
Cheng Yi Yun 天津老房子 - 舊城遺韻
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Jia Xu Tianjin Jiu Cheng Ta Fang Ji - Yici Wenhua xingwei
de jilu bing dai xu 甲戌天津舊城踏訪記 - 一次文化行為的記錄并代序; By Feng Jicai 馮驥才
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Various;
Liu Zhen 劉震; Chi Shitan 池士潭; Wang Kexin 王克信;
PUBLISHER / PLACE / PAGES:
Yangliuqing huashe chubanshe / 156 p.
FORMAT of ITEMS:
787 x 1092
DETAILS
about IMAGES: Close to what amounts to possibly 450 b/w photographs
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Tianjin
CITIES: Tianjin (Tientsin)
NOTES: Pictures of old buildings in Tianjin since the city was
built in Ming dynasty; photographs of old Tianjin alley ways, Drum towers,
Performing Arts museum; detailed
images of old building ornaments; includes street maps as well as
reproductions of old documents related to the development of the city.
Every image is well annotated and well reproduced.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Feng Jicai 冯骥才, Zhang Zhong 张仲, Wang Xiaoyan
王晓岩
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 2004
TITLE of ITEM:
Tianjin since 1404 - Jiyi
Tianjin 记忆天津
SUBTITLE:
2004 天津建城 600年
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
The Abiding Spirit of the City (in lieu of Foreword), by Feng Jicai: 留下城市的精
魂 (代序) 冯骥才
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Wang Xiaoyan 王晓岩
PUBLISHER / PLACE / PAGES:
Zhejiang sheying chubanshe; 175 p.
FORMAT of ITEMS: 15 x 21,5 cm and
smaller
DETAILS
about IMAGES: close to or possibly less than 120 b/w
photographs
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Tianjin
CITIES: Tianjin
NOTES: Photographically
representing culture in Tianjin over 600 years; the pictures taken in
the streets and lanes are life-true, being characterized by humanistic
flavor and care of old Tianjin; pictures cover Ming and Qing dynasy
architecture, and also buildings in the Foreign Concessions; many of
the images give very
good detail of building ornaments. Has chapter on the Yangliuqing
nianhua; Niren Zhang 泥人张;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: The big eight
families in Tianjin; a chronicle of Tianjin.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Ferenczy, M. & Károly, Kincses
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1999
TITLE of ITEM: Mandarin Ösvérháton - Hopp Ferenc Fényképei
SUBTITLE: Mandarin on a Mule
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Ferenc Hopp
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Budapest, 156 pages
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): "The name of Ferenc Hopp (1833–1919), a wealthy
optician, patron of the arts, globe-trotter and art collector, has become known
far and wide through the Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts established by the
terms of his will in 1919 and kept up ever since. His career, remarkable in the
present age, was not particularly unusual in the rapidly modernizing Hungary of
the 19th century. But despite his fame, his multifarious activities are little
known. For example, few are aware that he was a passionate photographer, and
that, as the owner of the optical firm Calderoni and Co., he contributed
substantially to the development of photography in Hungary. During his trips
round the world he took a large number of photographs, building them up into a
collection. In his will he left the overwhelming majority of these to the
Hungarian Geographical Society. This part of his estate perished: along with
the Society’s archive it was destroyed in 1944, by a direct hit from a bomb
during the siege of Budapest. Fortunately, Ferenc Hopp’s art collection,
photographs and documents have survived in the villa housing the Museum." (From a description supplied by Peter van de Kamp)
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 137 b/w sepia toned photographs, some of them on China
FORMAT
of ITEMS: 20 x 23 cm;
NOTES: In Hungarian; photo captions and introduction also in English. The web site of the Museum of Eastern Art in Budapest has the following to say about Hopp's travels in China: "Hopp stepped on Chinese soil for the first time in March 1883 during
his first trip around the world. Hong Kong, the southern seaport
founded under British colonial rule, was the first station. He took a
jaunt to Macao then sailed up the Pearl River to Canton (Guangzhou). He
took in the sights of this truly Chinese city on foot and by palanquin
in two and a half days. Canton enchanted him. 'I would like to stay here longer,'
he wrote to Budapest. He sailed north along the coast of China with
stopovers in Amoy (now Xiamen), Fuzhou, Wenzhou, Shanghai and Peking.
His second trip to China in 1903 took him to the northeastern part of
the country. He arrived from the Korean Peninsula. He stopped in
Tienjin [Tianjin] for a few days, then travelled to Beijing to visit places seen
twenty years earlier. He left China by train to transfer to the
Trans-Siberian railway in order to reach Europe.
Hopp entered China for the third time in 1914. In the crown colony of
Hong Kong he was astonished at the changes in the city compared to his
last visit 30 years earlier. He spent his ten-day stay by shopping and
visiting different collections, then after visiting Formoza Island
(Taiwan) he sailed towards Shanghai and Peking, but he changed his
original plan and did not visit Beijing. From Shanghai he travelled to
Japan (Yokohama)."
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Fischbeck, Frank
CO-AUTHOR:
Wilshire, Trea
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1987
TITLE of ITEM:
Old Hongkong
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Formasia; Paramount Press; Hongkong; ISBN 9627283010
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: Seen at the International Book Fair,
Frankfurt/M., Germany, in 1988
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style wet plates)
and other formats.
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Southern China: Guangdong
CITIES:
Hongkong
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Floyd,
W.P.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1880-1900 (?)
TITLE of ITEM:
Victoria Photographic
Gallery Albums
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Floyd, W.p.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Hongkong (?)
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: Worswick/Spence
p.149, footnote 21
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Floyd took over the negatives from John Thomson and others and compiled
the above mentioned albums. These are at present in possession of the
Essex Instituts, Salem, Massachusetts.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style wet plates)
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Fluck, Hans R.
CO-AUTHOR:
Barbara Böke-Fluck, Zhu Jianhua
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1993.10
TITLE of ITEM:
Shanghai lishi mingxin pian
上海历史名信片
SUBTITLE:
Historic Postcards; Historische Ansichtskarten
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Tongji daxue chubanshe /
Shanghai/164 p.
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca.130 partially b/w, partially
hand-colored images as postcards.
CITIES: Shanghai
NOTES: It
appears as if this volume was reprinted again in Shanghai in 2002.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Freundeskreis der
Mission von St. Gabriel
YEAR of PUBLICATION: Ca.
1940
TITLE
of ITEM: Kansu
SUBTITLE:
Zwischen Gletscher und Wüste
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Bildarchiv (Mission Archive) der Mission in Steyl und St. Gabriel
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Missionsdruckerei St. Gabriel, Wien-Mödling
FORMAT of ITEM:
4,5 x 20 cm; 11 x 14,3 cm and smaller
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm camera
DETAILS about IMAGES:
49 b/w photographs
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Northwestern China: Gansu, Qinghai,
Xinjiang ("Chinese Turkestan")
CITIES: Lanzhou;
SCENIC SITES: Temple
compound near Lanzhou (wonderful photograph!); Buddha statues; graves
and temple of Labrang; city gate;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: A bishop's
Residence in Lanzhou and the mission's church in Gansu; Mongols; women
and children; their cattle; Lama priest; Stupa; yaks; river ferry; junks;
Soldier; wheelbarrows; Missions school of the Steyler Mission;
sculptur; catholic church; portrait of Filchner (?); Catholicism in
China;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Fu
Gongyue, Zhang Hongjie, Yuan Tiancai
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1992.10 (2. Aufl.)
TITLE of ITEM:
Jiu Jing da guan 旧京大观 - Old
Beijing in Panorama
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): various
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Fu Gongyue
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Renmin zhongguo chubanshe
人民中国出版社/北京/315 p.
DETAILS about IMAGES:
624 b/w.
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Northern China
CITIES:
Beijing
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Religious architecture; many Buddhist and
Daoist temples and monasteries.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Fuhrmann, Ernst
CO-AUTHOR:
Melchers, B.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1921
TITLE of ITEM:
China
SUBTITLE:
1. Das Land der Mitte; 2. der Tempelbau
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Fuhrmann,
Ernst; B. Melchers
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Folkwang
Verlag, Hagen; 41/46 p. Text, 18 architectural sketches appended.
FORMAT of ITEM:
Quarto
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: Schriftenreihe Geist, Kunst und Kultur Asiens;
Bd.4, China Bd.1
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 46/74/45 plates, b/w.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Fung, Kwok Ying
CO-AUTHOR:
Henle, Fritz
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1943
TITLE of ITEM:
China
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Agnes Smedley; Fritz Henle (who arranged and edited the photographs in
this volume); Sidney Gamble; Pun Leuk Loo; Man Li Hung; Thomas Kwang;
Paul Guilmette Inc; George Kim Leung; Wing Yeu Young; Kai-Fook Yau; Ray
Scott; T. W. Ho; Yuen Yue; Yau Kai Cheong; Kom Chong Wong; Bick Quong
Lee; Herbert Moy; Young Companion Publ. Co.
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Kwok Ying Fung
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Henry Holt and Co. / New York / 192 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
24 x 14
cm and smaller
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format and 35mm
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca. 100 b/w photographs.
CITIES:
Beijing; Shanghai; Nanjing; Wuhan;
SCENIC SITES: Great Wall; Kongmiao;
Summer Palace; Shendao, suspension bridges, Tiantan, pagodas
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Hubei, Hebei, Jiangsu
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Fishing, Arts
and Crafts, fields and street scenes, portraits of people, mosque;
Christian church; Miaofeng shan 妙峰山 pilgrimage (interesting image!)
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Gamble,
Sidney ---> see Johnson, Nancy (et al.)
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Gamewell,
Mary Ninde
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1916
TITLE of ITEM:
The Gateway to China
SUBTITLE:
Pictures of Shanghai
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Fleming H.
Revel Company/New York, Chicago
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCE: Historische
Ansichtskarten (Shanghai), by Fluck, p. 162.; UC Berkeley DS796.S263.
CITIES:
Shanghai
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Gammon,
Charles F.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1908
TITLE of ITEM:
Souvenir Album of China
SUBTITLE:
Including four
hundred and fifty original photographs
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Charles
F. Gammon
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanghai, Denniston & Sullivan; 101 p.
FORMAT OF ITEM:
22 x 29 cm.
NOTES:
I
have not seen this album. It is held in the New York Public Library and
at the Library of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Gao Tianqiang 高添強
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1994.7
TITLE of ITEM:
Xianggang jin xi 香港今昔
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Sanlian
shudian 三聯書店/Hong Kong/204 p.
DETAILS about IMAGES: ca.130 b/w
photographs
CITIES:
Hong Kong ; Xianggang
NOTES: Reprinted (3rd imprint) in
2005 by the same publisher.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Gao Xiaotao 高晓涛,
Kong Jian 孔见
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 2004
TITLE of ITEM:
A Qing Official's
Photographic Perspective of Lhasa - Yibai nian qian Qingchao yiguan
jingtou zhong de Lhasa 一百年前清朝医官镜头中的拉萨
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Quan
Shaoqing 全绍清
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Xizang renwen dili zazhishe 西藏人文地理杂志社 ; Lhasa; 20 p.
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Quan Shaoqing, a Qing
government army surgeon, came to Lhasa in 1904, bringing with him a
camera and rolls of film which he had purchased in India.
DETAILS about IMAGES:
23 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Xizang (Tibet)
CITIES:
Lasa (Lhasa)
SCENIC
SITES: Potala
Palace; Drepung Monastery; Norbu Lingka;
NOTES: A
section from the journal Tibet Geographic (Xizang renwen dili 西藏人文地理),
vol. 1, July 2004; historic photographs representing Tibet's people and
ancient architecture and stone carvings; the journal ceased publication with the combined volume 3/4.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Tibet young woman; A Tibetan pilgrim
prostrating on the ground in front of the palace; butter tea; Potala
Palace; female stone cutters; government regent; a typical Tibetan
soldier, fully armed; a fully clothed, fully adorned bride; a bird's
eye view of Drepung Monastery; Potala Hill, Yaowang Hill and Millstone
Hill; Dalai Lhama's summer palace (Norbu Lingka); a bazaar on Barkor
street;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Gao Xiaotao 高晓涛, Xu
Yuedong 续跃东
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 2004
TITLE of ITEM:
A 100 Year Memorial of the
Counter British Campaign - Xi zang kang ying bai nian ji 西藏抗英百年祭
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Xu Yuedong 续跃东, Wang jiu duo ji 旺久多吉
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Xizang
renwen dili zazhi she 西藏
人文地理杂志社 ; Lhasa; 7 p.
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 8 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Xizang (Tibet)
CITIES:
Lhasa
NOTES:
A section from the Tibet Geographic, vol. 2-3, Nov. 2004;
historic photographs documenting the Counter British Campaign in 1904; the journal ceased publication with the combined volume 3/4.
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: The British army invaded
Tibet in 1904; militia fighters from Kongpo captured by the British
army; the British army shelling Nasnying Monastery; the British army
proposing to open negotiation talks with the Tibetan side; a wounded
Tibet soldier.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE
BODY: Gaston, Paul de
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1935
TITLE of ITEM: China
SUBTITLE:
Chinese
Natives caught by the Camera of de Gaston - Show you China, Centuries-Old Land
of Turmoil, As It Is
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Paul de Gaston
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Whitman Publ. Co, Racine,
Wisconsin
DETAILS
about
IMAGES: 16 b/w photographs
FORMAT
of ITEM:
35
cm
REGIONS or PROVINCE:
NOTES:
Full-page
b/w (sepia-tone in fact) portraiture photographs; good annotations;
arranged as a historic photographic journal. Very rare
item. One copy is held at the University of Boulder, Colorado, as part
of the David H. Tippit Photobook Collection.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Ge Lijun 葛力群 (ed. 主编)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1991
TITLE of
ITEM: Zhongguo
lao sheying jizhe youxiu zuopin xuan 中国老摄影记者优秀作品选
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Ge Lijun 葛力群
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Liaoning
meishu chubanshe, Shenyang, 240 p. ISBN 7531408783
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Geming Zhanzheng
Sheying Zuopin Xuanji bianji Xiao Zu
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1974
TITLE
of ITEM: Geming
zhanzheng sheying zuopin xuanji 革命战争摄影作品集
SUBTITLE:
Kang'Ri zhanzheng he jiefang zhanzheng bufen
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Wu
Yinxian; Kong Wang; Shi Shaohua; Liu Feng;
Gao Fan;
Yang Guozhi; Ji Wen; Ma Yuan;
Gong Yuxue; Cheng Shan;
Lu Ming;
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Renmin Meishu chubanshe; Beijing; 119 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:26,5
x 30 cm; 52 x 29 cm and smaller
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm camera.
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca. 100 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China; Southern China; Central China; Tibet;
CITIES:
Shanghai; Zhangjiakou; Yanan;
SCENIC SITES: Dabieshan; Langyashan;
Great Wall;
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: War; (wounded) soldiers; weapons; Long
March; caricature; medicine; Norman Bethune; Mao Zedong; theatre;
Struggle session (Landlord); Land allocation and distribution;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: General Directorate
(?), State Railways
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1930
TITLE
of ITEM: Photo
Sketch of Manchoukuo
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Mukden
DETAILS about
IMAGES: about 100 b/w images
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China; Manchuria
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Genthe, Arnold
& Will, Irwin
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1913 (2nd, enlarged edition)
TITLE of ITEM:
Old Chinatown
SUBTITLE:
A Book of Pictures by Arnold Genthe
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Genthe,
Arnold
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Mitchell Kennerley; New York; 208 pages
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
North America.
CITIES:
Mainly San Francisco
NOTES: I have seen this particular edition to be available recently (March 2009) on the US market for about $500.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Genthe, Arnold
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1946
TITLE of ITEM:
Old Chinatown
SUBTITLE:
A Photographic Calendar for the Year 1946
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Genthe,
Arnold
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Mills College; Oakland, California; 53 p.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
North America.
CITIES:
San Francisco
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Genthe, Arnold
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1984
TITLE of ITEM:
San Francisco's Old
Chinatown
SUBTITLE:
Photographs by Arnold Genthe
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Genthe, Arnold
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
John Kuo Wei Tchen
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Dover
Publications; New York;
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: ISBN
0486245926, pbk.
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: North America
CITIES: San
Francisco
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE
BODY: George Eastman House - International Museum
of Photography and Film
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1994
TITLE of ITEM: Image
(vol.37, nos. 3-4)
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: George Eastman House - International Museum
of Photography and Film, New York/Rochester
NOTES: Special
issue of this important periodical journal with the specific theme
"Souvenirs of Asia - Photography in the Far East 1840-1920."
Thanks
to Peter van de Kamp for bringing this to my attention. TH
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Ghesquiere, Jérome & Larrouy, Fris
Violette
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1996
TITLE of
ITEM: De la
mer de Chine au Tonkin
SUBTITLE:
Photographies
1886 - 1904
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Auguste Francois, Victor Segalen
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: n/a
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Paris/Toulouse,
168 p. ISBN 2850562475.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 25 x 28 cm
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: n/a
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): About
Auguste Francois, from the web site of the Musée
Guimet: "Haut
fonctionnaire et diplomate, Auguste François a parcouru la
Chine du Sud de 1886
à 1904 au service de l'administration coloniale
française. Pour mieux
comprendre ce pays, il a pris des milliers de clichés qui
nous donnent une
image de la Chine, entre splendeur et décadence, en butte
aux ambitions des
puissances étrangères qui se disputaient alors le
pays.
Ethnographie, religion,
théâtre, pouvoir des mandarins,
économie, géographie..., l'importance de son
travail, conservé au Musée Guimet, et les
commentaires qui l'accompagnent
offrent une étude approfondie des multiples facettes de la
Chine, jusqu'au
début du siècle."
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 135 b/w photographs; "Témoignages
photographiques tirés des fonds des Musées
Georges-Labit à Toulouse, du
Musée Guimet, des Missions étrangères
et du fonds Auguste François."
