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Woman from KashgarA woman from Kashgar, in Xinjiang Province, China. She is likely a Uyghur woman, of Turkic ethnic extraction. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
Time for Reflection by Elsie HardingA ballerina in a very horizontal tutu skirt pauses by a mirrored door and is reflected along with the colour Chinese lanterns hanging nearby
The Chinese Collection, London, 1842Engraving showing the interior of a Chinese Collection exhibition which was set up near Hyde Park Corner, London, in 1842
Chinese Soldiers advancingA unit of Chinese soldiers, with swords and shields, advancing, 1876
Chinese Soldiers rolling forwardA unit of Chinese soldiers, armed with swords and shields, performing a forward roll
Chinese Girls playing with shuttlecocks, 19th cenEngraving showing two Chinese girls in traditional dress playing with shuttlecocks; keeping them in the air only using their feet
Christmas Dinner in a Canadian Log Cabin, c. 1906Illustration showing Chinese waiters bringing the Christmas dinner, suckling-pig, into a dining room full of Canadian frontiersmen, c.1906
Bullion Office. Bank of England. Sycee SilverThis bar of silver was used by the Chinese Emperor to pay a ransom. It is above the quality of British silver coin and has the date of issue
The Umbrella CourtshipTwo children, a boy in a sailor suit and a girl in a country style bonnet, sit together underneath a Chinese paper parasol. A seaside scene can be just made out behind them
Japanese Fight ChineseThe Japanese in hand-to-hand combat with the Chinese
America, The Chinese in San Francisco. In the Chinese markerStreet scene with goods piled on a table under an awning for sale, chinese lanterns and hangings decorating the shop
America. The Chinese in San Francisco. Chinese dwellings onWooden framed houses on long stilts on the waterfront in San Francisco
America, The Chinese in San Francisco. Pulverising shrimpsChinese in wide brimmed hats spreading shrimps with a rake for drying and crushing
America. The Chinese in San Francisco. Fishing boats by moonChinese boats fishing off the Bay of San Francisco, with their distinctive curved shaped sails
America. The Chinese in San Francisco. A Joss-house, or ChinInterior hung with silks and decorated with chinese vases and table carved with animal and fish figures for Chinese traditional worship
America. New Years Day among the Chinese in San FranciscoCrowded street scene in Chinatown in San Francisco with Chinese people in traditional dress throwing fire crackers and making merry in the street and on the balconies overlooking the street
Chinatown, San Francisco, California, 1884Engraving showing Chinatown in San Francisco decorated in preparation for the Chinese New Year celebrations, 1884
America. The Chinese in San Francisco. Street in the ChineseStreet with narrow thoroughfare and traditional chinese buildings
A Chinese Fishing village in California, 1884Engraving showing the wooden framed houses and warehouses of a Chinese fishing village on the coast of California, 1884. Shrimp, caught off the American coast
America, The Chinese in San Francisco. Opium smokersAn opium den, showing Chinese people under the influence of the drug, lying in bunks or on the floor, smoking long pipes. Date: 1880
A Chinese Lottery in San Francisco, 1884Engraving showing a group of Chinese men, in traditional clothing, and white Americans gambling, San Francisco, 1884. The men are seen gathered around a card table, with a game in progress
America. The Chinese in San Francisco. A street scrivener orStreet scene with Chinese in traditional dress, one man seated with a wide brimmed hat and pigtail, writing letters for his customers
America. The Chinese in San Francisco. China men with a wrecA group of CHinses men try to stabilise a wrecked ship with ropes
Vietnam SaigonConstruction of a bridge in the Chinese Quarter
Chinese Deity of FortuneChinese god of Immortality, to which they sacrifice believing this will bring them good fortune
China / Reading & WritingChinese peasants are taught to read and write as part of Chairman Maos Great Leap Forward
China / Capture Hill PassDuring the Korean War, the Chinese Peoples Volunteers take a key mountain pass
Racial / China / Man / WomanHu Tahai, a 14th century statesman, and Tschiao Kuo Fu Dschen, a 6th century Chinese lady
Mandarins BargeA Chinese Mandarins ceremonial barge - an elaborately decorated flat- bottomed vessel
Snake Handlers - ChinaChinese snake handlers
Chinese Tartars - likely to be a man and a woman from the southern part of China toward Tibet and Nepal
Chinese FerrymanA Chinese ferryman aboard his vessel, with a large mounted gong and hammer to alert passengers to his imminent departure or perhaps to other boats to warn of his passage
Chinese Soldier - RifleA Chinese soldier from Peking in fine multi-coloured ceremonial military costume
Chinese Archer & FlagA Chinese warrior archer - the standard bearer for his division in fine decorated uniform
Chinese PercussionA variety of Chinese percussive instruments, including a hanging rack of square bells, a tensioned drum and a percussion instrument in the shape of a tiger
Tract Distribution ChinaAn English gentlemen distributes Christian religious tracts among boatmen in China
Class System in ChinaA cartoon of the Chinese class sytem, with people at the base surmounted by Clergy, who are supporting the Army (Braves), below Mandarins, with The Emperor at the very peak
Navy Attack Fort / ChinaAn attack on a Chinese coastal fort by British forces during the Opium Wars
Chinese InfantrymanA Chinese Fantassin (foot soldier) called the Tiger of War with his brightly coloured tiger-stripe costume and fierce shield motif
Yuan Shikai & his StaffYUAN SHIKAI or Yuan Chi Kai, first President of the Republic of China and later proclaimed Emperor in 1916, here with his staff in 1912
Chinese FemaleWe know her name is He-Sou- Tchou, but thats all we know about her
Chinese PagodaA pagoda of later style, comprising a number of superimposed storeys of diminishing size : also a bridge built high to allow masted vessels to pass
Chinese CountrywomenChinese country women on their way to market
Chinese SchoolgirlsChinese girls in school with their slates
Chinese OfficialA Chinese official reads a message brought to him by a courier
Chinese Women ShoppingChinese women shopping
China - AnhingChinese boats in the river alongside Anhing with its fortifications and pagoda : unfortunately we have not been able to identify it with any modern city
Mandarins Palace ChinaA Chinese Mandarins palace - interior court, terrace and garden with pool
