A shop and street in Chinatown from a portfolio of photographs by John L. Stoddard and Old Chinatown by Arnold Genthe.
A shop and street in Chinatown of San Francisco.
Category: China
Traditional clothing from China. Chinese National Costumes
A Chinese comedian who portrayed an enraged military officer
A sketch of a Chinese comedian performing his part before the the British Ambassador, December 19, 1793, at Canton.
The traveling barge of Van-ta-zhin. Drawn by William Alexander, 1805.
The travelling Barge, of the Mandarin Van-tazhin, who attended the Embassy.
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A military Mandarine (or Nobleman) of China. Portrait of Van-ta-zhin 1805.
His boots are of satin, with thick soles of paper: these are always worn by the mandarines and superior Chinese.
The Bamboo Cane, its origin and traditional use. Nature and Art 1866.
The Giant Thorney Bamboo. Nothing can exceed in beauty the graceful bamboo, as its feathery foliage waves and flutters in the breeze.
The great imperial stone road from Peking to Chengtu.
Chinese pictures: notes on photographs made in China by Isabella Lucy Bird. The great imperial stone road planted with cedars sealed with the Imperial seal.
Chinese peasants with children from the northern provinces.
A peasant with his wife and family. The feet of children are prevented from growing large. The Mother is in the dress of the northern provinces.
China. The Empress. A concubine and a servant. Furniture.
Empress of China with a diadem and long pendants. A concubine and a servant. Interior. Furniture.
Chinese female coiffure from Canton, Shantou, Ningpo and Shanghai.
Mode of dressing the hair in vogue among the women of Shanghai, Canton, Shantou and Ningpo. Photo by John Thomson.
Prince Gong. Yixin, Prince Gongzhong of the First Rank
PRINCE KUNG. Illustrations of China and its people: a series of two hundred photographs, with letterpress descriptive of the places and people represented by John Thomson.
