Item 03: Photographs of China, 1910 / from the papers of George Ernest Morrison

PXA 203

item

1 February-10 July 1910

Graphic Materials, Photographs

890293

1 album (100 photographic prints)

On 15 January 1910 Morrison set out on a journey through far western China and Russian Turkestan to Moscow.

Page 1
a. At the fair at Tien Chang i. [Feb 1st] [Dianzhang town in Ping county, Shaanxi province, today]
b. East gate of Chienchow [Feb 2nd] [Qian county of Shaanxi province today]
c. Seven-storeyed Pagoda of Pinchow [Feb 4th]

Page 2
a. Two police of Chingchow escorting me - carry knives [Feb 7th]
b. Old woman of eighty near Pai Shui ssu [Feb 7th]

Page 3
a. Pagoda of Ping Liang fu [Feb 8th]
b. [Waterwheel in] Lanchow [Feb 13th]

Page 4
a. Water-mill near Hsiao Lou Chih [Feb 25th] [in Gaolan county today]
b. Pavilion crossing roadway - common object [Feb 25th]

Page 5
a. Lung Kou p’u – the ordinary stage. [March 2nd]
b. Official letter carrier [March 3rd]

Page 6
a. Mountains bordering plain on south [March 3rd]
b. Ruined gate of former walled town Chin pien i. showing the characteristic destruction [March 3rd] [in Wuwei county today]
c. S.E. corner tower of Liangchow [March 4th]

Page 7
a. Grave mounds near S. Gate of Liangchow [March 5th]
b. Mr. Preedy at the west gate of Liangchow [March 6th]

Page 8
a. Mgr. Otto at his church [March 7th]
b. Tsu chih li p’u. Ruins characteristic of whole plain [March 7th] [in Wuwei today]
c. Tsu chih li p’u. Inhabited portion among the ruins [March 7th]

Page 9
a. A Chih li exile at Yung Ch'ang hsien [March 8th]
b. Our inn-yard at Shui chuan [March 9th]
c. Tafossu - 10 li west of Shan tan hsien [March 11th]

Page 10
a. Great Wall near Shan tan hsien [March 11th]
b. In village near Kanchow [March 12th]
c. Kanchow - the Dagoba [March 12th]

Page 11
a. Hei Ch’uan [March 15th]
b. Hung Tsu Miao - 10 li west of Hua Ch’iang tzu - on sand hillock overlooking Hui ho [March 16th]

Page 12
a. Suchow. Ku lou from east. [March 19th]
b. Suchow – a lama. [March 19th]

Page 13
a. Chia Yu Kuan from the east [March 22nd]
b. View from Chia Yu Kuan looking south along the wall and trench [March 22nd]

Page 14
a. Mid-day halt. View of ruins inside wall. Quite empty [March 22nd]
b. Our mid-day rest house, midway between Chia Yu Kuan and Hui Hui p’o [March 22nd]

Page 15
a. The Fort wall at our midday camp [March 22nd]
b. Only shelter for 30 miles between Ch’iho Chin hsia and Yu men hsien [March 24th]

Page 16
a. Our caravan in the plain 20 li E. of Lo T’o ching. [March 27th]
b. Desert stage of Pai Tun Tze from the top of the watch-tower [March 30th]

Page 17
a. Ta Ch’uan, third stage in desert [April 1st]
b. Hsing Hsing Hsia [April 3rd]
c. The pond in Chang Lui Shui [April 6th]

Page 18
a. My Ch’ai Jen [Yamen runner] with the Tower carbine [April 7th]
b. View north of Huang Lu Kang [April 7th]
c. Ch’ant’ous at Hami [April 8th]

Page 19
a. Hami. The three children of the Russian subject agent of the Te Sheng Yang hang [April 9th]
b. Ploughing close to the Hami princes’ tomb [April 10th]
c. Our mid-day halt in the desert [April 12th]

Page 20
a. The stage of … [Chi-ko-ching-tze] in narrow pass in the hills [April 15th]
b. Ta Shih t’ou stage in the pass among the hills [April 17th]

Page 21
a. Main street of Ku Ch’eng tzu [April 20th]
b. Chant’ou of 78 [April 21st]

Page 22
a. Urumchi. Ts’ai Shen Maio in Nam Kuan [April 24th]
b. Urumchi. Rev. G.W. Hunter [April 24th]