NOTES:
French and Chinese
captions and titles to the photographs.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Girard,
Greg; Beato, Felice; Peng Zhege; Wang Wenlan; Wang Miao; He Yanguang;
Wu Yinxian; Ling Fei; Chen Baocheng; Yang Shaoming; Guo Jianshe; Han
Shouzhi; Zhang Hai'er; Xia Yonglee.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: Dec. 1988
TITLE of ITEM:
Photo (no.255)
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Chen Baocheng; Felice (Felix) Beato; Yang Shaoming; Zhang Hai'er; Xia
Yongli; Wu Yinxian; Ling Fei; Peng Zhenge; Guo Jianshe; He Yanguang;
Wang Wenlan; Han Shouzhi; Wang Miao; Greg Girard;
SUBTITLE:
Special Chine L`Evénement Photo de l'Année
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Periodical published monthly by Editions des Savanes
(publication Filipacchi); Paris / 130 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:23
x 30 cm / 23 x 30 cm and smaller
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
short surveys on each.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm camera and medium format
DETAILS about IMAGES: ca. 200 b/w
und color photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Yunnan;
Mongolia;
CITIES:
Hongkong; Beijing; Tangshan;
SCENIC SITES: Great Wall;
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: Historical overview; Lin Biao's death (plane
crash site; for an alternative image of Lin Biao's 林彪 shattered body
see photograph 4 on page 429 of Yang Kelin's two-volume publication Wenhua
da geming bowuguan 杨克林：文化大革命博物馆, 东方出版社, 香港 1995);
earthquake;
the Chinese at war against Vietnam; horses; nudes;
Cultural Revolution;
Mao Zedong; the reconstruction of the industrial and agricultural base;
Deng Xiaoping swimming;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Goldschmidt, Richard
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1927
TITLE of ITEM:
Neu-Japan
SUBTITLE:
Reisebilder aus Formosa, den Ryukyuinseln, Bonininseln, Korea und dem
südmandschurischen Pachtgebiet
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Richard
Goldschmidt
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Berlin, Springer Publ.; VI/303 p., 6 maps.
DETAILS about IMAGES:
215 b/w photographs
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Taiwan, Manchuria, Japan, Korea.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Government of Formosa
CO-AUTHOR:
Bureau of Aboriginal Affairs
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1911
TITLE of ITEM:
Report on the Control of the
Aborigines in Formosa
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Probably Japanese
Military
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Bureau of Aboriginal Affairs
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Toyo Printing Co., Tokyo; 45 p. plus tabels.
FORMAT of ITEM:5,5
x 22,5 cm / 15,3 x 10,3 cm
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large
format camera
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 90 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Taiwan
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Indigenous people; agriculture and
farming; clothing; hair adornments; weapons;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Griffith, D.K.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1880 to 1900
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Griffith, D.K.
TITLE
of JOURNAL or MAGAZINE: Photographic News
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
London;
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: Worswick/Spence
p.142 and 150
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Professional
photographer; Griffith was at first assistant to Saunders in Shanghai
(1872-1875), then "operator" in Afong`s (Ah Fang 阿芳)
Studio in Hongkong (ca. 1880); altogether Griffith spent about 20 years
in China and developed into a well-known photographer for landscapes
and portraits.
TECHNICAL DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style
wet plates)
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Gu Changjiang 谷长江
& Shen Hong 沈弘 (ed.)
YEAR of PUBLICATION:
2006
TITLE
of ITEM: Lao zhaopian zhong de Da Qing
wangfu 老照片中的大清王府
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Wenhua
yishu chubanshe 文化艺术出版社; Beijing; 289 p.; ISBN 7-5039-3080-2
FORMAT
of ITEM: 42 cm x 28 cm;
PHOTOGRAPHER(S)
- and in this case, abbreviated names of bibliographic sources of/for
the images: R. F. Johnston; Wilhelmy; Headland; de Hubner;
Smith; Conger; Miner; Yamamoto;
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Very detailed introduction by Shen Hong 沈弘,
discussing the palaces, and the provenance and significance of the
photographs collected for this publication.
DETAILS about IMAGES: Almost 400 hundred
b/w images (in fact all photographs have a brownish sepia tone due to
the choice of using Dutch Berga Cream 120 gsm paper stock for the
publication).
CITIES: Beijing
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Architecture;
garden architecture; landscaping; interior design; Manchu royalty;
Boxer Rebellion; Foreign troops and soldiers; Pu Yi; Pu Jie; Pu Lun;
graduation ceremony; Furen university 辅仁大学; Chinese soccer team;
NOTES: One of the most important compilations of
historical photographs put together in recent years, certainly where
the city of Beijing is concerned. The Gong wangfu 恭王府 for example, with
its buildings and residential grounds being restored right now, could
not have been restored with any degree of accuracy and authenticity if
it were not for these photographs. It is a monumental publication in
every aspect: the scope, the depth of the annotations by Professor Shen
Hong, and the sheer size of the book itself. Unique photographs give
insights into the history of these Manchu princes palaces, of which the
following are represented in greater detail:
1. Obviously,
the Gongwang
fu 恭王府
2. The Liqin wangfu 礼亲王府
3. The Zhengqin wangfu 郑亲王府
4. The Suqin wangfu 肃亲王府
5. The Taobeile fu 涛贝勒府
6. The Qiaqin wangfu
恰亲王府 (also called Jiu ye fu 九爷府)
7. The Chunqin wangfu 淳亲王府
(also called Liang gong fu 梁公府)
8. The Anqun
wangfu 安群王府 (also called Chun gong fu 纯公府)
9. The Hejia gong
zhu fu 和嘉公主府 (also called Si gong zhu fu 四公主府)
10. The
Chunqin wangfu 醇亲王府 (also called Qi
ye fu 七爷府)
11. The Qingqin wangfu 庆亲王府
12. Various
other princely edifices, including their famous gardens, of which,
according to some scholars, there were almost 100 in and around
Beijing; the traditional count is closer to 30 or 40, though. Many of
them, it should be said, are no longer extant, which makes the
photographs published
here all the more
important.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Gu Zhenqing 顾振请 (ed.)
YEAR of PUBLICATION:
2006
TITLE
of ITEM: Lang Jingshan sheying 朗静山摄影
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Chinese Art News
Magazine; Shanghai; 61 p.
DETAILS about IMAGES: 32 b/w images
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: Daoist monks; crane; pavillion, landscape
photography, two nudes; Fishing; Contemplation;
The pigeon; Huashan
ascent;
NOTES: A timely (actually long overdue) re-edition
of photographs and sketches of Lang Jingshan (Long Ching-san). Of
interest are not only the visual work, but also the included important
article (in Chinese, entitled 集锦作法) by Lang on his own art, the way
traditional Chinese painting techniques shaped it, and the
impact of his stay in France on his compositions and further
development.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Guofu bai nian danchen choubei weiyuanhui, xueshu lunzhu bianzuan
weiyuanhui 国父百年诞辰筹备委员会，学术论著编纂委员会
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1965
TITLE of ITEM:
Guofu hua zhuan 国夫画转
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Zhonghua minguo ge jie jinian guofu bai nian danchen choubei
weiyuanhui; Taibei; 155 p.
FORMAT of ITEMS: 15 x 10 cm and
smaller
DETAILS
about IMAGES: about 100+ b/w images
CITIES:
Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Beijing, Chicago (sic!) etc.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Sun
Yat-sen (many portraits of former president Sun at various stages in
his life);
portraits of political opponents and allies, such as Tang Shaoyi, Song
Jiaoren, Bo Wenwei, Hu Hanmin, Wu Tingfang, Zhao Sheng etc. Includes
war coverage, Xinhai geming 辛亥革命 pictures, frames of the Tongmeng hui
etc.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Guwu chenliesuo 古物陈列所
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ca. 1936
TITLE of ITEM:
Zhongguo Beijing gongdian
sheying 中国北京宫殿摄影
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): not known
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Guwu chenliesuo; Beijing
FORMAT of ITEMS: 27 x 34 cm
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 11 b/w photographs;
CITIES:
Beijing
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Palaces; Forbidden City.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Hachiya,
Kunio 蜂屋邦夫 編
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1990
TITLE of ITEM:
Chugoku dokyo no genjo 中国道教の現状： 道士・道協・道観
SUBTITLE:
Daoists; Daoist Societies, and monasteries.
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Tokyo Daigaku Toyo Bunka kenkyujo; Kyūko Shoin 汲古書院;
Tokyo; 2 vol.; Text volume: 552, 30 p.; Photography volume: 8, 305 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
8,5 x 25,5 cm; 13 x 19 cm;
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): A short biography in
the text volume.
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm format
DETAILS about
IMAGES: ca. 1200 b/w photographs, all taken in the
mid-to late 1980s; 7 colour images; photographs
themselves mostly very small, ca. 5 x 4 cm, reproduced in b/w (with
seven exceptions, out of over 1200) with low contrast.
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Southern China: Zhejiang; Jiangxi; Northern
China: Hebei; Shandong; Western China: Sichuan; Central China: Shaanxi;
Hubei;
CITIES:
Beijing; Shanghai; Hangzhou; Chengdu; Xinjin; Xi'an; Xindu; Wuhan;
SCENIC SITES: Beijing:
Guangjisi;
Baiyunguan 白云观; Xian: Wolongsi; Da Xingshansi; Yunjusi; Guangrensi; Baxian'an; Dongyuemiao; Chenghuangmiao 城隍庙; Lantian Xian:
Shuilong'an; Huashan: Yuquanyuan; Chunyangguan; Xianguguan; Wuliguan; Yudidong ; Yuntai guan; Lishan: Laojun dian;
Laomudian;
Guanyinsi; Yaoxian:
Yaowangshan
药王山; Huxian:
Qindu Zhen;
Zhongyang Wanshougong;
Zhouzhi: Xianyousi; Louguantai;
Panxi: Diaoyutai; Baoji:
Jintaiguan; Jiangyou: Tai
Bai Guli,
Doutuan shan; Zitong:
Qiqushan damiao; Mianyang:
Bishuisi; Yunuquan 玉女泉;
Chengdu: Qingyanggong;
Erxian'an 二仙庵; Wenshuyuan;
Zhaojuesi; Xindu Xian:
Baoguangsi 保光寺;
Xinjin Xian: Laojunshan 老君山;
Guanyinsi;
Qingchengshan 青城山:
Jianfugong;
Feixianguan;
Tianshidong 天师洞;
Zushidian;
Chaoyangdong;
Shangqinggong;
Danminggong; Yuqinggong;
Guanxian: Erwang miao 二
王庙; Dayi Xian: Hemingshan; Pengxian:
Yangpingzhi;
Shanghai: Baiyun guan;
Qinci Yangdian;
Longhua si;
Yufo si 玉佛寺;
Jing'ansi; Chongfu daoyuan;
Fufeng Xian:
Famensi; Jiading:
Kongmiao;
Penglai Xian:
Penglaige 蓬莱阁;
Ye xian:
Yunfengshan;
Dajishan;
Hantongshan Shenxiandong 神仙洞; Mouping
Xian:
Yanxiadong;
Leishenmiao 雷神庙;
Hangzhou: Taoguang;
Feilaifeng;
Lingyinsi; Huanglongdong; Geling Baopu Daoyuan; Yuhuangshan; Nanchang 南昌: Qingyunpu; Guixi: Tianshifu (for a
photograph of the 42nd Heavenly master and his family click here);
Shangqinggong; Xishan Wanshougong; Wudangshan; Jindian; Zixiaogong;
Nanyangong;
Taizipo;
Laoying;
Wuhan: Changchunguan 长
春观.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Hammond, Ed
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1980
TITLE of ITEM:
To Embrace the Moon
SUBTITLE:
An Illustrated Biography of Mao Zedong - 毛澤東
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Lancaster-Miller Publishers/ Asian Humanities Press; Berkeley,
California; 175 p.
FORMAT of ITEM: 22,5 x 27,5 cm
DETAILS about
IMAGES: ca. 100 b/w ; mostly photographs and several
paintings, artists' conceptions and cartoons;
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
various
SCENIC
SITES: Mao's Home in Shaoshan; Yanan;
NOTES: The
quality of the images is, however, only documentary, and the quality of
the reproductions themselves in the book is somewhat less than
satisfying.
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Mao's Home in
Shaoshan; picture of Mao's family; a shot of the troops that started
the 1911 revolution; Beijing students demonstrating; the first
communist party congress finished on a boat; old
photo of the 1922 anyuan miners' strike; revolutionary cartoon;
pictures of Yanan then and today; photo of Chinese top three party
leaders: Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and Mao; self-reliance: troops threshing
wheat; Mao's official photo at the end of the war; the liberation of
Shanghai; Mao during his swim; February 1972 Mao greets President
Nixon; Statue at the entry to the Mao Memorial Hall built in 1977.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Han Suyin
CO-AUTHOR:
Baschet, Eric
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1989
TITLE of ITEM:
China 1890-1938
SUBTITLE:
Eine historische Foto-Reportage
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Beato,
Thomson, Castell and others. (incl. Miller)
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Baschet, Eric
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Jeunesse Verlagsanstalt; Vaduz; and SWAN Productions,
Zug, Switzerland.
FORMAT
of ITEM:21,5 x 29,5 cm; 42 x 29 cm and smaller;
TECHNICAL DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style
wet plates) and 35mm camera
DETAILS about IMAGES: ca 300 b/w
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Northern China: Shandong, Hebei; Northeast
China: Manchukuo; Central China: Shaanxi, Henan; Southern China:
Guangdong; Western China: Amdo (Tibet)
CITIES:
Beijing; Shanghai; Nanjing; Xigazi; Zigong; Guangzhou; Wuhan; Jinan
(Leyuan Men); Port Arthur;
SCENIC SITES: Great Wall; cave
sculptures (Buddha); Shendao; dragon festival; Yangzi Gorges; Da Fo;
Kongmiao ceremony with Zhang Zuolin;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Railroad
line Hanoi-Yunnan (Kunming); Rallye Paris-Beijing; soldiers of the
imperial guard; weapons; assassination attempt on British Vice council;
factory worker strikes; fortified villages; camel caravans; cave
dwellings; loess terrasses; barbers, fishermen, farmers, coolies
(kuli), elderly people, portraits, children; temple and monastic
schools; birds, scribes; prognostication; Rikschas; barges; wheelbarrow
with sail; pulling boats up-river; hunts; execution of vagrants; bound
feet; grave sites; Cholera epidemy; Cixi Taihou; Pu Yi 溥仪; Zhou Enlai;
Wu Peifu; Zhang Zuolin; Yuan Shikai; Sun Yat-sen; gunboats and war
ships (MSS Panay); Tschitscherin; Jinjiang Julebu (Club); Architecture
of the concessions in Shanghai; Hubei lu; General Feng Yuxiang; Jiang
Kaishek and his headquarters in Shanghai; persecution of communists;
assassination attempt on Zhang Zuolin; Japanese in Jinan; Yan Xishan;
sport events; airplanes; canalization; Shanghai Bund; student
demonstrations; Jiang Xueliang; Mao Zedong; Bai Chongxi; Wang Jingwei;
government in session; Red Army; house-to-house street fighting scenes;
Suzhou-Creek 苏州河; bombardment of airfields and residential quarters (in
Shanghai); funeral procession of the emperor Guangxu; early automobiles.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY:
Han Yifei 韩一飞
CO-AUTHOR: Zhao
Dachuan 赵大川
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 2005
TITLE of
ITEM: Xihu lao zhaopian 西湖老照片
SUBTITLE:
West Lake Cyclopedia 西湖全书 - Antique Pictures of West Lake [Hangzhou]
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Hangzhou chubanshe 杭州出
版社, Hangzhou; 247
pages
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca. 500 photographs, mostly scenic, of the
West Lake and other famous (or hidden) Hangzhou sites.
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Zhejiang
CITIES:
Hangzhou.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Han Yifei 韩一飞
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 2006
TITLE of
ITEM: Xihu lao mingxinpian 西湖老明信片
SUBTITLE:
West Lake Cyclopedia 西湖全书 - Antique Pictures of West Lake [Hangzhou]
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Hangzhou chubanshe 杭州出
版社, Hangzhou; 253 pages
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca. 400 reproductions of postcards, quite
a number in color.
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Zhejiang
CITIES:
Hangzhou.
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: West Lake Fair of 1929 西湖博览会
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: James H. Hare (War
photographer)
CO-AUTHOR:
Mahan, A. T.
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1905
TITLE of
ITEM: A
Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Victor K. Bulla; Robert L. Dunn; James F. J. Archibald; Richard Barry;
Ashmead Bartlett; James Ricalton;
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: P. F.
Collier & Son/ New York / 256 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:16x28
cm and smaller
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format and 35mm
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca. 220 b/w images
CITIES: Tokyo;
Hiroshima; Liaoyang (Shenyang - Mukden); Seoul; Port Arthur; Haicheng;
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Manchuria (Manzhouguo 满洲国); Yalu River
valley;
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Soldiers; warships, parades,
negotiations, Emperor of Russia, emperor of Japan, spy, Red Cross in
China; General Sassulitch; General Nishi.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE
BODY: Harris, David
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 2000
TITLE of ITEM: Of Battle and Beauty
SUBTITLE:
Felice Beato's Photographs of China
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Beato, Felice
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Santa Barbara Museum of
Art, Santa Barbara, Cal.,
FORMAT of ITEM: 29
cm
REGIONS or PROVINCE: Northern China; Taku
Forts (Dagu paotai 大古炮台); Shanhaiguan 山海关.
NOTES:
For a book review of this important publication see Lai Kin Keung: Tainted
Lens and Writings: Looking at Photographs of the Second Opium War in
the midst of Post-colonialism; Hong Kong, Hong Kong Economic
Journal, 2000.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Hata Ikuhiko 秦郁彥
CO-AUTHOR:
Yang Wenxin 楊文信 (trsl.)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1995
TITLE
of ITEM: Nanjing da tusha
zhenxiang 南京大屠杀真相
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shangwu yinshuguan 商
务印书馆/Hong Kong/ISBN
962076210X
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Southern China; Jiangsu province.
CITIES:
Nanjing;
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: "Nanjing Massacre". Japanese troops and
military in China.
NOTES:
Translation of the title Nankin Jiken 南京事件 into
Chinese.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Helfritz, Hans
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1936
TITLE of ITEM:
Ewigkeit
und Wandel im fernen Osten (click
on title or author to find out more about this item!)
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Helfritz, Hans
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Mikusch, Dagobert von
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Deutsche Verlagsanstalt / Berlin / 111 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:7,5
x 24 cm; 13 x 18 cm
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Leica
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 96 b/w photographs;
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Southern China; Jiangsu; Zhejiang
CITIES: Hongkong; Shanghai; Hangzhou;
SCENIC
SITES: Nadelpagode; West Lake; Bund in Shanghai; Buddha
statue of the Lingyinsi;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Food stands;
stone rosetta of temple; Opferstock; incense burner; tea house; opium
smoker(s); monks; coolies; cable car in Hongkong; bamboo carrying pole
biandang; naval and river transportation; boat people in HK; junks;
temple roof; steles; sedan carriers; funerary money; funeral; grave
sites; shendao (spirit way) stone sculptures;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Herrmann, Wilhelm
Karl
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1942 (5th edition)
TITLE of ITEM:
Ein Ritt für
Deutschland
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Herrmann, W.K.
