Ancient and modern--Chinese junk and British battleship, Hong Kong, China – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Ancient and modern--Chinese junk and British battleship, Hong Kong, China. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Ancient and modern--Chinese junk and British battleship, Hong Kong, China
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Two vessels from different worlds share one frame here: a Chinese junk with its high, square sails drifting beside a British battleship in Hong Kong harbor. Hong Kong had been a British colony since the 1842 Treaty of Nanking, and the contrast in this view, between a traditional wooden sailing craft and a steel warship of the imperial navy, captures the colony's position between Chinese and British maritime life. The card was issued around 1902 by C.H. Graves of Philadelphia, one of many stereographs sold for viewing through a stereoscope, which gave armchair travelers a sense of depth and distance.
| Created / published | Philadelphia : C.H. Graves, c1902. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H24466 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: The Universal Photo Art Co. Copyright by C.H. Graves. No. 104. |
| Subjects | Junks--China--Hong Kong--1900-1910. Battleships--British--China--Hong Kong--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,294 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-194710 |
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