Page 23
a. Urumchi. The Provincial Treasurer [Wang Shu-nan] [April 24th]
b. Urumchi. Big south gate looking up street. Note pickle- jars on roof [April 24th]

Page 24
a. Urumchi. Russian Hangs opposite the Russian Consulate [April 24th]
b. My tarantass [May 10th]

Page 25
a. San T’ai on Sairan Nor. [May 18th]
b. In the Pine Pass between the lake and Erh T’ai [May 18th]

Page 26
a. Hassas near Sairan Nor on trek for Tarbagatai [May 18th]
b. Ku Lou of Hsin Ch’eng [May 18th]

Page 27
a. On the way to Kuldja [May 20th]
b. Ferry at the Ili R[iver] at Kuldja [May 20th]

Page 28
a. Ku lou of Kuldja [May 20th]
b. Our inn-yard Kuldja [May 20th]

Page 29
a. Taranchi - Mother [May 29th]
b. The Ili ferry [May 29th]

Page 30
a. View at the Pass between the Ili and Tekes [May 30th]
b. Early morning. Our Mongol mill at the creek where we passed the night [May 31st]
c. Lamasery of Hu no Kai [June 1st]

Page 31
a. Group of Lamas by tent close to Lamesery in Hu no Kai [June 1st]
b. Musart Pass [June 5th]

Page 32
a. Musart Pass. On the Japarlik Glacier. [Ispartik Glacier] [June 5th]
b. View from the Ma p’o tzu at Hua Hsifan tzu or Khai luk [June 6th]

Page 33
a. Hua Hsuan Tzu - Khai luk [June 6th]
b. Barrier of K’o li chia [June 7th]

Page 34
a. The Ma p’o tzu on the way to Khurgan [June 7th]
b. Ferry at the Aksu River [June 12th]

Page 35
a. Young wife at the Ferry of the Aksu River [June 12th]
b. Stage in the desert of Shu tu ku tuk [June 13th]

Page 36
a. Chadir [June 15th]
b. Beggar on the way to Kashgar [June 21st]

Page 37
a. On the way to Kashgar [June 21st]
b. Kashgar [June 21st]

Page 38
a. Kashgar [June 21st]
b. Kashgar [June 21st]
c. Kashgar [June 21st]

Page 39
a. Kashgar [June 21st]
b. Kashgar [June 21st]

Page 40
a. Macartney’s Tibetan Cook [June 21st]
b. Min Yul [July 3rd]

Page 41
a. View at Aksalar [July 5th]
b. Ulugchat [July 5th]
c. Kizil Su near Ulugchat [July 5th]

Page 42
a. The Kizil Su Valley near Irkeshtam [July 6th]
b. Khirgiz Tents on the Tuan Muran where we passed the night [July 7th]

Page 43
a. View from our camp on the Tuan Muran [July 7th]
b. View on the route after passing the Taldek Pass [July 8th]

Page 44
a. Near Kizil Kurghan [July 9th]
b. Near Kizil Kurghan [July 9th]

Page 45
a. On the way to Osh [July 10th]

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

G.E. Morrison's journey in northwest China in 1910 / captioned and photographed by G.E. Morrison ; compiled and translated by Dou Kim & Helen Lo = 1910, 莫理循中国西北行 / 莫理循图文 ; 窦坤, 海伦编译.

Album has handwritten captions for each photograph.

Dates in brackets compiled from album PXA 202.

Additional information in brackets from G.E. Morrison's journey in northwest China in 1910 / captioned and photographed by G.E. Morrison ; compiled and translated by Dou Kim & Helen Lo = 1910, 莫理循中国西北行 / 莫理循图文 ; 窦坤, 海伦编译.

The photographs from this album are duplicated in: Item 02: Photographs of China, 1910 / from the papers of George Ernest Morrison (PXA 202/vol. 2).

Duplicates of photographs in PXA 202/vol. 2 dated 1 February-10 July 1910.
"This was the most important trip Morrison undertook while in China: a journey from Beijing to Russia through far Western China in 1910."

Reference:
Molixun yan li de jin dai Zhongguo = Old China through G.E. Morrison's eyes / Shen Jiawei bian zhuan ; Dou Kun deng yi. Fuzhou : Fujian jiao yu chu ban she, 2007. Edition Di 2 ban.
Morrison of Peking. p. 34

Based on album PXA 202

Album covers worn; some photoprints have silvered

Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection - State Library of New South Wales