PREFACE or
EPILOGUE: Hedin, Sven
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Nibelungen Verl., Berlin and Leipzig; 591 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
21,5 x 14,5 cm; 12 x 18,5 cm and smaller
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Herrmann war Rittmeister der
Armee, evtl. der Sohn vom alten Albert Herrmann (China-Geograph)
TECHNICAL DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm camera; Leica?
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 231 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Western China; Tibet, Gansu, Xinjiang; Qinghai;
CITIES:
Lanzhou; Lhasa
SCENIC
SITES: Cave temples;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Silk Road;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Hildebrandt,
Heinrich
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1897
TITLE of ITEM:
Der Tempel
Tachüehsy bei Peking
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
F. Henneberg and P. Gelpcke
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Vereinigung
Berliner Architekten (ed.); Berlin: Asher Verl.; 34 p. plus Ill. plus
detailed plans
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: See Melchers, Tempelbau, p.12 (Marburg RS)
TECHNICAL DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style
wet plates)
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 87 b/w frames in the text, 8 images in
photo-lithography und 4 plates in photogravure.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China; Hebei
CITIES: Beijing
SCENIC SITES: Buddhist
temple: Dajuesi near Beijing.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Holmes, Elias Burton
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1905
TITLE of ITEM: Burton Holmes Lectures, vol. 9: Down the Amur - Peking - The Forbidden City
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Elias Burton Holmes
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Elias Burton Holmes
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: McLure, Phillips & Company; 336 pages.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 21 x 28 cm;
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): For a biography of Burton Holmes (1870-1958), one of the most famous of world travelers in his day, see this link.
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: n/a
DETAILS
about IMAGES: Ca. 350 b/w photographs.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China: Hebei
CITIES: Beijing; Tianjin; Mukden (Shenyang)
SCENIC SITES: Marble Boat; Beijing city wall, etc.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Boxer Uprising
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Hong Puren 洪卜仁
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2000
TITLE of ITEM:
Xiamen jiu ying 厦门
旧影
SUBTITLE: Old
Photos of Xiamen
PUBLISHER
/ PLACE / PAGES: Renmin meishu chubanshe
人民美术出版社; / Beijing / 359 p.
DETAILS about IMAGES: ca. 190 b/w
photographs
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Southern China: Fujian
CITIES: Xiamen
(Amoy);
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Hong Kong, Public Works
Department.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1961
TITLE of ITEM:
City of Victoria, Hong Kong,
Central Area Redevelopment - Xianggang zhongqu chengshi jihua 香
港中區城市計劃
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Allan Inglis,
A.M.I.C.E., Director of Public Works (Chairman, Town Planning Board)
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Printed and Published by the Government Printer; Hong
Kong; 26 p.
FORMAT
of ITEM: various.
DETAILS about IMAGES: 13 b/w plates
with 20 colored plans diagram
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Hong Kong
CITIES: Victoria
NOTES: The quality of the reproductions of the
photograph and illustration in the book is somewhat less than
satisfying.
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Picture of western section of the central
area and harbour frontage; aerial view of dockyard development; view
along pedestrian deck of the dockyard development; eastern section of
the central area as proposed.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Hsieh Sen-chan (Xie
Senzhan) 谢森展, Matsumoto Akemi 松木曉美
YEAR of PUBLICATION: First
edition 1994
TITLE
of ITEM: 1895-1945
Taiwan Revisited - Taiwan Huai Jiu 臺灣懷舊
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Preface by the publisher Hsien Sen-chan and by the author Matsumoto
Akemi
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
First published in Taiwan by Creation Culture Co., Ltd.;
Taipei, Taiwan; 462 p.
FORMAT of ITEM: various.
DETAILS about IMAGES:
about 850 b/w picture postcards
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Taiwan
CITIES: Keelung
(Jilong); Taipei; I-Lan (Yilan); Lotung;
SCENIC
SITES:
Sun-moon Lake; the Changhua Hot Spring; Mt. Pahsien
(Baxian shan - Eight Immortals Mountain); Mt. Shitou (Lion's Head); Ali
shan; Yu shan; The Mud Volcano; the Taipei Botanical Garden; the
Taichung Park; the Chiayi Park;
NOTES: All the postcards collected in this picture
album are from the private collection of Mr. Matsumoto Akemi; these
postcards document Taiwan under Japanese colonialism from 1895 to 1945;
the changes in cityscape, architecture, and customs in this process of
modernization are meticulously recorded; a chronology of Taiwan (prior
to 1954) is also included in this book.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED:
The landscape of Formosa; old streets and harbors; religious beliefs in
Taiwan; culture and custom.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Hu Zhichuan 胡志川
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1993.8 (2nd edition)
TITLE of ITEM:
Zhongguo bainian sheying
tulu 中国百年摄影图录
SUBTITLE:
A century of Chinese Photographs 1844-1979
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Beato, Felice; Thomson, John; Feng Jin; Wu Yincheng; Wu Qun; Xu
Tianzhang; Shui Xiangyun; Chen Xiling; Liu Tizhi; Zhuang Xueben 庄学本; Yu
Xunling (court photographer of the Empress Dowager Cixi; includes image
of himself on p. 87); Wu Kuangshi; Luo Yili; Miller (from Hong Kong);
Lai Afang (of Ah Fong Studio); Zhai Shi; Liang Shitai; Wei Ersun; Feng
Tai zhaoxiangguan (Feng Tai Studio); Lang Jingshan 郎靜山 (Long Chin-san);
Mu Yiling; He Tiehua; Chen Fusen; Lao Yanruo; Hu Junlei; Liu Bannong
etc.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Fujian meishu chubanshe / 266 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:29
x 27,5 cm; 20 x 23,5 cm and smaller
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Images resulting from all sorts of
formats and equipment
DETAILS about IMAGES: 547 b/w
frames plus text, often with names of photographer given
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Hebei; Guangdong; Shanxi etc.
CITIES: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou
etc.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Hu Zhichuan 胡
志川
CO-AUTHOR: Chen Shen
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1987
TITLE of ITEM:
Zhongguo zaoqi sheying
zuopin xuan 中國早期摄影作品选, 1840-1919
SUBTITLE:
Collection of Pictures of early-period Chinese Photography, 1840-1919
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Zhongguo sheying chubanshe 中國攝影出版社 / Beijing / 174 p.
TECHNICAL DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Images resulting from all
sorts of formats and equipment
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Hebei;
Guangdong; Shanxi etc.
CITIES: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou
etc.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Itier,
Jules
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1843 to 1846
TITLE of ITEM:
Photographs
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Itier, Jules
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: History of Photography 5/1981, p. 225-244:
"Jules Itier: Daguerrotypist" and Theye 1989, p. 384.
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Itier was inspector of customs
and the head of a French trade delegation to China between 1843 and
1846. Some of his photographs have been preserved (and have been sold
at an auction organized by Viviane Esders in Paris in April 2006);
mostly architecture, but also some portraits. (see Theye 1989)
TECHNICAL DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: large format
(Daguerrotype).
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Jenner,
W.J.F.
CO-AUTHOR:
Spence, Jonathan D.
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1988
TITLE
of ITEM: China
- A Photohistory 1937-1987
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Arnold, Eve; Barbey, Bruno; Bosshard, Walter; Burri, Rene; Capa,
Robert; Cartier-Bresson, Henri; Depardon, Raymond; Erwitt, Elliott;
Franck, Martine; Hamaya, Hiroshi; Hopker, Thomas; Kubota, Hiroji; Le
Querec, Guy; Manos, Costas; Morath, Inge; Riboud, Marc; Snow, Helen;
Zachmann, Patrick;
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Spence,
Jonathan
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Thames & Hudson; London; 199 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
24,5 x 27 cm; 39 x 26,5 cm
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Various; W. Bosshard for example was a correspondent for German
newspapers in Beijing.
PHOTO AGENCY / OTHER INITIATING AGENCIES: Magnum
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 53 b/w photographs, with 45 covering the
time until 1949;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Jervis, Nancy
CO-AUTHOR: Wu,
May
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1989
TITLE of
ITEM: China between Revolutions
SUBTITLE:
Photographs by Sidney D. Gamble 1917-1927
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Sidney Gamble;
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Jonathan Spence
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Sidney
D. Gamble Foundation / New York / 88 p.; ISBN 0-9622826-0-X
FORMAT of ITEM: 28.6 x 22 cm.
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca. 60 b/w photographs.
NOTES:
Publication based on an
exhibition at the China Institute in the summer/fall of 1989.
From what I can gather,
this book was republished by the China Institute in New York in 2004.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Jianghan chubanshe
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: no date
TITLE of ITEM:
Xinhai geming huashi -
辛亥革命画史
SUBTITLE:
Pictorial Story of the China Revolution in 1911
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
[Xianggang] Jiang Chubanshe;
Hong Kong; 6, 183 p.
FORMAT of ITEM: 26,7x19,5 cm/8x13,5
cm and smaller;
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca. 240 images, all b/w.
CITIES:
Nanjing; Shanghai; Wuhan (Wuchang).
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Chinese
revolution; Peace negotiations; military operations;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Jiang Jiamei 江家瑂,
Zhao Junhao 趙君豪 (主編)
CO-AUTHOR: Dongnan jiaotong
zhoulanhui xuanchuanzu (bianji)
東南交通周覽會宣傳組 編輯
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1935
TITLE of
ITEM: Dongnan
lan sheng 東南攬勝
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Gong Shuxian; Zeng
Shirong; Chen Wu; Wu Baoji; Xu Maoru; Jiang Binnan; Zhao Junhao; Lao
Sheng; Ren Meiou; Ke Changye; Gong Zhuxian; Du Fang; Zhao Zhenjue;
FORMAT of ITEM:
26 x 36 cm; 13 x 18 and smaller
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: 上海: 聯合廣告公司, various
paginations.
TECHNICAL DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Presumably all executed
with an early roll-film camera.
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Southern
China: Fujian; Zhejiang; Jiangsu.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Jiang
Shunan 蒋叔南
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1934
TITLE of ITEM:
Yandangshan yi lan 雁荡山一览
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Jiang Shunan 蒋叔南
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanghai:
Xi Ling Yinshe 上海：西泠印社; Shanghai; 77 p.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: Zhongguo
Sheyingshi;
Hu Zhichuan & Ma Yunzeng ; Beijing, Zhongguo Sheying chubanshe;
1987; p. 242-265.
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Southern China; Zhejiang
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Jiefangjun huabaoshe
解放军画报社
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1987
TITLE of ITEM:
Zhongguo renmin jiefangjun
lishi tupian xuanji (haiwaiban) 中
国人民解放军历史图片选集 (海外版)
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Collection of photographs of several hundred photographers.
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Anonymous
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Changcheng chubanshe, Sanlian shudian, Hong Kong; 5 vols.
FORMAT of ITEM:
22 x 28,5; 16 x 25 cm
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Presumably
mostly 35mm format
DETAILS about IMAGES: Over 1000
photographs
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: War and military, Long March, Minorities,
Soldiers and weapons; Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, Peng Dehuai, Liu
Bocheng, Xu Shangqian; Ye Jianying, Chen Yi; sport, air travel.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Jiu-san
(Rui Sheng) & E-fong (Yi Fang) 瑞生
and 宜芳 (Studio)
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: Ca. 1880
TITLE of ITEM:
Views of Amoy and
Surrounding Country
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Jiu-san & E-fong 瑞
生 and 宜芳
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Unpublished; Amoy (Xiamen)
FORMAT of ITEM:
30 x 22 cm and larger.
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Nothing
known to me about this studio and the two professionals.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style wet plates);
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Southern China: Fujian
CITIES: Xiamen
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Unique album.
Maybe the item which Spence/Worswick refer to when they discuss John
Edwards as the author/creator of a similar album (see above). Large
panoramic views of Gulangyu and other locations of interest.
NOTES:
Images are large, extremely clear and clean. This is the best and most
comprehensive album of photographs I have come across so far
documenting pre-1900 Amoy.
Samples (open in separate window):
- The
advertisement for the photographers' studio.
- A
complete listing of the images.
- Example 1: The Cliff of 10,000 Rocks.
- Example 2: The Amoy Masonic Temple.
- Example
3: Panoramic View of Amoy.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Johnson,
C.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: ~1910
TITLE of
ITEM: The
Yangtse Gorges
SUBTITLE: A
Photographic Souvenir
PREFACE: C. Johnson
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
unknown
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: Huachen
catalog Spring 2008, item 1231
DETAILS about IMAGES: 14 b/w
photographs. One map.
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Western China: Sichuan
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Yangzi Gorges; Changjiang;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Johnson,
Nancy L. & Sherp, Leonard (eds.)
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1988
TITLE of ITEM:
Sidney D. Gamble's China
1917 - 1932
SUBTITLE: Photographs
of the Land and its People
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Sidney D. Gamble
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Forewords
by John Hersey & L. Carrington Goodrich; introduction by
Jonathan Spence
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Alvin
Rosenbaum Projects, Washington, D.C.
FORMAT of ITEM: 23 x 28 cm
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): "Sidney D. Gamble (1890-1968)
was a social scientist, religious reformer, photographer and Christian
humanist who devoted his life to the study of Chinese urban and rural
society. Gamble made four sojourns to China between 1908 and 1932. He
served as research secretary for the Beijing YMCA and the Mass
Education Movement at Dingxian. As a volunteer member of
Princeton-in-Peking, he conducted major social-economic surveys of
urban and rural north China, helped establish community service
programs in Beijing, and pioneered in the teaching of sociology and
social work in China. During his tenure, Gamble also used his camera to
build up a visual archive of 5,000 black-and-white photographs which
successfully captured the images of China during those critical years
in its history." (Quotation from the abstract to
the dissertation by Xing Wenjun on Gamble entitled Social
gospel, social economics, and the YMCA: Sidney D. Gamble and
Princeton-in-Peking,
U of Massachussetts/Amherst, 1992)
Much of the China-related
photographic collection of Sidney Gamble of the years 1917-1932 has
been digitized by Duke University (all
told ca. 5000 images are on-line). The resource offers thumbnails,
quarter-screen size images, and full JPGs for research purposes.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Kaim,
Julius R.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1963
TITLE of ITEM:
Damals in Shanghai
SUBTITLE:
Kaiser, Kaufleute und Kommunisten
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Kaim,
Julius; Paul Popper Ltd.; Keystone Foto;
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
same as author.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Prestel Verl., München; 125 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
3,5 x 20 cm; 25 x 19,6 cm and smaller
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Kaim arrived in Shanghai in the
early 1930s, Shanghai, presumably as a salesman on behalf of a company.
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm camera
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 123 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Southern China
CITIES:
Shanghai
SCENIC
SITES: Bund; Yu-garden;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Pawn
shop; Song Qingling; Jiang Kaishek; Sun Yat-sen; merchants dealing in
cloth, Sampans, junks and river transportation; port; Shanghai Mansons;
story tellers; teahouse (2x); Nanjinglu; Boat people.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Keung,
Tim Ko
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1996
TITLE of ITEM:
Ruins of War
SUBTITLE:
A Guide to Hong Kong's Battlefields and Wartime Sites
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Public Record Office, Hong Kong; Tong Cheuk Man and others
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Same as author.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Joint Publishing; Hong Kong
FORMAT of ITEM:
3,5 x 20 cm; 15 x 11 cm and smaller
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm camera
DETAILS about IMAGES:
approx. 480 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Southern
China
CITIES:
Hong Kong
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Battlefields; Soldiers; Army; Military;
Guns and Canons; Ammunition; Warships;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Killie, C.A.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: between 1900 and 1910
TITLE of ITEM:
A series of over seventy
copyright views of photographs from within the legations during the
Boxer siege at Peking in 1900 (descriptive title!)
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Killie, C.A.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: Worswick/Spence pps.145 and 150.
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): The Reverend C.A. Killie was a
clergyman at the American Presbyterian Mission in Peking, and spent at
least some of his spare time a lay photographer. I am not aware of
other photographic collections or albums that bear his name.
TECHNICAL DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: large format camera.
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 70 b/w images.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China
CITIES:
Beijing
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Foreigners in China; Boxer Rebellion;
British legation in Beijing; Hanlin yuan (depository library
with the
only remaining manuscript copy of the Yongle dadian 永乐大典 encyclopedia
volumes from 1567); cemetery; "Betsy".
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Koberstein, F.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1906
TITLE of ITEM:
Tientsin und Umgebung
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
(Leutnant) Pleger
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Tientsin, Verlag der Brigadezeitung; printed by E. Lee in
Tientsin
FORMAT
of ITEM: ca. 31 cm.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: large
format camera.
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 21 b/w images, pasted into the book.
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Northern China; Shandong;
CITIES: Tianjin
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: Foreigners in China; German troops; German
cemetary; Russian consulate; French cathedral; Palace of Yuan Shikai;
NOTES: Very rare volume on
Tianjin; only 800 copies were printed in a numbered, limited edition; besides the 21 photographs, the volume
includes an 11 page long narrative of how the city was affected by the
Boxer Rebellion in 1900, about German dignitaries visiting the city in
the course of time, and - most interesting - a listing of the rank and
file of the German military stationed in Tianjin and Shandong until
1906.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Kojima,
P.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1909
TITLE of ITEM:
View and Custom of Northern
China
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Yamamoto Photographic Studio
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Tokyo
Printing Co., Tokyo
FORMAT of ITEM: Format large quarto.
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Possibly Japanese
fotographers, stationed in Tianjin. (Text in Japanese and Englisch).
PHOTO AGENCY /
OTHER INITIATING AGENCIES: Yamamoto Photographic Studio
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 100 plates with about 150 photographs in b/w.
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Northern China
CITIES:
Beijing, Tianjin
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Foreign consulates and embassies,
Military barracks, military training grounds, monuments commemorating
the Boxer Uprising (very interessing).
Exact listing of all
plates:
The River Paiho (Baihe).The German Monument of the
Boxer War in the German Concession. Wilhelm Road - German Concession.
