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Title
Item 09: Postcards and photographs of cities and towns in China, ca. 1905-1910 / from the papers of George Ernest Morrison
Call number
PXA 207/vol. 3
Level of description
item
Date

1905, 1910
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera
Reference code
457280
Physical Description
16 postcards and 86 photographic prints
Scope and Content
f.1
a-d. Postcards of Russia-Japan Peace Conference, August 1905.

f.2
a-b. Postcards of Russia-Japan Peace Conference, August 1905.
c. 7/2/10 View in Pai Shui Ssu 50 ft.
d. 8/2/10 Pagoda of Ping Liang fu.

f.3
a. 22/2 Lanchow. The Bridge from the S. Bank.
b. View of the shops of the Sart Merchants opposite the Consul.
c. 22/2 Lanchow. The Memorial Temple to Tso Tsung-Tang near S. gate.
d. The Ssuchuan guild house Urumchi.

f.4
a. 22/2 Lanchow. The Pai Ta Ssu from across the R[iver].
b. 22/2/10. View of East Gate of Chum chou 100 ft.
c. View from the city wall looking West to Hung shan tsui.
d. 26/1. 5 p.m. 2 3 storied [i.e. storeyed] 6agonal [sexagonal] twin pagodas 20 ti W. of Huachow common monument.

f.5
a. Attempt to photo a magpie at 25 ft. 7/2/10.
b. 1/2 10 A.M. 100 ft. Strong sun but strong wind. Common village seen on road W. of Sian fu.
c. View down the Street in Hung maiotzu from the Drum Tower in the Man ch'eng.

f.6
a. [Chinese postcard]
b. The Watch Tower. In changing the spools I forgot first to wind up. This was after sundown.
c. [Chinese postcard.]

f.7
a. At the Fair at Tien chang I
b. At the fair at Tien chang I
c. An ox cart.
d. Restaurant in village on road near Sian Fu (village Shang Chiao)

f.8
a. Our Innyard at Ching Chiang I 50 ft. My head carter.
b. Our Innyard at Ching Chiang I 50 ft. Ma Tzu.
c. 8/2/10 Guard house empty with 5 Beacons seen every 10 li and wooden pailow 15 li from Ssu shih li p'o and 25 from Ping Liang fu.
d. 16/2 View in Ching Shui I of the mud pillars that mark the 10 li distance. 100 ft.

f.9
a. 16/2 View of ruined gate towers and wall of village Ching Shui I.
b. /2 The N. gate of Pinchow - 100 ft.
c. View of pillars that mark 10 li distance 100 ft. 14/2
d. 2/2/10 Inn yard at Chiem Chou.

f.10
a. Watch tower on road near Sian fu with the destroyed beacons. Note the tablets telling distance. This village is Shang Chao (illuminate).
b. My cart ascending an incline approaching Lanchow before crossing hills.
c. 5/2 Dog and Shepherd boy near Chang Wu.

f.11
a. 4/2/10 Wayside group in this poor country going near Pin chow. 50 ft.
b. 4/2 7 story [i.e. storey] pagoda in Pin chow.
c. 2 10 A.M. 25 ft. Good sun. Strong wind. Common kind of village seen on road W. of Sian fu.

f.12
a. 22/2 The Water wheel that supplies the Viceroy’s Yamen - on the Huang Ho. Lanchow. South Bank.
b. 4/2/10 View of my cart near Pinchow 50 ft.
c. A Remnant of the Former Temple.

f.13
a. 2/2/10 Boy with pipe nearly as long as himself.
b. [Three unidentified men with mountain backdrop.]
c. 5/2 A criminal in chains and block strolling in market place Chiang Wu levying toll upon the Kaohang stack sellers.

f.14
a. 13/2 3 beggar children.
b. Age 62 Taoist priest at the Kuan ti Miao near Hsing Hsing hsia.
c. 25 April Lu chun soldier Infantry in Semi mufti.
d. The [...?] Duke Lan

f.15
a. The Prov. Treas. Wang Shu-nan
b. Liang Tu-shoo and his children's tutor Peng Ti - chung.
c. G.W. Hunter and Petersens antelope.

d. 26-4-10 Chan tou and his grandchild on a donkey in Ti hua fu.

f.16
a. 2/2/10 2 beggars at 15ft Chien chou.
b. 16/2/10 12 ft A gentleman of the village who desired his portrait taken.
c. 1/2 An old woman of 80 begging near Pai Shui Ssu.
d. 7/2/10 Two "police" of Ching Chou escorting me with knives - 12 ft.

f.17
a. 3 April, The two Taoist priests of Mt. Kuan ti miao [?] at Huang Yuan tzu.
b. 4/2 Woman in Inn yard Pinchow
c. The Yamen runner who escorts me on the way to Ping Liang - no weapon 12 ft.
d. 22/2 Lanchow. Muller & Splingaerd at former’s door in Factory.

f.18
a. 4/2 Woman in Inn yard Pinchow 15ft.
b. 13/2 3 Beggar children.
c. 13/2 3 Beggar children.

f.19
a. 22/2 Entrance to Woollen mill with Splingaerd and Muller taken by mistake at 25 instead [of] 100 ft.

b. 11/2 My three carters at Ching Chiang I. 15 ft.
c. 22/2 Pere Vandijk [dean] Pere Pinel A. Splingaerd on his verandah of the Mission.
d. 13/2 In the loess Gulch or ravine nearing Hui Ning Hsien

f.20

a. 1/2/10 View of smooth hills with fort near Ching Chiang I.
b. 4/2 The River Valley after passing Pinchow.
c. 2/2/10 In the loess cutting.

f.21
a. 2/2 Lanchow View of the S. mountains from the verandah of the Catholic Mission.
b. 3/2/10 The Valley near Tung shou hsien.
c. 6/2 View down the River Valley at Ching Chou.
d. April 23 Farm in scrub East of Fu Kang hsien.

f.22
a. 23 April Farm in South East of Fu Kang hsien.
b. 24/4 Hei kou I.
c. 3 April Hsing Hsing hsia.

f.23
a. 3 April Hsing Hsing hsia.
b. 2 April Roadside shrine. 2 black sticks stuck into ten stones are hung with hardened hemp oil.
c. 4/2 The River Valley after passing Pinchow.

f.24
a. 13/2 In the loess gulch or ravine nearing Hui Ning hsien.
b. View of the [Richest?] street of Tchua fa 25 April.
c. View near Pinchow.

f.25
a. April 26 An innyard in Ti huafu.

b. April 25 west The Manchu gate Tchua fu.

c. 3 April Hsing Hsing hsia.

f.26

a. 2 April View of our midday camp at the boundary between Kansu and Hsin chiang.
b. 7/2/10. View of the avenue on the way to Ping Liang fu.
c. 7/2/10. View of the avenue on the way to Ping Liang fu.
d. 8/2/10. The Valley near Yung Shou hsien.

f.27
a. Camel passing near Pinchow.
b. 8/2/10 View of avenue near Ping Liang fu. (25 li) west of
c-d. [European and Chinese post cards]

f.28
a-d. [Chinese and German post cards]

f.29
a-b. [German post cards]
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Description source

Contents list compiled from captions on reverse of photographs
Creator/Author/Artist
Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920
Subject
Postcards.
Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905--Peace.
Place
China
China, Northwest.
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)
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