| 1 | Creator/Collector: | Payne, Oscar Birkett
| Requires cookie* | | Title: | Oscar Birkett Payne Views of China  | | | Dates: | circa 1924-circa 1929 | | | Abstract: | The collection of glass and nitrate negatives contains almost 1,000 views of Shanghai and surrounding areas taken by Oscar Birkett Payne, especially documenting sites and scenes along the waterways going as far north as Ningbo (Ningpo) and Hangzhou (Hangchow). The geographical area represented comprises the provinces of Jiangsu (Kiangsu) and Zhejiang (Chekiang), and includes the towns or districts of Anting (Anking), Nanxiang (Nanshiang), Suzhou (Soochow), Songjiang (Sungkiang), Haining, Hangzhou, Jiaxing (Kashing), and Ningbo, as well as the city of Shanghai. | | | Number: | 2004.R.2 | |
2 | Creator/Collector: | Maynard, Michel de
| Requires cookie* | | Title: | Michel de Maynard lantern slides of early twentieth-century China  | | | Dates: | 1906-1912 | | | Abstract: | Lantern slides taken by Michel de Maynard, a Franciscan missionary in China, document Chinese culture and missionary activity during the last days of the Qing dynasty, the revolution of 1911, and the birth of the Chinese Republic, notably in Shaanxi province. Subjects include landscapes, buildings, cultural monuments, formal and informal portraits, scenes of daily life, religious and cultural practices, and the revolution of 1911. | | | Number: | 2002.R.43 | |
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