The Bund. Chin Tang Bridge (Jingangqiao). Steamers moored on Paiho
River. The Paiho river in Winter. Frosty willow trees in the Russian
park. The Russian monument of the Boxer War in the Russian Concession.
Astor House Hotel. Victoria Park and Golden Hall in the British
Concession. Meadows Road. The Entertainment Hall in the Tientsin Race
Course. Tientsin Race Couse. The Recreation ground in British
Concession. The River Paiho in Winter. Tientsin Club Victoria Road.
Bund of British concession. Large Bronze bell in Victoria Park. Rue de
Paris in the French Concession. Bund of River Paiho; French Concession.
Tientsin River Paiho; Ice bound Paiho river. The Japanese Consulate
General. The Batteries of Sui Thi Yuin. The Japanese monument of the
Boxer war. Japanese torpedo boats in the Bund. Japanese barracks.
Kotobuki Road. Asahi Road. Japanese barracks. British barracks. The
gardens of the Li Hung Chang (Li Hongzhang) temple. Lotus pond Li Hung
Chang temple. Nyan Nyan temple. Chin Hoa Bridge. Tah Hongchao Bridge.
Chin Kung bridge and Chinese gun boats. Tientsin gallery; Tientsin
gallery main gate. Tientsin Park in Hopei. Ferry boat. Gathering ice -
River Paiho. Sawyers; Sawyers dining. Officers wife. Chinese Singer
riding carriage. Cemetery. A coolie. Market Stalls. Women at their
dining table. Peddlar. Singer. Chinese actors. Manchurian woman. Toy
shop. Official in full dress. Official on horse. A barber. Carrying
rice. Weeding boys. A criminal. Chinese wheelbarrow. Sedan chair
carried by mules. Camels and Drivers. A farmer thrashing the corns with
a stone roller pulling by horse. His Imperial Majesty's Procession. A
Manchurian lady on donkey. Nobles funeral. A Manchurian lady smoking
opium. Chinese traveller on sedan chair. Porcelain retoucher. Two blind
women playing musical instruments. Hata Men Street. Manchurian family.
Road cart. Lama temple. Monks of Lama. The Grand Hotel Peking. Chen Men
station (Qianmen). The French Legation. The Russian Legation. Japanese
Legation - 1; Japanese Legation - 2. British Legation. Italian
Legation. Legation Street. Japanese Legation guard; Chong Yang Men
(Chongyangmen) - the main front gate of Peking; Baron Ketteler Gate;
Ton Tampailo Street; Tien Tan (Tiantan) Altar of Heaven; Holy Seat -
Altar of Heaven; Drum Tower Peking; Bell tower northern Peking; Tong
Tan pailo (Dongdan pailou); Imperial Palace; An Ting Men (Andingmen)
Street; Chin Shang; Holy Seat Imperial Palace; Ta Ho Palace; Chen Tung
Dien; Yung An (Yong'ansi) Temple; Kwotsuchen - Imperial Secretary's
Office; The Temple of Confucius (Kongmiao); Zoological Gardens; Chenmen
(Qianmen) Street; Lions in the Lama Temple; Yung Ho (Yonghegong)
Temple; Marble Gate in Peking; First beautiful stone gate of the Ming
tombs; Great Bell Ta Tun Temple; Great Buddha Lama Temple; Imperial
Barge; Five pagodas Woo Ta Temple; Pi Yun Temple (Biyunsi); Howan
Temple; Yui Shen Shan; Yui Hon Tower; Sleeping Buddha Wo Fo Temple
(Wofosi); Tien Ning Temple (Tianningsi); Chui Yun Kwan (x 2); Great
Wall; Lu Ko Bridge; Hot spring in Tang Shan (Tangshan); Shi Men;
Tangshan; Stone images of 13 Ming tombs, Close up of Stone Image;
Marble pillar Ming Tombs; Stone statues and elephants. Stone camels.
Chan Lin.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Koke, R.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: undated
TITLE of ITEM:
Through the Yangtse Gorges
SUBTITLE:
A Souvenir Album
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Koke, R.
FORMAT of ITEM:
23 x 18 cm;
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 20 pasted in photographs; chinese style
bindung
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Central China;
SCENIC SITES: Yangzi
Gorges;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Kwok,
K.W.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1933
TITLE of ITEM:
The Splendours of Historic
Nanking
SUBTITLE:
Eighty Photographic Studies with Descriptive Notes
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Kwok, K.W.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanghai, 80 plates.
FORMAT of ITEM: 25 x 18 cm
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 80 frames
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Southern
China: Jiangsu
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Lam,
Robert P.F.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1988
TITLE of ITEM:
The Hongkong Album
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Lam, Robert P.F.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Hongkong; 100 p.
FORMAT of ITEM: 24 x 24 cm;
TECHNICAL DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm format
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Southern China; Guangdong;
CITIES: Hongkong
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Lang Jingshan (Long
Chin-Shan, or Long Chin-san 郎靜山)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1975
TITLE
of ITEM: The
Art of Photography
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Long Chinsan
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
China Cultural Enterprises/Taipei
FORMAT of ITEM:
8.8 x 26 cm / double pages,16,2 x 21 cm
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): im Vorwort
DETAILS about IMAGES:
45 b/w pictures
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Central China: Anhui: Huangshan; Sichuan:
Qingcheng Shan; Jiangsu
CITIES: Suzhou
SCENIC SITES: Temples;
Mountains; Waterfall
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Still lifes;
pavillons; settlement on the riverbank; crane; deer; Zhang Daqian;
nudes;
man and nature;
NOTES:
Attention must be brought to Dr. Lai
Kin Keung's work on early photography in Hong Kong, and his research
into "The Life and Art Photography of Lang Jingshan (1892 - 1995)",
which was the title of Dr. Lai's Ph.D. thesis submitted to the
Department of Fine Arts at the University of Hong Kong (2000).
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Laverne Mau Dicker
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1979
TITLE of ITEM:
The Chinese in San Francisco
- A pictorial history
SUBTITLE: Curator
of photographs, California Historical Society, San Francisco, With a
Preface by Thomas W. Chinn, Chinese Historical Society of America San
Francisco
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Dover Publications; New York; 133 p.
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Thomas W. Chinn, Chinese Historical Society of America San Francisco
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: Early Immigration and mining; early days in San
Francisco; Chinese women; "Crocker's pets"; railroad construction.
NOTES: On San Francisco's earliest images of Chinatown see my image gallery of Wittemann/Hofmann's publication (dated 1892)
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Li Qi
CO-AUTHOR:
Liang Pingpo, Zong Wenlong
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1989.7
TITLE of ITEM:
Lu 路
SUBTITLE:
Xu Xiaobing Hou Po sheying zuopinji
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Xu Xiaobing, Hou Po
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: vom Zhonggong
Zhongyang wenxian yanjiushi
PUBLISHER / PLACE / PAGES:
222 p. (ISBN: 534001315; presumably
wrong!)
FORMAT
of ITEM: 41,5 x 29 cm; 41,5 x 28,5 cm or smaller.
DETAILS about
IMAGES: Several hundred b/w photographs;
CITIES:
Beijing, Yanan, Shanghai;
OTHER TOPICS: Long March; Zhou Enlai;
Mao Zedong; Chen Yun; Zhu De; Hu Yaobang; Chinese revolution.
Resistance against the Japanese.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Life Magazine
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1966 (Sept. 23)
TITLE of ITEM: Behind Mao's Red Rule
SUBTITLE:
The 100 violent years
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Various
PUBLISHER
/ PLACE / PAGES:
Time Life Magazine;
ca. 100 pages.
FORMAT
of ITEM: ~31 x 20 cm;
DETAILS about
IMAGES: ca. 80
OTHER TOPICS: Divided
into three main parts: 1. The Ancient Order Humbled - After 20
Inviolate Centuries, China Breached by the West; The Murderous Boxer
Uprising. 2. Revolution and the Warlords - End of the Dynasties, Sun
Yat-sen's Republic and its Fall into Chaos; The Rise of Chiang
Kai-shek. 3. Invasion and Aftermath - Chiang's Double War; Standing off
the Japanese, Driven out by the Communists; Mao's Takeover.
NOTES:
Special issue dedicated to historical photographs of China.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Liaboeuf, Dominique
CO-AUTHOR:
Svartzman, Jorge
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1989
TITLE of ITEM:
L'Oeuil du Consul
SUBTITLE:
Auguste Francois en Chine (1896-1904)
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Auguste
Francois
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Musee Guimet, Paris: Editions du Chene;
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Auguste
Francois was in 1896 nominated as diplomatic council to Longtcheou in
Guangxi, and served since 1899 as general honorary council to Yunnan by
the French government.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Southern China: Yunnan, Sichuan; Guangxi;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Changjiang
(Yangtsekiang);
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Liang Jingwu 梁京武,
Zhao Xiangbiao 赵向标
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1999
TITLE of ITEM:
Old Costom 老習俗
SUBTITLE:
Series of the old days in 20th cen. 二十世纪中国怀旧系列
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Long men shu ju chu ban 龍門書局出版; Beijing
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Lindsay,
Michael
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1975
TITLE of ITEM:
The Unknown War
SUBTITLE:
Northern China 1937-1945
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Lindsay, Michael
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
same as author.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Bergstrom & Boyle Books Ltd., London; no
pagination.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 25,5 x 25,5 cm / various sizes.
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): 1909; Prof. Emeritus of Far
Eastern Studies, American University, Washington D.C. TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Zeiss-Ikon 3.5; Film: 16/120
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 205 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China; Central China; Sichuan; Shanxi; Hebei;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Lindt, A.R.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1934
TITLE of ITEM:
Im Sattel durch Mandschukuo
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Lindt, A.R.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Brockhaus / Leipzig / 272 p.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: Mitteilungen
der Geographischen Gesellschaft München, Bd. 28, Heft 1, 1935;
p.162.
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Author was acting as a
special correspondant (unclear for which magazine)
DETAILS about IMAGES:
74 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Mandchuria
(Manchuria).
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Lin Wenbi 林文碧
CO-AUTHOR:
Xu Dongsheng
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1989
TITLE of ITEM:
Beijing jiu ying 北京旧影
SUBTITLE:
Old Photos of Beijing
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Renmin meishu chubanshe
人民美术出版社, Beijing
FORMAT of ITEM:/17.5
x 19.5 cm
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 216 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China
CITIES:
Beijing
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Li
Yuan
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1988
TITLE of ITEM:
Li Yuan Sheying Zuopin Xuan
SUBTITLE:
A Portfolio of Li Yuan
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Li Yuan
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Beijing; 7, 82 p.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 26 x 23 cm;
DETAILS about IMAGES: 82 color
plates
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Liu Boxian 留伯仙
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2003
TITLE of ITEM:
Wan Qing mingxinpian ji cui
晚清明信片集萃
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Liu Boxian
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Dongfang chubanshe 东方出版社，北京，306 pages.
FORMAT of ITEM:
25.5 x 20.5 cm
DETAILS
about IMAGES: several hundred postcards reproduced in
full color, about 3/5th of their original size.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China: Hebei, Gansu; Southern China: Guangdong, Zhejiang,
Jiangsu, Jiangxi; Central China: Shanxi, Hubei;
CITIES:
Beijing, Kaifeng, Guangzhou, Tianjin (Tientsin), Suzhou, Hangzhou, etc;
NOTES:
Grouped into a variety of categories, these postcard images cover a
surprising array of themes, including architecture, customs and
religious practices, people's livelyhood, portraiture, economic
conditions, military and
colonial circumstances (section 6 especially), and landscapes.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Lobsang Phuntshok Lhalunga
CO-AUTHOR: Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Academy of Natural Sciences
YEAR
of
PUBLICATION: 1990
TITLE
of ITEM: Tibet - The Sacred Realm
SUBTITLE:
Photographs 1880 - 1950
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Various (over 20)
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Tenzin Gyatsho (His
Holiness the Dalai Lama)
PUBLISHER
/ PLACE / PAGES: Aperture, Philadelphia; 199
p.
FORMAT
of ITEMS: 32 x 27 cm
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 140 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Tibet
CITIES: Lhasa
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Lovatt, William Nelson
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1869-1903
TITLE of ITEM: Photographs of China (4 albums)
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): William Nelson Lovatt
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: n/a
FORMAT
of ITEM:
38 x 28 cm and smaller
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): William
Nelson Lovatt (British) was a customs officer with the Korean
government between 1883 and 1886, having served in the Chinese Maritime
Customs Service prior to his engagement in Korea. He
was married to Jennie Lovina Shaw. It would appear that Lovatt arrived
in China in ~1870 and departed in 1905. He served in the British Royal
Artillery (1853-1862), and subsequently also as a drill instructor for
the Chinese military.
In what must have been early 1893, the
famous bicyclist Frank G. Lenz reports about visiting Lovatt's house
in the city of Chungking (Chongqing),
calling it an estate "which seemed an earthly Eden."
(Note:
these statements await further research and verification). On
Lovatt's career see
a) Wayne Patterson. Beyond frontiers : William
Nelson Lovatt in late nineteenth-century China and Korea; published in Globalization Redux; ISBN:
0761829229, U Press of America, 2005;
b) Pae, Sungjin. Further Remarks on William
Nelson Lovatt and the Korean Maritime Customs." Kukche
muyok yongu 10:1 (2004:4), pp.1-20.
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large
format (old style wet plates)
DETAILS about IMAGES: 214 b/w
photographs, some albumen prints
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Northern China: Hebei, Shandong; Southern
China: Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi;
CITIES:
Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Hankou (or Hangzhou?), etc.
NOTES:
A unique collection of photographic work by a long-term resident of
Korea and China, this oeuvre spans over 30 years of travels and
observations at the end of the 19th century. The albums are housed at
the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley (Banc Pic 1963.029 - - ALB, shelfed
at NRLF: X26995).
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Lu Buzhou 陸步洲 (ed.)
Co-Author: Liang
Xueqing 梁雪淸 (ed.) Xu Boxiong 徐伯雄 (ed.)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1932
TITLE of ITEM:
Song-Hu Yu-Ri xuezhan
da huashi 松滬禦日血戰大画史
SUBTITLE:
Pictorial Review from Sino-Japanese Conflict in Shanghai
PREFACE or
EPILOGUE: Xu Jingxian 徐景贤 (于乐善堂)
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanghai, Wenhua meishu tushu gongsi 上海: 文華美術圖書公司
FORMAT of ITEM:
28 x 37 cm.
DETAILS
about IMAGES: Hundreds of b/w photographs, a couple
dozen color (or tinted).
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Southern
China: Jiangsu
CITIES:
Shanghai; Woosong (Wusong); Suzhou (Soochow);
OTHER TOPICS COVERED:
Sino-Japanese war; torture and
executions; weapons; soldiers dead and wounded; artillery,
aircraft bombing; Chinese air fighter squadron; concessions; defenses
in the city; mummy of Buddhist monk destroyed; the building of the
Commercial Press (destroyed); street fighting; generals and pliticians;
foreign war correspondants (film crew); desinfection of
contaminated wells; health care and field hospital;
NOTES:
Exhaustive pictorial overview of the war in Shanghai; incudes two
interesting military maps; rare item.
Samples (open in separate windows):
- Picture from title page - Destroyed
residential buildings
(860KB)
- Destroyed building of the Commercial Press
(560KB)
- Sichuan Road before the destruction
(large 2.4MB)
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Lucas,
Christopher J. (ed.)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1982
TITLE
of ITEM: Yesterday`s
China
SUBTITLE:
A Photographic Portfolio
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Interesting
texts on "Early Photography in China", "Distortions in the Photographic
Record" and "Photography and the Historical Imagination" (both in
English and Chinese) by Lucas on p. 27-58.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Pacific Cultural Foundation/Taipei/127 p.
DETAILS about IMAGES:
ca. 150 b/w photographs
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Lucas, Christopher J.
YEAR of PUBLICATION:
1990
TITLE
of ITEM: James Ricalton's
Photographs of China during the Boxer Rebellion
SUBTITLE:
His illustrated travelogue of 1900
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Ricalton, James
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Lucas, C. J.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Lewiston, New York; 258 p.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: (Studies in the Photographic Arts 1)
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM
MATERIAL: Large format (old style wet plates)
DETAILS about IMAGES: 75 b/w
pictures;
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: Boxer-Rebellion; Soldiers, troops;
NOTES: This titles includes
Ricalton's China
through the Stereoscope (see entry below).
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Luo Xiaowei 羅小未, Wu
Jiang 伍江
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1997
TITLE of ITEM:
Shanghai Nongtang 上海弄堂
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Gong Jianhua 龔建華, Zhu Hong 朱泓
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Shanghai
Nongtang, Shanghai People & Shanghai Culture by Luo Xiaowei
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House; Shanghai ;
168 p.
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Shanghai
CITIES:
Shanghai
NOTES:
The early-stage Shikumen Nongtang, Late-stage Shikumen Nongtang, the
New-styled Nongtang; the features of the space; the life and episodes
in the Nongtangs;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Luo Zhewen 罗哲文 & Yang Yongsheng 杨永生
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1999
(1st printing), 2003 (2nd printing)
TITLE of ITEM: Shiqu de jianzhu 失去的建筑 (Lost
architecture)
SUBTITLE:
Zengding ban 增订版
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Various (Liang
Sicheng 梁思成, Ernst Boerschmann 柏尔斯曼, John Thomson,etc.)
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Beijing, Zhongguo jianzhu gongye chubanshe 中国建筑工业出版社; 176 p. ISBN
7-112-05200-9
FORMAT
of ITEM: 24 x 18.5 cm.
DETAILS about IMAGES: First
printing: 122 b/w photographs; second printing: 277 b/w photographs;
CITIES:
Shanghai; Beijing; Tianjin, Canton (Guangzhou); Kunming,
Lanzhou,
Lijiang, Urumqi, Nanjing, Suzhou, Harbin, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen
(Amoy), Jinan, Qingdao, Qufu, Changsha, Chengdu, Shenyang, Baoding,
Datong, Taiyuan, Chengde.
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Mainly
photographs of historical structures and architecture, both Chinese and
western provenance; most of these sites have been destroyed. In some
cases, what is declared "lost" has been either preserved or recreated,
such as the case of the Marco Polo Square in the former Italian
Concession in Tianjin. For a series of new photographs of this charming
Republican-era neighborhood, see my Zenfolio
gallery. For a historical photograph reproduced in this
volume of the same place see here.
