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SC 890
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Title: China Photographs
Date (inclusive): ca. 1900
Collection number: SC 890
Extent: .02 linear feet (1 folder)
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical location: Vault
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
None.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
China Photographs. SC 890. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Purchase, 2005.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains 14 b/w photographs of scenes of various locales in turn of the century China.Some photos have handwritten
captions, in English, on the back. Photographs of western troops on horseback suggest timeframe may be period of Boxer Rebellion
following the intervention by western military forces in 1900.
Locales include Shanghai and Hankow (now Wuhan) and a shot of steamships in what appears to be Hong Kong harbor. There are
several views of the Ming Tombs with touring parties (one with soldiers on horseback, another with a group of men and women
in civilian dress) as well as shots of various public buildings, pagodas, and other sights.