Chinese National Day. Tien An Men parade 1954. National Day, October 1- here in Pecking’s Tien An Men Square, Chairman Mao Tse-tung reviews the marching columns of the paraders. Source:… Read More
Tien An Men parade. Chinese National Day 1954.
Category: Asia
Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.
Bukyan. An Ida or Brahmin of Bali.
Bukyan. More:Bali Legong dance. Woman dancing the secular dance. 19th Century
Chief Sereedoghee at Rangoon, Burma.
A Chief Sereedoghee at the Court of Amarapoorah, Rangoon, Burma. More:Hunkpapa Sioux chief “No Neck” who surrendered with… Native American Korean Chief and his Secretary 1816 Korea Yoholo Micco, A Creek chief. Leader… Read More
Japanese Festivals and Holidays.
Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs’ were collected during the years 1864-5, by Jacob Mortimer.
A Trooper at the Court of Amarapoorah. Burma.
A Trooper at the Court of Amarapoorah. More:Japanese Court dress Japan Costumes of the Ottoman court. Cara Coulouktjou,… Ottoman Empire Dame de cour chinoise. Chinese Court Lady of the… 19th… Read More
Ruins about the Taj Mahal, Agra.
The pleasure-grounds belonging to the Taj Mahal are watered daily during the dry season; and they are clothed in perpetual verdure, while the surrounding country is a wilderness.
Whonghee. Female slave attendants. Burma.
A Whonghee or First Minister’s wife in her Hackery with female slave attendants.
King of Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Abdallah I. Ibn Saud.
Sheikh Abdallah I. ibn Saud (1740-1818) from the House of Saud, ruled the First Saudi State and was Imam of the Wahhabi
A Chinaman. Chinese Mandarin and the dog as a sign of dignity.
The dog is a sign of dignity both in China and Siam. It appears at the portrait VAN TA GIN in Barrow’s Travels in China wears on his breast.
Gentleman of Loo Choo in his Cloak. Japan 1816.
Gentleman of Loo Choo in his Cloak More:A Procession of the Emperor Akbar Shah II surrounded… Asia Costume of an ancient Persian king and his archer. Asia The Ahuula, a… Read More