NOTES:
Photographs often lack attribution; accompanying essays (by
architectural historans such as Zhang Wei 张威) are very useful, though,
as each site is explained in rather great detail.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Lushan Huace Bianji Weiyuanhui 庐山画册编辑委员会
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1962
TITLE of ITEM:
Lushan 庐山
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Wang Yi; Yin Fukang;
Wu Daye; Zhang Yinquan; Zhang Wang; Lin Hanlun; Zheng Ruizhi; Yao Ying;
Xu Mo; Guo Renyi; Yang Shilang; Zhang Ying
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanghai Renmin Meishu chubanshe
FORMAT of ITEM: 23 x 30 cm; 44 x 29
and smaller
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm format
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 80 b/w and color photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Southern China: Jiangxi; Boyanghu.
SCENIC SITES: Lushan; Haihuisi;
Qianfota; Xiao Tianchi; Yinxing;
Yuanfodian; Xianrendong 仙人洞;
Xieshan; Wenshuta;
Bailudong Shuyuan;
Wulaofeng; grottoe temple;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Harvest of
oranges; Hospital elderly care facility; waterfall; fishermen;
botanical garden; Yangzijiang; conifers; rock inscriptions; theater;
villas in western architectural style.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Lynn
Pan, Xue Liyong and Qian Zonghao
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: First Edition 1993
TITLE of ITEM:
Shanghai - A Century of
Change in Photographs 1843-1949
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Various.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Hai Feng Publishing Company; Hong Kong; 150 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
23 x 22 cm and smaller
DETAILS about IMAGES: 205 b/w
photographs
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Shanghai
CITIES: Shanghai
SCENIC SITES: Temple
to the City God (Chenghuangmiao 城隍庙); the Willow Pattern Teahouse
(Huxinting Pavilion); the Suzhou Creek; the Bund and Nanjing Road;
NOTES: Well
reproduced photographs anthologised in this book reflecting the three
encounters, of land with sea, of Chinese with foreign, of immigrant
with immigrant; photographic images directly representing Shanghai's
architecture, street life, personalities and so on;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Picture of city wall which was torn down in
1912; picture of Li Hongzhang; well-heeled citizens; singers of the
local shenqu opera; singsong girl; Shanghai War Memorial; Shanghai's
nightlife; film actress Ruan Lingyu.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Ma Naihui 马鼐辉 (ed.)
CO-AUTHOR:
Wang Shaowu 王绍武， Zhuang Wenjun 庄文骏 （co-ed.)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 2005
TITLE of ITEM:
Chenfeng
de lishi shunjian 尘封的历史瞬间
SUBTITLE: Sheying
dashi Zhuang Xueben 20 shiji 30 niandai de xibu renwen tanfang
摄影大师庄学本20世纪30年代的西部人文探访
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Zhuang Xueben 庄学本
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Rollei 4x4 and Zeiss
Ikon model A. Roll film.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Sichuan
minzu chubanshe, Chengdu; 231 pages. ISBN 7-5409-3086-1
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Xikang (西康), Sichuan, Tibet (Xizang 西藏), Qinghai, Gansu.
CITIES: Aba, Danba 丹巴, Ganzi 甘孜, Lhasa, Guanxian,
Lanzhou, Xining, Yushu 玉� �，Kangding 康定, Minhe 民和县.
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Yizu in Liangshan
凉山彝族; Qiang minority 羌族; river rafts; nomads; lifestock herding,
Tibetan nobility； Lamaism 喇嘛教, Lama temple; priest, musical instruments used in Lamaist
rituals; musicians; hairdoes of the women, pilgrims, (folk) dance,
religious instruction, Moslem and Tibetan architecture; children; sky
burial; hunting; fortress towers 高碉; Landscapes of western China;
Dujiangyan 都江堰 and Erwangmiao 二王庙. Mongols and "Doldo" 土人; 13th Dalai
Lama; Potala Palace; market scenes; Camel Spring 骆驼泉; Gongga Mountain
贡嘎雪山. Road and suspension bridge construction; carriers and porters;
tea trade; old Daoist monk 老道士 from the Zushidian 祖师殿 (Erwangmiao);
NOTES: Following the
travels and travails of Zhuang Xueben (1909-1984), a noted photographer
of Republican China into an area seldom explored: western China. The
photographs are of enormous ethnographic and documentary value.
Regrettably, the design of the book (it sells for about $5 on the
Chinese market) does not do the images justice: paper used is cheap,
the prints are still nice, but nowhere near what they could be if
high-grade, glossy paper had been used. That being said, the
photographs are well annotated, maps of Zhuang's routes
are included, and much background is given to his approach and his
labors. This is a unique collection of photographs,
many
of them published here for the first time (Zhuang published some of his
materials in the magazin Liangyou 良友 for example in the 1930s and 40s).
In addition to being a photographer, Zhuang Xueben
is also a noted author of books and compilations of stories from the
regions he visited with his camera (including India and much of South
Asia).
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Manshu Nichi-nichi Shinbun 满洲日日新闻社
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1921 (大正十年)
TITLE of ITEM:
Manshu shashin taikan 滿洲寫眞大观
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Various
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Manshu Nichi-nichi Shinbun 满洲日日新闻社； 大连 (China); ca. 240 pages
FORMAT of ITEM: Stitchbound volume; 26.5 cm x 19 cm
DETAILS about IMAGES: Several hundred b/w photographs
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Liaoning, Manchuria, Jilin.
CITIES:
Shenyang (Mukden), Changchun, Dalian, Harbin
NOTES: Very exhaustive photographic survey of the secular and religious architecture, infrastructure and cities in Manchuria.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Mao
Shi'an 毛时安, Zhang Xichang 张锡昌
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1996
TITLE of
ITEM: The
Fast Vanishing Shanghai Lanes
SUBTITLE: Zheng zai xiao shi de shanghai nong
tang 正在消逝的上海弄堂
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Guo Bo 郭博
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanghai Pictorial Publishing House; Shanghai;
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Shanghai
CITIES: Shanghai
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Martin, Boris
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2004
TITLE of
ITEM: C'est de Chine que je t'ecris
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Jules Leurquin
(French consul in Chengdu, Sichuan)
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Boris
Martin
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Seuil, Paris; 298 p. ISBN 2020677636
FORMAT
of ITEM: 23 x 27cm
DETAILS about IMAGES: Interspersed
in text; many of great interest, taken between 1909 and 1945 in western
China.
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Western China: Sichuan
CITIES:
Chengdu
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Melchers, Bernd
CO-AUTHOR:
With, Karl (publisher of the series "Geist, Kunst und Leben Asiens",
vol. IV and V., 2.vol.)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1921
TITLE
of ITEM: China
- Der Tempelbau
SUBTITLE: Die
Lochan von Lingyunsi - Ein Hauptwerk buddhistischer Plastik
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Melchers, Bernd; Weber, H. and Hartung, M;
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Same as author.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Folkwang-Verlag, Hagen i. W.; 46 p. plus ill. and maps
FORMAT of ITEM:
22 x 28 cm; 16 x 22 cm
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Lived in China for 5 years with Ferdinand Lessing in Tsinanfu; perhaps
a business man or a member of the diplomatic corps.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style wet plates)
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 456 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China: Hebei, Shandong; Southern China: Jiangsu, Zhejiang
CITIES:
Beijing
SCENIC
SITES: Visual representation of Buddhist temples as
follows: Bolinsi; Dongyuemiao in Beijing; Donghuangsi near Beijing;
Lingyingsi near Hangzhou; Lingyansi between Jinan and Taishan;
Shentongsi between Jinan and Taishan; Diwangmiao 地王庙 in Beijing;
Tanzhesi in the West Hills (Xishan) near Beijing; Jietaisi; Xishan near Beijing;
Dafosi, south of Jinan fu; Jiantian Chansi on Jinshan; near Zhenjiang; Biyonggong (?) in
Beijing, just to the west of the Kongmiao 孔庙 (Confucius Temple), also
called Taixiao;
Hall of Classical Learning;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Luohan, monks;
Buddhist architecture;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Mennie, Donald
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1920; further editions 1921 and
1922
TITLE
of ITEM: The
Pageant of Peking
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Mennie, Donald
PREFACE or
EPILOGUE: Introduction by Putnam Weale
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanghai; Watson & Co.
FORMAT of ITEM: folio (cover with
ornamental silk in blue)
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Mennie was the director of the company Watsons in Shanghai and resided
in China between 1891 and 1941.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Probably
large format (old style wet plates)
DETAILS about IMAGES:
66 Vandyck Photogravures of Peking and Environs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China;
CITIES:
Beijing
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Mennie,
Donald
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1922; 2nd. edition ca. 1928
TITLE of
ITEM: China
North and South
SUBTITLE:
A Series of Vandyk Photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of
chinese life and surroundings
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Mennie, Donald
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
A.P. Watsons; Shanghai
FORMAT of ITEM: 23 x 29 cm;
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: Theye: mentioned on p. 528; Worswick/Spence p.
146
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 30 mounted photographs.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Southern China; Northern China;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Mennie, Donald
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1920 (?)
TITLE of
ITEM: Glimpses of China
SUBTITLE: A series of Vandyck
photogravures illustrating Chinese life and surroundings.
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Mennie, Donald
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
A.P. Watsons; Shanghai
FORMAT of ITEM: Oblong 4to; Original
printed thick paper covers with small mounted illustrations, fastened
with a cord.
DETAILS about IMAGES: 30 mounted
photographs.
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Southern China; Northern China;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Mennie,
Donald
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1926
TITLE of ITEM:
The Grandeur of the Gorges
SUBTITLE:
Fifty Photographic Studies, with descriptive notes, of China`s Great
Waterway, the Yangtze Kiang, including 12 handcoloured prints
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Mennie, Donald
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Greene, T.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
(presumably. A.P. Watsons); Shanghai;
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: According
to Theye, p.89 (see below), the original plates and negatives are
housed in the collection of Dietmar Siegert, Stuttgart; First edition
limited to 1000 copies.
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Mennie was the director of the company Watsons in Shanghai and resided
in China between 1891 and 1941.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Probably
large format (old style wet plates).
DETAILS about IMAGES:
50 b/w and hand colored photographs;
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Central
China; Sichuan; Hunan; Hubei;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Yangzi river;
Tiger's Gorge; Bellows Gorge; river transportation;
NOTES: Donald Mennie also
provided photographs for the following publication by Gretchen Mae
Fitkin: The Great River (the Story of a Voyage on the
Yangtze Kiang); published by the North-China Daily News
& Herald, Ltd., Shanghai, 1922.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Mennie, Donald
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ~1900
TITLE of ITEM:
Pictures of Peking
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Mennie, Donald
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Shanghai;
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Mennie was the
director of the company Watsons in Shanghai and resided in China
between 1891 and 1941.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Presumably
large format (old style wet plates).
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China;
CITIES:
Beijing
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Moriya, T.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ~1930s
TITLE of ITEM:
Grand View of North China 北支那大观
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Tianjin 天津 (publisher unclear - 双龙洋行?); 123 pages
DETAILS about IMAGES:
155 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China; Liaoning; Hebei; Jilin; Manchuria;
CITIES: Tianjin; Beijing; Shenyang (Mukden); Dalian (Dairen), Anshan;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Morrison, Hedda
CO-AUTHOR:
Eberhard, Wolfram
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1974
TITLE
of ITEM: Hua
Shan
SUBTITLE:
The Taoist Sacred Mountain in West China - Its Scenery, Monastery and
Monks
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Morrison, Hedda
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Eberhard,
Wolfram
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Vetch & Lee Ltd; Hongkong; 135 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
20 x 25,5 cm; 16,2 x 24,7 cm and smaller
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: see
p. 13435
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): H.M. (1901-1991), born
as Hedda Hammer in Germany, lived in Beijing from 1933 to 1946 and
worked part-time in a photographer's studio there. She then moved to
South-East Asia (Sarawak, from 1947-1966) and produced another large
sequence of images from the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc. The
China part of her photographic heritage is deposited with
Harvard-Yenching Library, the Southeast-Asia part is housed in Kroch
Library at Cornell University.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Rolleiflex
(medium format)
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 111 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Central China: Shaanxi
SCENIC SITES: Huashan; Landscape and
monasteries.
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Daoist monks; sword fighting;
monasteries, steles, pilgrims, sacred mountain, portraiture.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Morrison, Hedda
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1985
TITLE of ITEM:
A Photographer in Old Peking
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Morrison, Hedda
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Oxford UP; Hongkong, Oxford; 266 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
22,5 x 26 cm; 14,5 x 18 cm and smaller
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): H.M. (1901-1991), born as Hedda
Hammer in Germany, lived in Beijing from 1933 to 1946 and worked
part-time in a photographer's studio there. She then moved to
South-East Asia (Sarawak, from 1947-1966) and produced another large
sequence of images from the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc. The
China part of her photographic heritage is deposited with
Harvard-Yenching Library, the Southeast-Asia part is housed in Kroch
Library at Cornell University.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Medium
format (Rolleiflex)
DETAILS about IMAGES: ca. 230 b/w
photographs
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Northern China: Hebei
CITIES: Beijing
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Morrison, Hedda (aka
Hedda Hammer)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: (Summer of) 1945
TITLE of
ITEM: Nanking 南京
SUBTITLE: 200
Aufnahmen von Hedda Hammer
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Morrison, Hedda
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Verlag von Max Nössler & Co., Shanghai;
254 p.
FORMAT
of ITEM:
ca. 25 x 18.5 cm
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): H.M. (1901-1991), born as Hedda
Hammer in Germany, lived in Beijing from 1933 to 1946 and worked
part-time in a photographer's studio there. She then moved to
South-East Asia (Sarawak, from 1947-1966) and produced another large
sequence of images from the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc. The
China part of her photographic heritage is deposited with
Harvard-Yenching Library, the Southeast-Asia part is housed in Kroch
Library at Cornell University.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Medium
format (Rolleiflex)
DETAILS about IMAGES: 198
b/w
photographs with bi-lingual captions in German and Chinese.
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Southern China: Jiangsu
CITIES: Nanjing
NOTES:
This
work was commissioned by the German cultural attaché in
Beijing;
printed in Shanghai in unfavorable times (to put it mildly), it appears
the entire print run was lost almost immediately after it came off the
press. This explains why this book is and never has been available on
the market. Only two original copies are known to exist (at the
Prussian State Library in Berlin and another copy in Australia). The
East-Asian Library at the University of Bochum holds an incomplete
xerox copy (201 p. out of 254 p.). The negatives that served
as
the basis for this selection of 198 photographs are at
Harvard-Yenching.
Prof. Alfred Hoffmann provided the German
text
introducing and accompanying the images. Hoffmann taught
courses
on Chinese language and culture at universities in Marburg
(1957-1961), Berlin (1961-1963) and Bochum (1963-1976).
Despite
its
vintage (i.e. 1945, when Nanjing was under siege and Japanese
occulation), this is not a social record of the hardships of an
occupied city. The few portraits included here depict people going
about their lives as if Nanjing was the most peaceful of cities in
occupied China. The great majority of the photographs cover various
aspects of Nanjing's architectural heritage.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Morrison, Hedda
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1987
TITLE of ITEM:
Travels of a Photographer in
China 1933-1946
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Morrison, Hedda
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Oxford UP; Oxford; Hongkong; New York
FORMAT of ITEM:
22 x 26 cm; 13 x 16,5 cm and smaller
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): H.M. (1901-1991), born as Hedda
Hammer in Germany, lived in Beijing from 1933 to 1946 and worked
part-time in a photographer's studio there. She then moved to
South-East Asia (Sarawak, from 1947-1966) and produced another large
sequence of images from the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc. The
China part of her photographic heritage is deposited with
Harvard-Yenching Library, the Southeast-Asia part is housed in Kroch
Library at Cornell University.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Rolleiflex
(medium format)
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 230 b/w
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China: Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi; Central China: Shaanxi;
coastal regions; Southern China;
CITIES: Nanjing; Qufu; Weihaiwei;
Baoding; Qingdao; Chengde 承德 (Jehol); Zhengding; Jinan;
SCENIC SITES: Yungang-Grottoes;
Huashan; Longxingsi; Great Wall; Luohan 罗汉; Stadtmauern (Nanjing);
Junks and river transportation; Zhonglou (Nanjing); Wuliangdian;
Qixiasi; Jimingsi (Nanjing); Linggusi (Nanjing); Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
(Zhongshanling 中山陵); pailou 牌楼; Taishan-temple; rock inscriptions; Tomb
of Confucius; Qufu 曲阜.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Fortune
teller; stone masonry (rosetta); weaving; women washing clothes;
market; Kulis; Yangzi river; Shendao; grave sites (Liang and
Ming-Dynasty); shrine; funeral procession; Nanjing University;
fisheries; fishing vessels (Shandong); production of incence; Sven
Hedin; monks; drying of grain; pickle factory; wells in the fields;
traders in used clothes; brick production; acrobats.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Mumm, Alfons von
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ca. 1904
TITLE of ITEM:
Ein Tagebuch in Bildern
SUBTITLE:
Meinen Mitarbeitern in Peking zur freundlichen Erinnerung an ihren Chef
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Mumm, Alfons von
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Graphische Gesellschaft, Berlin; 268 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
Album format
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Alfons von Mumm was
the German imperial envoy and minister extraordinaire in Beijing around
the turn of the 19th/20th century.
DETAILS about IMAGES: ca. 450
images;
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Southern China: Guangdong; Northern China:
Hebei, Shandong;
CITIES:
Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Tangshan, Beidaihe, Tianjin, Shantou,
Xian;
SCENIC
SITES: Yangzi Jiang
NOTES: The Digital Archive of Toyo
Bunko Rare Books contains a full digital version of this very rare
item. There is a page index, a very useful caption index, a
thumbnail and a map index (among other types of access pages). Click on
the title entry above to access the Toyo Bunko digital version of von
Mumm's visual "diary". Many images are of very high-resolution,
capturing a lot of precious information.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Muramatsu,
Tsuneichiro 村松恒一郎 and Takenobu Yoshitaro (setsumei) 武信由太郎[說明]
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1894
TITLE of ITEM:
Nisshin Senso shashin gafu
日清戰爭寫眞画譜
SUBTITLE:
An Illustrated Report on the Japan-China War
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Tokyo, Osaka/ Aoki Kozando 青木嵩山堂 (The Soosando)
FORMAT of ITEM:
2 vols.; 15 x 23 cm
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES: Little known work work on the Japan-China war
of 1894/95, in two volumes. Mainly sketches, possibly fashioned after
real photographs. The cover page of volume two has a photographer
suspended in mid-air from a hot air balloon, with a huge camera
dangling in front of him. It is quite pssible that this was one way of
visually documenting the battles that took place, from a safe distance.
Click here
for this rare and unique feat (340 kb). The photographs
document the situations of the various battle sites: the battle fleets
and landing operations, troop encampments, fighting positions,
conquered cities and destroyed fortresses, life in the camps, etc.
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Japanese civilian (?)
TECHNICAL DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style
wet plates);
DETAILS
about IMAGES: Some panoramic views, many sketches,
inserted photographs of Japanese military commanders;
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China; Korea, Yellow Sea; Jinzhou; Dalian;
CITIES: Port
Arthur; Pyong Yang;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: China-Japanese
war; Japanese troops; battle at sea; war ships;
NOTES: The
text is both in Japanese and in English; Little stories and descriptions of a very detailed nature.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Musée Albert-Kahn, Paris (Beausoleil, Jeanne & Couetoux, Sophie)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2001 (vol.1) and 2002
(vol.2)
TITLE
of ITEM: China 1909-1934:
Catalogue of the Photographs and Film Sequences from the Musee
Albert-Kahn
SUBTITLE:
Vol.1 -- Albert Kahn's Chinese
Guests. The Identified Sites (Except Beijing).
SUBTITLE:
Vol.2
-- Chinese Overseas, The
Northern Expedition, Beijing, and the Unidentified Sites.
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Albert Kahn, etc.
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Boulogne-Billancourt
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Musée
Albert-Kahn
in Paris; vol.1: 404 p., 19 maps. Bibliography, indexes; vol.2: 443 p. ISBN 2906599328.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 30 x 27 cm
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: n/a
DETAILS about IMAGES: Vol.1: 401 colour and 524 b/w
plates; vol.2: 1154 photographs, the majority in b/w.
NOTES
on vol.1: ”A marvellous work with hundreds
of photographs (including many stereoscopic slides) taken mostly
between 1909 and 1913 and showing views of numerous parts of Northern
China from Shanghai up through Shandong (Qingdao, Jinan, Taishan)
through the area surrounding Beijing and on up to Shenyang in the
Northeast. Much more besides. An absolute pleasure to browse and an
excellent photographic reference on China in the early 20th century.
Trilingual publication in French, English and Chinese.”
NOTES
on vol.2:
”Volume
2 of the excellent early 20th century collection of Chinese photographs
in the Musee Albert-Kahn. Again mostly taken between 1909 and 1913,
there are here 1154 photographs of which the vast majority are of
Beijing and the surrounding areas. A quite wonderful treat and an
excellent photographic reference for early 20th century Beijing.
Trilingual publication in French, English and Chinese.”
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Musée d'histoire naturelle et d'ethnographie de Lille
CO-AUTHOR:
Wanaverbecq, Annie-Laure
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2005
TITLE of ITEM:
Felice Beato en Chine
SUBTITLE: Photographier la guerre en 1860
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Musée d'histoire naturelle et d'ethnographie de Lille; 129 pages; ISBN 2850568953
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Beato, Felice
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Annie-Laure Wanaverbecq
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Beato took part in the
1860 military expedition on Beijing of the British-French troops as a
semi-official photographer (Theye p.384); In 1864 he transferred to
Yokohama. In existance are rather dramatic images of the attack on the Taku
Forts (Dagu paotai 大沽炮台) near Tianjin (compare the volume Ostasien
1900-1902); photographs of other battle sites, including
those of the participants of the punitive and destructive mission to
the Beijing Summer Palace. As far as is known, Beato left the negatives
behind in Yokohama (see Wilshusen p.181/2, Theye p.28). These negatives
were taken over by his successor, Baron Raimund von Stillfried
Ratenicz, who - in 1883 - sold the whole lot again to his
successor and assistant Kusakabe Kimbei and the company of A. Farsari
& Co. See more on Beato in Worswick/Spence and in the volume Of Battle and Beauty.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style wet plates)
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Northern China
NATURE of IMAGES:
Documentary; second opium war with China;
NOTES: Exhibition catalog (the exhibit of Beato's photographs was held from September 4, 2004 to January 16, 2005)
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Musée Guimet, Paris (jointly edited
by Jean-Paul Desroches, Jérome Ghesquiere, Philippe
Rodriguez et al.)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2004
TITLE of ITEM: Missions
archéologiques francaises en Chine
SUBTITLE:
Photographies
et itineraires 1907-1923
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Victor Segalen et al.
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: n/a
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Special order
publication by the Musée Guimet
in Paris; comes with one CD which holds the photographs; Les Indes
Savantes; ISBN 2846540861; 243 p.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 24.5 x 27.5 cm
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: n/a
DETAILS about IMAGES: 2564
b/w pictures (a huge repository of visual documents!)
NOTES:
This catalogue publishes in one volume (and on the accompanying CD-ROM)
for the first time some of the photographs in the collection of the Musée
Guimet of six French archaeological missions to China at the turn of
the century. These six (very important) exploratory missions are:
1.
Edouard Chavannes (1907)
2. Victor Segalen and Augusto Gilbert
de Voisins (1909)
3. Henri Maspero (1914)
4. Victor Segalen, Augusto Gilbert de Voisins
and Jean Lartigue (1914)
5. Victor Segalen (1917)
6.
Jean Lartigue (1923)
I am grateful to FBG for bringing this work
to my attention.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Naito
Torajiro 内藤虎次郎 (i. e. Konan 湖南)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1935
TITLE of ITEM:
(Zoho) Manshu Shashincho
滿洲寫眞帖
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Naito Torajiro
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: same, dated 1906
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Nihon,
Toyodo zohan 日本, 東陽堂藏版
FORMAT of ITEM: stitchbound item
DETAILS about IMAGES:
80 b/w photographs
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Liaoning, Manchuria, Jilin.
CITIES:
Shenyang (Mukden), Changchun, Dalian.
NOTES: Reprinted
in 1935 by Kobayashi Shashin Seihanjo Shuppanbu 林寫眞製版所出版部 in Kyoto.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Nanjing shi dang'anju
南京市档案局
CO-AUTHOR: Zhongshanlingyuan guanliju 中山陵园管理局
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1996
TITLE of ITEM:
Zhongshanling shiji tuji 中山陵史迹图集
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Various
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Nanjing, 江苏古籍出版社; 196 pages. ISBN 7-80519-813-6.
FORMAT of ITEMS:
25.5x26.5 cm;
DETAILS
about IMAGES: Ca. 400 b/w photographs; one map.
CITIES:
Nanjing; Beijing; Tianjin; Guangzhou (Canton);
OTHER TOPICS COVERED:
Memorial Hall designed by Cornell-educated Chinese architect Lu Yanzhi 吕严直; Liu Mengxi 刘梦锡
（chief project engineer, taking over after Lu's untimely death in
1929); distinguished visitors to the site; martyr's tomb; other sites
of historical significance on or near the mountain; Beijing Biyunsi;
Sun Ke; Beijing Shizi hutong 狮子胡同 (deathbed of Sun Yat-sen)； funeral
train transporting Sun Yat-sen's body from Beijing to Nanjing (stopping
in Tianjin and many other places along the way); Jiang Kaishek; Sun
Zhongshan jinianguan 孙中山纪念馆; Guilin shiwu 桂林石屋; Liao Zhongkai 廖仲恺.
NOTES:
Highly specialized visual account of the history of Zhongshanling (up
to 1995), includes some very rare historical photographs, reproductions
of documents, accounts of the construction of the mausoleum,
alternative design plans by other architectural firms, etc. Very well
designed publication.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Nanjing shi Ming
chenghuanshi bowuguan
南京市明城 史博物馆
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 2003.10
TITLE of ITEM:
Chenghuan cangsang 城垣沧桑
SUBTITLE:
Nanjing chengqiang lishi tulu 南京城墙历史图录
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Various
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Beijing,
文物出版社; 159 pages. ISBN 7-5010-1496-8.
FORMAT of ITEMS:
28.5x23.5 cm;
DETAILS
about IMAGES: Ca. 200 photographs, about half of
historical interest and vintage; several maps.
CITIES:
Nanjing;
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Specific
volume describing and depicting the history of the city walls and gates
in Nanjing. There is a then-and-now dimension to this pubication
insofar as many historical photographs are updated and juxtaposed with
contemporary images of the same site, the same gate, or the same wall
section, now transformed into a park, a tourist site,
or a
dedicated monument.
Two such images are linked to here:
1.
A section of the wall in 1956, when it was
knocked down.
2. The same section in 2004, when it was
reconstructed.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Nantouxian (shizhengfu) 南投县市政府
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1994.6
TITLE of ITEM:
Nantou xian lao zhaopian
南投县老照片
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
167 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
24 cm/18x15 cm and smaller
DETAILS about IMAGES: About 200
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Taiwan
CITIES: Nantou
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Naumkin, Vitaly
COMPILER:
Andrei V. Subbotin
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1993
TITLE of ITEM:
Caught in Time : Great
Photographc Archives
SUBTITLE: China
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
A.E. Boyarsky
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Calina V. Dluzhnevskaya
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Garnet
Publishing Ltd., Reading, UK
DETAILS about IMAGES: ca. 200 b/w
photographs
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Gansu; Southern China; Northern China
SCENIC SITES: Gobi
desert; Great Wall;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Nishida Hiromi Urayama (comp.)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1931 (?)
TITLE of ITEM:
Shin Manshu Kenkoku to
Manshu Shanhai dai jihen shi
SUBTITLE:
Founding of the new Manchuria & the Manchuria - Shanghai Problem
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Possibly photographers associated with the Japanese military.
PREFACE or
EPILOGUE: Green, O.M.; Preface to the 3rd edition by
F.L. Hawks Pott
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Osaka, Yukan Osaka Shinbun; 228 + 6 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
Green silk album, oblong format, 38x 26 cm., all edge gilt
DETAILS about IMAGES:
770 b/w. photographs, Japanese text, English captions
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China; Liaoning province, Manchuria (Manchukuo)
CITIES:
Shenyang, Qiqihar etc.
NOTES: From the description of an
antiquarian bookseller: "A major Japanese view of their history in the
accession of Manchuria, installation of the 'puppet-Emperor' Henry
Pu-Yi, the Last Emperor of China & the forceful takeover of
Shanghai. This major primary resource carefully outlines the Japanese
military and diplomatic activities in Northern China during the 1930's.
This highly illustrated work outlines with a visual perspective the
people, events & results of the Japanese policy of Asian
[Chinese] continental expansionism. Loaded with photos of Japanese
government officials, military men, diplomats, Foreign and Chinese
officials, with many hitherto unpublished photos of the Last Emperor
Henry Pu Yi 溥仪 & his wives. The dramatic and stunning attack
& takeover of China by the Japanese Kuantung army, Mukden
(Shenyang), Liaoning, South Manchuria Railway, Manchuria, Harbin riots,
Tsitsihar (Qiqihar), Hailun, opposition Chinese forces of Ma, Tientsin
conflicts, actions of the League of Nations, General Chang, Kirin,
step-by-step advance of the Japanese, Mongolian lama priest etc..
Shanghai action battles and occupation forces fight China's 19th Route
Army, aircraft carriers Kaga and Noto in action, the eventual mass
control of China & establishment of the Japanese puppet
government. With a daily & monthly chonronology of action,
maps, loaded with memorial photos, recording historical events." I have
not seen this item myself.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Northern China Daily News (ed.)
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1927; 3rd edition 1930
TITLE of
ITEM: Shanghai
of Today
SUBTITLE: A
Souvenir Album of 38 (3rd edition: 50) Vandyke Prints of the Modell
Settlement
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Presumably Donald Mennie and others
PREFACE or
EPILOGUE: Green, O.M.; Preface to the 3rd
edition by F.L. Hawks Pott
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
A. S. Watson Co. (Donald Mennie was acting director of this company);
Shanghai;
FORMAT
of ITEM: 32 x 26.5 cm;
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): About Mennie see under "author".
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 1. ed.: 38 b/w photographs; 3. ed.: 50 b/w
photographs
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Southern China; Jiangsu
CITIES:
Shanghai
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE
BODY: Ogawa
Kazumasa 小川一真
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1896
TITLE of
ITEM: Souvenirs de Formose
et des Îles Pescadores
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Disputed. Ogawa perhaps commissioned the photographs, and/or acted
solely as the editor/publisher. Needs further research...
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Ogawa Kazumasa Publishing Co. 小川一真出版部, Tokyo.
FORMAT of ITEM: 38 cm;
DETAILS about IMAGES:
55 b/w photographs, five of them introducing Japanese officials, the
rest scenes of travels, landscape, city scenes and architecture of Taiwan
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Taiwan (Formosa)
CITIES: Taipei; Tainan
NOTES: On Ogawa see the exhaustive
overview and chronology of his work and life by George C. Baxley.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Ogawa
Kazumasa 小川一真
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1906
TITLE of
ITEM: Shinkoku Pekin Kojo Shashin cho 清國北京皇城寫真帖出版資料
SUBTITLE: The Imperial Cty of Peking, China -
Photographs of Palace Buildings of Peking
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Kazumasa Ogawa
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Ogawa 小
川一真出版部,
Tokyo.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 2 volumes, oblong folio, 37 x 47.5 cm
DETAILS about IMAGES: 172 plates of
photographs (collotypes), some of them hand-colored.
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Northern China
CITIES:
Beijing
SCENIC
SITES: Imperial Palace; Imperial gardens; Chinese
historical architecture;
NOTES: Limited to an edition of
500 copies. "Produced as the
result of a Japanese commission sent in 1906 to investigate the
arrangement, construction and decoration of the Palace Buildings in the
Forbidden City and other Palace Grounds." (Baxley) Reprinted in Beijing by the
Xueyuan chubanshe 学苑出
版社 in the year 2000.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Ogawa
Kazumasa 小川一真
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1902
TITLE of
ITEM: Gengzi shibian sheying tuji 庚子事变摄影图集
SUBTITLE:
Souvenir of the Allies in
North China
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Kazumasa Ogawa
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Ogawa 小
川一真出版部,
Tokyo.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 1 vol., 31 x 40 cm;
DETAILS about IMAGES: 132
plates of photographs, some (6) of them in color, many of them with 4
photographs to a plate. "One plate has an aerial view of Peking and
Tianjin taken from a French observation balloon." (Baxley)
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Northern China
CITIES: Beijing,
Langfang, Tianjin
NOTES:
Originally published
under the title Hokushin
Jihen Shashin cho 北清事变写真帖. Reprinted under the title given
above in Beijing by the Xueyuan chubanshe 学
苑出版社 in the year 2000.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Pabel,
Hilmar
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1960
TITLE of ITEM:
Antlitz des Ostens
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Pabel, Hilmar
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Hilmar Pabel
PUBLISHER
/ PLACE / PAGES:
Hoffmann und Campe; Hamburg; 111 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
9,5 x 27,5 cm / various
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
See the journal STERN Nr. 38, 1990;
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Leica M 35mm.
DETAILS about IMAGES:
42 b/w photographs about China.
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Southern
China; Northern China; Indonesien; Bali; Japan; Sumatra; Vietnam.
CITIES:
Shanghai; Beijing; Hongkong; Saigon;
SCENIC SITES: Emperors
Palace (Forbidden City); Great Wall;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Divorce;
religious practice; Catholicism in Vietnam; women and children, Qi
Baishi.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Palud,
A.M. le
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1930ies
TITLE of ITEM:
The Yangtze Gorges in
Pictures and Prose
SUBTITLE: A
Souvenir of the Yangtze Gorges illustrated with fiftyseven photographic
studies
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): le Palud, A.M.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Kelly & Walsh, Shanghai; XVIII p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
28 x 19,5 cm;
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 56 b/w photographs.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Sichuan; Hubei.
CITIES:
Yichang; Fengdu;
Chongqing; Wanxian; village of Yunyang;
SCENIC
SITES: Yangzi gorges and rapids; British gunboat;
trackers; Yangzi pilot; salt carrying junk;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Parker, Elliott P.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1978
TITLE of ITEM:
John Thomson, 1837-1921, RGS
Instructor in Photography
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Thomson, John in: The Geographical Journal Vol. 144, Part 3, p. 463-471
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
London (?)
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: Theye 1989
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Parker, Geo. S.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1937
TITLE of ITEM:
The Mysterious Yangtze
SUBTITLE:
A Travelog
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Parker, G.p.; Newman, E.M.; Green, L.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Privately printed; Conkey Co., Chicago, Hammond, New
York; 94 p.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 9 x 14 cm / 9,5 x 14,5 and smaller
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Entrepreneur and owner of the
Parker Pen Company, with branches in China, for example in Shanghai,
Jiujiang, Nanjing, Hankow; Some photographs by Gendreau, N.Y., some
others by Publishers' Photo Service, N.Y.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm format
DETAILS about IMAGES:
18 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Jiangsu,
Hubei
CITIES:
Hankou, Shanghai,
SCENIC
SITES: Yangtze Kiang; Pagode; Shanghai-Bund; Junks; Great
Wall
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: American destroyers on the Huangpu river
黄浦江; automobiles; rikschas;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Pearce, Nick
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2005
TITLE of ITEM:
Photographs of Peking, China 1861-1908
SUBTITLE:
An Inventory and Description of the
Yetts Collection at the University of Durham : Through China with a
Camera.
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): John Thomson (professional photographer);
John Dudgeon (amateur photographer and missionary doctor); Stephen
Bushell (not a photographer himself, but physician to the British
Legation, pioneer historian of Chinese art and original owner of the
collection of the photographs).
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): John Dudgeon (1837-1901) worked in
the London Missionary Society’s Peking Hospital 京都施醫院 and
wrote one of the first books on photography to be published in China,
Tuoying qiguan 脫影奇觀 or ‘How to Take Wonderful
Photographs’ (1873). Note:
This book is held at the East Asian Collection of Yale University
Library, and at Cambridge University Library, England.
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Nick Pearce
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Edwin Mellen Press, 192 pages. ISBN 077346090X
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: no information given (Thomson used
glass plates).
DETAILS
about IMAGES: Extensively annotated listing in the Yetts
Collection of each individual photograph forms the second part of the
book.
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: North China
CITIES:
Beijing;
NOTES:
"Pearce includes research into the collection of
Thomson’s glass plates in the Institute in London,
into Bushell’s extensive collecting activities and the use of
photography in his printed works, and comparisons with Osvald
Siren’s Walls and Gates of Peking (1924)
and Imperial Palaces of Peking (1926) and an album
in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem which Pearce concludes belonged to
Hugh Frazer, a British diplomat and contemporary of Stephen
Bushell’s." (From Frances Wood's review of this title).
"Prof. Yetts was a noted authority on Chinese art. His interest in
Chinese art perhaps began when he served as medical officer at the
British Legation in Peking, now known as Beijing, in 1913. During the
war years between 1914 and 1918, he served in the Royal Navy Medical
Service as major and deputy assistant Director of Medical Services,
Embarcation. After the war, he was appointed to a lectureship in
Chinese art and archaeology in SOAS, University of London where he
became Professor two years later. He retired in 1946 with the title
Professor Emeritus."
(Source: The Oriental Museum at the University of
Durham).
The book finally in
hand, one discovers that as a matter of fact it is rather sloppily
produced. Coming from a reputable press, this is not quite
comprehensible. The binding is cracking upon first opening, and - worse
- the reproduction of the appended photographs leaves much to be
desired, to say the least. For the price of over $100, one would have
expected a much better produced volume.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Peiyang Press
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1937
TITLE of
ITEM: Coronation Celebrations - Tientsin,
China
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
British military photographer (presumed)
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
1st and only edition: Peiyang Press, Tientsin
FORMAT of ITEM:
~36 x 27 cm;
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 40
b/w plates
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: North
China
CITIES: Tientsin
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: British military: Trooping the Colour, 1st Batallion The Lancashire Fusiliers,
at Min Yuan - 10 images, 5 leaves. Naval Contingent, HMS Lowestoft - 2
images. Tientsin British Emergency Corps - 3 images. [Celebratory]
Illuminations in the British Concession - 25 images, 13 leaves.
NOTES:
Very rare item. I have only ever seen one of these albums
for sale, on eBay, ending with 13 bids in November 2007.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Peking-Tientsin
Publishing Co.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1901 (?)
TITLE of ITEM: Scenes Taken in China of the
Boxer War and the Late Rebellion
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Peking-Tientsin Publishing Co.; no pag.
FORMAT of ITEM:
n/a
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: no
information given.
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca. 40
b/w (?)
REGIONS
or PROVINCES:
Northern China: Hebei
CITIES: Beijing; Tianjin (Tientsin)
OTHER TOPICS: Boxer
Rebellion; Opium den; Col. E. A. Root; Commanding and staff officers of
the 15th Infantry in China; Chinese soldiers; Yuan Shikai; executions
(beheadings); military exercises;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Perckhammer,
Heinz von
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1928
TITLE of ITEM:
Peking
SUBTITLE:
Das Gesicht einer Stadt
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Perckhammer, Heinz von
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Holitscher, Artur
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Albertus Verlag; Berlin; xx, 200 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
23 x 30 cm; 14,8 x 21,8 cm
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: no
information given.
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 200 b/w (sepia tinted)
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China: Hebei
CITIES: Beijing;
SCENIC SITES: West
Hill (Xishan); Dragon wall; Dongbianmen;
Jianmen Wutasi; Yonghegong;
Tiantan; Xibianmen; Biyunsi;
Kongmiao;
Baita; Ming tombs; Shendao; observatory; mosque (Qingzhensi); Jihuamen;
Hadamen; Andingmen; Wanshousi; Summer Palace; Yuanmingyuan; Coal Hill;
Camelback bridge; Zhonglou; Gulou;
Black Temple (unclear what site); Yellow Temple
(perhaps the Lama Temple); Marble Boat; Pailou;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Gardens
and landscaping; monks; ritual procession; pagodas; sculptures;
bronces; incense burner; coolies; beggars; caravan of camels;
musicians; steles; women; rikschas; railway station; flowers used for
the New year festival; parks; steam locomotive.
NOTE: This
book and its images has been scanned and made available by the Centre
National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). The images are housed on
a server at the University of Lyon, and can be accessed at http://iaodb.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Beijing/index.php.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Perckheimer, Heinz
von
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1928
TITLE of ITEM:
Edle Nacktheit in China
SUBTITLE:
The Culture of
the Nude in China
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Perckheimer, Heinz von
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Berlin/Zurich;
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca 32 b/w photographs (sepia tone)
NOTE: One
of the very few items I am aware of dedicated to the subject of
portraiture, and the nude model. Lang Jingshan and Chen
Chuanlin 陈传霖
are other photographers
who occasionally published highly artistic photographs of female nudes
in pre-1949 China. For a better introduction to the subject, visit my
Zenfolio gallery of Early Chinese Nudes.
This
publication has now become rather rare. If offered, it fetches prices
of $600 and up. Perckhammer published more nude artwork in some
European compilations and magazines in the 1930s.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Perckheimer, Heinz von
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1930
TITLE of ITEM:
Von China und Chinesen
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Perckheimer, Heinz von
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Orell
Füssli / Zürich, Leipzig / 16 p. plus 63 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
3 x 19,5 cm /12 x 16,5 cm
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: none
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 64 b/w (strong sepia tone)
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China: Hebei
CITIES: Peking (Beijing)
SCENIC SITES: City
walls and gates; pailou 牌楼; Yonghegong 雍和宫; Wanshougong 万寿宫; Baitasi
白塔寺; Dragon wall; Tiantan; Summer palace; Shisan Ling 十三陵 （Ming Tombs
near Beijing); Observatory; Shendao 神道; pagoda; Great Wall;
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: Transportation:
Junks; Camels; opium; daoist monks; devil's dance; Lama priests;
photographs of nudes (some of the very few nude portraits
that exist
from that time period); women; Mongols; Mandschu wifes; rural compounds
(farm buildings); new years greetings, funerary procession; coolies;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Plant, Cornell
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1926
TITLE of ITEM:
Glimpses of the Yangtze
Gorges
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Plant, Cornell
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Kelly & Walsh; Shanghai; 86 p.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Yangzi
River; river transport.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Pohl, E.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1929
TITLE of ITEM:
Blumen und Disteln aus dem
Reich der Mitte
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Pohl, E.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Verlag des Missionshauses in Breklum/Breklumer
Missionshefte; 32 p.
FORMAT of ITEM: 3,5 x 20 cm; 9,6 x 14
cm and smaller
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm format
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 7 b/w pictures;
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Guangdong
CITIES:
Linzhou; Pathoi;
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Christian mission station and school;
missionary Paulsen; missionary Oppermann; church altar;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Pontificio
Istituto Missioni Estere
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1994
TITLE of
ITEM: La
Cina
SUBTITLE:
Nelle lastre di Leone Nani (1904 - 1914)
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Brescia (Grafo), and Roma (Pontificio istituto missioni estere; 1994,
1999)
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Leone Nani
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Nani was a missionary within the
framework of the Roman Catholic missionary network and went to China
(Hanzhong in Shaanxi) in 1904 (staying until 1914). See Lazzarotto's
and Calvenzi's prefaces
for a well written overview of Nani's spiritual and secular life.
PREFACE or
EPILOGUE: Incl. three prefaces: "The End of the World"
by Giuliano Bertuccioli; "A Missionary in China - Leone Nani's Work in
Shaanxi", by Angelo S. Lazzarotto; "Traveller and Photographer - A
close, caring view in an unpublished pictorial report", by Giovanna
Calvenzi;
DETAILS
about IMAGES: around 110 b/w photographs.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old style wet plates);
13x18cm and 9x12cm.
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Central
China; Shaanxi province;
GENERAL REMARK: A very well produced
and highly informative publication; the quality of the accompanying
text finely matches the quality of the images. Tri-lingual throughout:
Italian, English, Chinese (incl. one preface in Chinese).
NOTES:
This book was also
released in English by Skira Press in 2004 under the title Lost China: The Photographs of
Leone Nani (ISBN 8884915716)
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Prip-Moller, Johannes
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1st ed.1937; 2nd ed. 1967; 3rd
ed. 1982
TITLE
of ITEM: Chinese
Buddhist Monasteries
SUBTITLE: Their
Plan and its Setting for Buddhist Monastic Life
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Prip-Moller, Johannes
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: same as
author.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
1st ed.?; 2. and 3rd ed. Hongkong University Press;
Hongkong; 396 p.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 29 x 39 cm; 40 x 27 cm;
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: Collection
of photographs and other materials are deposited with the Royal Library
and the Royal Academy in Copenhagen.
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Prip-Moller was an architect in
Shenyang (Mukden) during the years 1921-1926; from 1929 until 1933 he
was back in China, collecting materials on the construction, layout and
function of buddhist monasteries.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Presumably
35mm format (Leica, Contax?)
DETAILS about IMAGES: 234 b/w
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Northern China: Hebei; Western China:
Sichuan; Central China: Anhui,
Shaanxi; Southern China:
Jiangsu, Zhejiang
CITIES:
Hangzhou; Beijing; Nanjing; Chongqing;
SCENIC SITES: Zhaoqingsi;
Qiyuansi; Jiechuangsi; Jieyinsi; Zhihuasi; Qingshansi; Qiongzhusi;
Fahaisi; Fayusi; Xixiangchi; Xihuadian; Xilin; Huachengsi; Huaqingsi;
Hualinsi; Wanfolou 万佛楼; Huijusi; Gulinsi; Guanyinsi; Guanyindong;
Guiyuansi; Linggusi; Lingyinsi; Nanputuosi; Niutoushan; Grottoes and
cave temples; Baijingtai; Baisuigong; Baoguangsi; Pilusi; Biyunsi 碧云寺;
Shentongsi 神童寺; Puxiandian; Puxiansi; Wanfodian; Beihai gongyuan;
Nanhuayansi; Wanniansi 万年寺; Sheng'ensi; Shengjisi; Dajuesi;
Taipinggong; Dinghuisi; Dongyansi; Fatang; Wenshuyuan; Wofosi; Wuyusi;
Yuqisi; Jiulaodong; Pagodas; Luohan; Arhat; Foxueyuan 佛学院;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Monks;
ordination; architecture; Fengshui; landscapes; monastic kitchen;
incense burners; stone rosetta; weapons (used by monks); Jiuhuashan;
Baohuashan; Lushan.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Price, George Uvedale
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1893
TITLE of ITEM:
Rambles with a camera
SUBTITLE:
or a series of photographs with descriptive text illustrating the
physical features, scenery, temples, types of native life, etc., etc.
of the island of Amoy and its immediate neighbourhood.
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Price, George Uvedale
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: same as
author.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
1st and only edition: Kelly and Walsh, Hong Kong,
Shanghai, Yokohama, Singapore; 2 volumes;
FORMAT of ITEM:
29 x 39 cm; 40 x 27 cm;
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Needs further research; Price published other small-scale collections
privately (see below).
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large
format camera (wet collodion process)
DETAILS about IMAGES:
1st vol.: 44 b/w plates; 2nd vol.: 29 b/w plates (altogether 75); all
reproductions in collotype by Ogawa, Japan.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Southern China; Fujian;
CITIES: Xiamen (Amoy); Gulangyu;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Buddhist temples; granite bolders and
scenery; monks; deities and statues; tea picking girl; Chinese
religious and secular architecture; opium smoker; rock inscriptions;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Price, George Uvedale
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: ca. 1896/97 ?
TITLE of ITEM:
Celestials
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Price, George Uvedale
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: For private
circulation only; printed by Kelly and Walsh, Hong Kong, Shanghai,
Yokohama, Singapore;
FORMAT of ITEM: 29 x 39 cm; 40 x 27
cm;
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Needs further
research; Price published other photoghraphic items, too.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA
AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format camera (wet collodion
process)
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 4 (four) b/w plates; perhaps ??
reproductions set in collotype by Ogawa, Japan, as with the "Rambles"
volumes.
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED:
Portraits;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Price, George Uvedale
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: ca. 1896/97 ?
TITLE of ITEM:
People of "The Land of Chin"
SUBTITLE:
A series of photographs depicting types of the Chinese Race
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Price, George Uvedale
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: 1st and only
edition: Kelly and Walsh, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Yokohama, Singapore;
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Needs further
research; Price published other small-scale collections privately (see
above).
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format camera
(wet collodion process)
DETAILS about IMAGES: 1st vol.: 5
b/w plates; perhaps ?? reproductions set in collotype by Ogawa, Japan.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Portraits; Buddhist monk; farmer;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Price, George Uvedale
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1897
TITLE of ITEM:
Ku-Lang-Su; or, The Drum
Wave Island [A series of photographs with explanatory texts]
SUBTITLE:
or a series of photographs with descriptive text illustrating the
physical features, scenery, temples, types of native life, etc., etc.
of the island of Amoy and its immediate neighbourhood.
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Price, George Uvedale
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Kelly and
Walsh, Hong Kong
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Fujian;
CITIES: Xiamen
(Amoy); Gulangyu 鼓浪屿 (Kulangsu Island);
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Qi
Fang, Qi Jiran
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: First edition 1993
TITLE of ITEM:
Old Peking - The City and
Its People
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Hai Feng
Publishing Co.; Hong Kong; ISBN 962-238-206-1
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern
China;
CITIES:
Beijing; Harbin
NOTES: Materials
for this publication were selected and gathered by Ye Yansheng.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Qin Feng 秦风 (ed.)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2007
TITLE of ITEM: Yige ren yu yige shidai de qinggan 一个人与一个时代的情感
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): None mentioned by name; much press photography
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Guangxi shifan daxue chubanshe 广西师范大学出版社; Guilin 桂林, 280 pages; ISBN 9787563365777
FORMAT of ITEM: 20.5 x 21.5 cm ;
DETAILS about IMAGES: About 250 b/w photographs; some panoramic views;
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Hebei; Hubei; Shanxi; Xizang (Tibet); Manchuria (Manzhouguo 满洲国)
CITIES: Taipei; Shanghai, Beijing, Wuhan, Yanan, Lhasa, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Chengdu, etc.
NATURE of IMAGES:
Documentary
NOTES: All images taken from the private collection of Qin Feng lao zhoapian guan 秦风老照片馆 (Taiwan)
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Photographs of various segments of Chinese history post-1911, including Taiwan post-Japan. Hu Shi 胡适 (1952);
Japanese military; political campaigns and rallies; Christian wedding
ceremony held by Russian orthodox priest; demonstrations; Chinese
military; Manchurian Railway; Chiang Kai-shek; Mao Zedong; Zhou Enlai;
Taiwanese nude model Lin Siduan 林丝缎 (1965)
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Qin Feng lao zhoapian guan 秦风老照片馆 (ed.)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2008
TITLE of ITEM: Kangzhan Zhongguo guoji tongxun zhaopian 抗战中国国际通讯照片
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): None mentioned by name; much press photography
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: Guangxi shifan daxue chubanshe 广西师范大学出版社; Guilin 桂林, 280 pages; ISBN 9787563377787
FORMAT of ITEM: 20.5 x 21.5 cm ;
DETAILS about IMAGES: About 150 b/w photographs;
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Hebei; Hubei; Shanxi; Manchuria (Manzhouguo 满洲国)
CITIES: Tai'erzhuang; Xuzhou; Shanghai, Beijing, Wuhan (Hankou), Yanan, etc.
NATURE of IMAGES:
Documentary
NOTES: All images taken from the private collection of Qin Feng lao zhoapian guan 秦风老照片馆 (Taiwan)
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Photographs of various campaigns
against the Japanese military; political campaigns and rallies;
demonstrations; Chinese
military; Chiang Kai-shek; Mao Zedong; Zhou Enlai; war orphans;
destroyed church in Shanghai; mobilization of troups; "Drama at the
Yellow River"; ammunition factory; barricades
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Qu
Wei, Li Shuxiao
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 2003
TITLE of ITEM:
The Jews in Harbin - Youtai
ren zai Harbin 犹太人在哈尔滨
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Tedl Koffman (Israel), Israel Epstein (China), Haiim Tademer (Israel)
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
1st edition: Social Sciences Documentation Publishing
House, Beijing, 235 p.
FORMAT of ITEM: 23 x 29.7 cm ;
TECHNICAL DATA
ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL:
DETAILS about IMAGES:
400 b/w
REGIONS
or PROVINCES: Harbin
CITIES: Harbin
NATURE of IMAGES:
Documentary, and mementos.
NOTES: The historical chronological
table of Harbin Jews; compare to similar volume of Jewish life in
Tianjin.
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Photographs of the main Synagogue in
Harbin; the economic miracle created by Jews in Harbin; Jews and their
contribution to Harbin's culture; Jews living in China;the
architectural of legacy of the Jewish community in Harbin; recent
visits by Jews and their friendship for Harbin.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Rattenbury,
Harold B.
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1946 (ca.)
TITLE of ITEM:
Face to Face with China
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Beaton, Cecil
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Rattenbury
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., Sydney, Toronto, Bombay,
Stockholm; 144 p.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 4,5 x 21,5 cm / 13,5 x 19 cm
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Cecil Beaton, well known British
court photographer.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Twin-lens
Rolleiflex (his "preferred camera")
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 45 b/w photographs.
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Southern China: Fujian; Yunnan; Guangxi; Guangdong; Jiangx; Hunan;
Western China: Sichuan;
CITIES: Chongqing; Changsha; Chengdu;
Ziliujing Zigong; Guilin
SCENIC SITES: Elephant Tooth (Trunk)
Hill; Great Buddha; Luohan;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Photographs of
landscapes; rural life; city life; industry; Chinese scholars; Y.S. Mei
- president of the Yenching Christian University; Chengdu; women; Red
Cross Hospital in Changsha; soldiers; sport event; rickscha coolies;
noodle production; silk; porcelain shop; salt mine; women washing
clothes; shopping street; tea house;
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Ricalton, James
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1901
TITLE of ITEM:
China through the Stereoscope
SUBTITLE:
A Journey through the Dragon Empire at the Time of the Boxer Uprising
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Ricalton, J. C.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
London/New York;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Boxer
rebellion; Soldiers;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Rinji Taiwan Kyūkan Chōsakai
臨時臺灣舊慣調查會
CO-AUTHOR:
Mori Ushinosuke 森丑之助
(editor)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1918-
TITLE of
ITEM: Taiwan banzoku zufu 臺灣蕃族圖譜
SUB-TITLE:
Dait̄a Sensō
kinen shashinchō; dai 1-kan 大東亜戰爭紀念寫眞帖； 第1卷
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Taihoku: Taiwan Sōtokufu Rinji Taiwan Kyūkan Chōsakai
臺北: 臺灣總督府]臨時臺灣舊慣調查會. 2 volumes.
FORMAT OF ITEM:
37 x 26 cm.
DETAILS about IMAGES:
Ca. 300 b/w photographs
(in many cases 2 per plate, each volume having 100 plates).
REGIONS or
PROVINCES: Taiwan
NOTES: Very detailed and
interesting photo-ethnographic documentary of Taiwanese aborigines,
tribes, rural conditions. Depicted are Paiwan, Pomomaku, Koshun,
Capiyan, Pabauba, Toroko (Taroko), Tayal, Nanwo, Mareppa, Gawogan,
Keito, Kinaji, Gunban, Arisan, Tanban, Rofuto, Maransha, Toran, Yami,
Taikohan, Sau, Shishaban, Tappansha, Takebakaban, Takushaban, Ramban,
Bunun, Rapal, Yayu, Imorodo, Pomomaku, Pinan and other tribes and
ethnicities (minzu 民族).
Republished in 1977 as Riju shidai
Taiwan yuanzhu minzu shenghuo tupu 日據時代台灣原住民族生活圖譜 = The pictorial life
of the Taiwan aborigines during the Japanese period (edited by Song
Wenxun 宋文薰 編, Taibei, 求精出版社).
Captions of the 1918 and
subsequent editions in Japanese and English.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Mount
Dawushan 大武山; granaries, agriculture and (head) hunting, weaving,
tattooing, "club-house", skull shelves, drying of tobacco leaves,
women, hairdress and textiles, pottery making, fishing villages, Island
of Botel Tobago, suspension bridge.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Robinson,
N. (Commander Chas., Royal Navy)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: ca.
1901
TITLE
of ITEM: China
of To-day or The Yellow Peril
SUBTITLE:
Illustrating the Principal Places, Incidents, and Persons connected
with the crisis in China
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Various (not
identified); images credited to the following individuals, agencies and
magazines: The "Navy and Army Illustrated"; N.P. Edwards of
Littlehampton (most of the images); Underwood & Underwood;
Sibthorpe; John Thomson; Reverend G. Owen; Wetenhall;
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
"Navy & Army Illustrated; and Geo. Newnes. Ltd. (both London);
92 p.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 33.5 x 27,5 cm
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): None. It would be of interest to
know more about N.P. Edwards of Littlehampton, to whom most of the
photographs are credited.
TECHNICAL DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large
format plates.
DETAILS
about IMAGES: Ca. 160 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China; Hebei;
CITIES: Beijing; Shanghai; Tianjin,
Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Amoy (Xiamen), Weihaiwei, Hankou
(Wuhan), Chongqing, etc.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: The Impassable
Country - Bird's eye View of China from Taku (Dagu) to Peking; A
Chinese Family at Home - The National Institution of Foot Binding; A
British Warship in Chinese Waters; Travelling on the Great River - A
Missionary and his family going to the Yang-Tze-Kang (Changjiang); At
the Gate of Peking - A Camel Train going West for a load of coal;
Government House in Hong Kong - the head centre of British Influence in
the Far East; A Chinese Gambling Establishment - The Banker Picking up
the Cash; Life in Canton; The Travel and Trade on the Upper Yang-Tze -
Picturesque but perilous navigation; Happy Valley; Wu-Shan Gorge;
Legation Street (Beijing); The Place where the Allies landed on June
25, 1859. Water Wheel; Beijing City Wall; Kongmiao; Gushan Monastery;
Boy Soldiers; London Mission Hospital (Tianjin); Sir Claude and Lady
MacDonald (British Minister to China); Han-Kau (Hankou) Arsenal; Bogue
Fort; Naval School, Arsenal, and Disused Government Building (Whampoa);
Chinese Medical Students trained by missionaries in Tianjin (Tientsin);
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Rohrbach, Paul
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: ca.1913/14
TITLE of ITEM:
Die Deutschen Kolonien
SUBTITLE:
Ein Bilderbuch aller deutschen Kolonien mit 168 photographischen
Aufnahmen, Karten und Text
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Anonymous
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Rohrbach, Paul
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Der Gelbe Verlag Wundt & Blumtritt; Dachau; 48 p.
text, 87 p.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 20 x 26,5 cm; 15 x 20 cm;
DETAILS about IMAGES:
11 b/w (counting only those related to China)
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China: Shandong
CITIES: Jinan; Qingdao; Cangzhou;
SCENIC SITES: Lotus
Lake in Jinan; Dragon Wall; cave temple Sunwangdong near Qingdao;
Pailou;
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Administrative building of the
Tianjin-Bukou (Tientsin-Pukou) railway line; railway station; grinding
grain; coolies; Taishan; execution of robbers by German soldiers.;
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Rosholt,
Malcolm
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1984
TITLE of ITEM:
Flight in the China Air
Space 1910-1950
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Malcolm Rosholt
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Malcolm Rosholt
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Rosholt House, Rosholt, Wi; 239 p.
FORMAT of ITEM: 22 x 28 cm; 16 x 22
cm.
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm
DETAILS about IMAGES:
400 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Northern
China; Southern China: Guangzhou, Fujian; Yunnan
CITIES:
Shanghai, Qingtao, etc;
NOTES: Well reproduced photographs presenting an
overview of aviation of China covering single engine and multi-engine
propeller-driven aircraft almost from its beginnings to 1950;
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: photographic images of the pilots of Chinese
Air Force, Central Aviation School at Shien Chiao, and the First
American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers).
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Rosholt, Malcolm
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1978
TITLE of ITEM:
Days
of the Ching Pao
SUBTITLE:
A
photographic record of the Flying Tigers, 14th Air Force in China in
World War II
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Malcolm Rosholt
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Malcolm Rosholt
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Rosholt House, Rosholt, Wi; 192 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
32 cm.
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm
DETAILS about IMAGES:
About 240 b/w photographs
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Southern
China: Guangzhou, Fujian; Yunnan.
CITIES: Shanghai, Qingtao, Kunming,
Chengdu, Chongqing, etc;
NOTES: Very interesting, well annotated
photographic documentation of the Flying Tigers, shuttling back and
forth between Southwest China, Burma (over the so-called "Hump") and
other places in southwestern China.
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: Photographic images of the pilots of Chinese
Air Force, Central Aviation School at Shien Chiao, and the First
American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers).
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY:
Rudy, Stella M.
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1937
TITLE of
ITEM: Children of China
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Stella M. Rudy
PREFACE or EPILOGUE: Stella M. Rudy
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Rand MacNally, Chicago; 60 pp.
FORMAT
of ITEM: 23 x 27 cm
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: 35mm
DETAILS about IMAGES: 30 b/w photographs
NOTES: Very
curious item, solely depicting Chinese children in their respective
environments (including missionary).
OTHER TOPICS
COVERED: Mission
schools.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Seckendorff,
Freiherr von (Leutnant)
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 1902
TITLE
of ITEM: Deutscher
Posten Langfang (album with printed photographs)
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Hofsteindruckerei Gerth & Oppenrieder, Gera ;
o.p.
FORMAT
of ITEM:25 x 34 cm / 24x 18,2 and smaller
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Presumably affiliated with the
German military.
TECHNICAL
DATA ABOUT CAMERA AND FILM MATERIAL: Large format (old
style wet plates)
DETAILS
about IMAGES: 72 b/w
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Shandong
CITIES:
Langfang 廊坊
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: German military camps and barracks;
children; Laoshan "Bismarck Peak"; soldiers; Transportation
infrastructure, including the new Shandong (Shantung) railway line.
NOTES:
Special album documenting the barracks and training grounds of a German
regiment; "Erbaut 1901-1902 vom II. Batl. 3 ostas. Inft.-Regts. Major
Auwärter und 7. Kompagnie 2. ostas. Inft. Regts. Hauptmann
Beyer beiden gewidmet" ; gez.: Freiherr von Seckendorff, Lt.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Segalen,
Victor
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1996
TITLE of ITEM:
Passage des oiseaux pihis
SUBTITLE:
Photographies de Chine
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Victor Segalen
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Christian Doumet
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Cognac / Temps qu'il fait / 99 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
23 cm;
DETAILS
about IMAGES: Collection of photographs taken by Segalen
1909, 1914, and 1917, and belonging to the collection of the
Bibliotheque Nationale de France and the Musee Guimet (Paris).
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Sekino
Tadashi 關野貞
CO-AUTHOR: Takeshima
Takuichi 竹島卓一
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1934
TITLE of ITEM:
Nekka 热
河
SUBTITLE:
- The Most Glorious and Monumental Relics
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Sekino Tadashi 關野貞 and professional
photographer hired by Mr. K. Saito, managing editor of the Zauho Press.
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Sekino Tadashi and Takeshima Takuichi
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Toho Bunka
Gakuin Tokyo Kenkyujo; Tokyo, Zauho Kankokai
FORMAT of ITEM: 34
x 43.5 cm; 4 massive, cloth-bound volumes in hybrid-style
(Japanese-Western) binding.
DETAILS about IMAGES: 299 b/w and
color images. Some photographs fold out as panoramas almost to a length
of one meter. 1st volume: 63 plates; 2nd volume: 84 plates (some of
these in color); 3rd volume: 78 plates; 4th volume: 74 plates (again,
some of these in color).
REGIONS or PROVINCES: Rehe (Jehol);
Hebei; Northern China; Inner Mongolia.
CITIES: Rehe
(Jehol) - Chengde 承德.
SCENIC SITES: The Eight Outer
Palaces; Wai ba miao 外八庙; "Small Potala". Lama Temples. Summer Palace.
NOTES:
Monumental oeuvre by an eminent Japanese architectural historian of the
likes of Ernst Boerschmann and Prip-Moeller. Very rare
item, with extremely detailed visual documentation of the state of the
preservation (or, rather, for the 1930s, the state of the dilapidation
and neglect) of what is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The
photography, the printing and the binding of these four volumes are
simply superb. Annotations and textual introduction in Japanese and
English. An accompanying volume (somewhat much smaller in size,
published in 1937) specifies the objectives of this undertaking and
includes maps and other types of designs of the various buildings'
premises.
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Shanghai shi
dang'anguan 上海市档案馆
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 2006
TITLE of
ITEM: Chengshi
jiyi 城市记忆 - Memory of City
SUBTITLE: Shanghai lishi
fazhan dang'an tuji 上海历史发展档案图集 - Archival Pictures for the Historical
Evolution of Shanghai
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanghai cishu chubanshe 上海辞书出版社 / Shanghai / 277 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
29 x 25 cm
DETAILS
about IMAGES: About
200 photographs, from
the earliest days of the development of Shanghai. There are also dozens
of reproduced documents which signify important events or developments.
In addition, maps (both historical and contemporary) are added at
critical stages in the time line.
Note
that the photographs, well reproduced and printed as they are, lack
attributions, nor are dates provided. They have bilingual captions,
however, although the English version of the captions is oftentimes
simplified when compared to the Chinese original. In terms of coverage,
the book extends all the way towards the World Expo in 2010, although
two-thirds are dedicated to the era before the Cultural Revolution.
Many of the documents and photographs are published here for the first
time.
CITIES:
Shanghai
NOTES: This
book covers (in image and in text) the entire documented history of the
city of Shanghai. In scope, concept and thoroughness (though certainly
not in critical balance) it rivals the Tsingtau volume of the
DHM.
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Jiangnan
Arsenal 江南制造总局 (including a rare map of the arsenal); industry; port;
transportation; anti-Japanese War; Communist Party; Public utilities
such as the Shanghai Waterworks Company (including rare design
drawing); Shanghai Prison complex and Police Station; photograph of
Shanghai Municipal Council members of 1865; early Suzhou Creek;
Shanghai Art College; Avenue Joffre tram rails; Gate and moat of the
old town; photographs of banks and financial institutions; group photo
of Chamber of Commerce directors (late 1920s?); Design drawings of
western style houses on Rue Moliere in 1924 (now Xiangshan Rd); Design
drawing of the Shanghai administrative district (ca. 1930s?); mixed
(legal) court; Nanyang College 南洋公学; gate of Fudan University in 1920;
Shanghai Library (old building); The First Neighborhood Committee of
the city (post-49, Baoxing Li in the Huangpu District); Mayor Chen Yi;
propagandistic photographs of the new Shanghai and its industries; mass
education; Shanghai Gymnasium of 1972; Professor Zhou Gucheng.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Shanghai shi lishi bowuguan
上海市历史博物馆
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1993/94
TITLE of ITEM:
Shanghai kangzhan 上
海抗战
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shangwu yinshuguan/Hong
Kong/ISBN 9620751892
CITIES: Shanghai
AUTHOR,
EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Shanghai shi Luwanqu
difangzhi bangongshi 上海市卢湾区地方志办公室
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 2001
TITLE of
ITEM: Huaihailu
bai nian xiezhen 淮海路百年写真
SUBTITLE: Huaihai Lu: A
Centennial Celebration - Its History in Words and Pictures
PREFACE or EPILOGUE:
Xiong Yuezhi 熊月謳
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanghai shehui kexue chubanshe / Shanghai / 217 p.
FORMAT of ITEM:
36 x 24 cm
DETAILS
about IMAGES: Hundreds of photographs, many of them from
the earliest days of the development of that particular city district.
CITIES:
Shanghai
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Shangwu
yinshuguan 商务印书馆
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1923
TITLE of ITEM:
Zhili mingsheng 直隶名胜
SUBTITLE:
Scenic Views of Chihli
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): unknown
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Shanghai, Shangwu yinshuguan
FORMAT OF ITEM: 18 x 12 cm.
DETAILS about
IMAGES: 18 leaves of printed photos
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Northern China: Hebei, Liaoning, Shandong
CITIES:
Beijing; Rehe (Jehol; Chengde); Changping xian, Panshan;
OTHER TOPICS COVERED: Temples,
Yuanmingyuan; Lugouqiao; Wenjinge 文津阁 (in Chengde); Yanyulou (Chengde);
Ming tombs (Shaoling); Shanhaiguan 山海关.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Shao
Yuanchong 邵元冲
YEAR
of PUBLICATION: 1937 first edition; 1938 second
edition; 1939 third edition
TITLE of ITEM:
China's Northwest, A
Pictorial Survey - Xibei Lan Sheng 西北攬勝
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Xu Shishen 許師慎
PREFACE
or EPILOGUE: Shao Yuanchong - 邵
元冲
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
China Book Company - 正中書局印行; Nanking; 188 p.
FORMAT of ITEM: 22,5
x 27,5 cm
DETAILS
about IMAGES: ca. 220 b/w
REGIONS or PROVINCES:
Shanxi 山西; Gansu 甘肅; Qinghai 青海; Ningxia 寧夏; Shanxi 陝西; Suiyuan 綏遠 .
CITIES:
Nanjing; Xuzhou; Changan; Lanzhou; Xining; Pingliang; Yumen; Dunhuang;
Jiuquan; Baotou; Datong; Shijiazhuang; Zhengzhou.
SCENIC SITES: The
Tombstone of Huangdi; Huashan, or the West Sacred Mountain; Yuquan;
Huaqing chi, a Hot Spring, Lishan; Dayan Pagoda, Ci'en Temple; Buddhas
in Qingshou; Lupang shan, Guyuan; The Sanguan Pass; The Ruins of the
Great Wall, Lanzhou; The Grave of the Chaste Princess, (Ming Dynasty)
Lanzhou; Gobi Desert, outside of Jiayuguan; Grotto of Thousand Buddhas,
Dunhuang; The Ruins of Yumenguan; The Ruins of Yangguan; Eight Lama
Pagodas, Ta'ersi; Riyueshan, Qinghai; The Drum Tower, Ningxia; A Stone
Tablet with inscriptions of Gen. Yue Fei's Writing (1135 A. D.)
Ningxia; North and West Pagoda, Ningxia; Tanglai Chu, a Canal of the
Tang Dynasty, Ningxia; Kundulun Temple, Baotou; The City-tower, Datong,
Shanxi; The Nine Dragon Screen (1376 A.D.), Datong; Foguang Temple,
Yingxian, Shanxi; Sakya Pagoda, Fukung Temple; Hengshan, Shanxi; City
tower, Taigu, Shanxi.
NOTES: Old photographs of the
North-western part of China in 1930s; journey from the agricultural
plains of the South to the yellow highlands of the Northwest, spotted
with deserts and nomadic tribes, and from the upper reaches of the
Yellow River to the borders of the Kokonor; pictures are well
presenting the natural scenes of the famous mountains and great rivers;
the various customs and traditions of the inhabitants; the rich natural
resources then still hidden and undeveloped, the beauty of ancient
sculptures and wall carvings; and the preservation work undertaken
within recent years.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or CORPORATE BODY: Shapero Gallery (London)
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 200(?)
TITLE of ITEM: Exposing Asia: Travel and Photography in the Nineteenth Century
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Felice Beato, Kimbei Kusakabe, Francis Frith et al.
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES: London, n. p.
FORMAT of ITEM: n/a
NOTES: "Many of the hand-colored Japanese photographs are by, or attributed to, Kimbei
Kusakabe, circa 1880. Though the catalogue depicts most of these in near
postage-stamp size, they are magnificent examples of the subtle tonalities and
elegant formal composition of Japanese portraiture. Similarly, the images and
albums from China, Singapore, and various world tours capture the exoticism of
Asia with vivid views and a sense of scale that puts the viewer very much in the
landscapes, as close to a Time Machine as we will ever come." (Quoted from iPhotoCentral)
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Shi Jinchang 石晉昌
YEAR of
PUBLICATION: 1925
TITLE of ITEM:
Jing-Sui tielu yan xian
fengjing 京綏鐵路沿線風景
PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Liu Xianjin 劉先覲
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Jing-Sui
tielu guanliju bianyi ke 京綏鐵路管理局編譯課 ; 240 pages.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: Zhongguo
Sheyingshi 中国摄影史;
Hu Zhichuan and Ma Yunzeng (ed.); Beijing, Zhongguo Sheying Chubanshe;
1987; p.242-265
OTHER
TOPICS COVERED: Railroads, railway station,
transportation and traffic.
AUTHOR, EDITOR or
CORPORATE BODY: Shi Ying
时影
YEAR of PUBLICATION: 2005
TITLE of
ITEM: Minguo
shangye 民国商业
SUBTITLE:
biz (sic!)
PHOTOGRAPHER(S): Various
PREFACE or
EPILOGUE: Shi Ying 时影
PUBLISHER/PLACE/PAGES:
Tuanjie chubanshe 团结出版社, Beijing; 222 pages.
FORMAT of ITEM:
17 x 26cm
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