Coolie Collection

Accessories for Sunshine, 1954
A woman sits enjoying the holiday sunshine surrounded by raffia accessories including a huge coolie hat, natural sandals, red sandals, a cone bag, an Ascher cotton square in diced blue and white

Flogging Coolie 1886
An asian man is being flogged by two men aboard a ship while the other crew members peacefully watch the scene

Near naked man wades in a pond to gather water lilies - Bali
Near naked man in a cooly hat wades in a pond to gather water lilies. Bali, Indonesia Date: 1989

Rubber Plantation - Malaysia - Overseer and Coolies. Date: circa 1910s

A fishing boat returns to Aberdeen Harbour, SW Hong Kong. The boat is loaded with nets and the crew prepare the mooring lines Date: 1984

Man wearing a straw coolie hat sits on a stool, Hong Kong
A man wearing a straw coolie hat sits on a stool on small sampan wooden boat in Hong Kong. He is barefoot, holds the oars, wears a coolies hat and has a cigarette in his hand

1860s Japan - portrait of a coolie labourer porter Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

1860s Japan - portrait of a porter Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

1860s Japan - portrait of a coolie or porter with a heavy load Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

Tiger hunt series by Colonel Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1837-1912, photographed 1870 s

Big game hunting, tiger hunt in India - a series
Tiger hunt series by Colonel Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1837-1912, photographed 1870 s. One of 10 images listed

Coolie, farm worker, labourer, smoking a pipe, Japan
19th century vintage photograph: coolie, farm worker, labourer, smoking a pipe, with a grass coat, Japan

Rice Plant - planting young rice
Chinese planted the rice seeds on cultivated flat land near the Kiang and the Yellow river, the seed was soaked in water in which a quantity of plants appear above ground in a couple of days

Rice Plant - preparing land with harrow
Chinese cultivated the land intently, annually the ground would flood by heavy rains, when the waters had receded the earth was covered with a thick coating of slime and mud

PIN-UP / LEOPARD PRINT
Blonde pin-up model reclines on the grass in an ocelot / leopard print bathing costume, a coolie hat on the ground beside her, and white stilettos on her feet. Date: 1950s

Chinese laundrymen 1905
Chinese laundrymen working in the open air, standing in the water, rubbing and wringing the clothes. Date: 1905

Sedan Chair in Hong Kong 1857
Coolie chairmen in Hong Kong. Date: 1857

Woman wearing coolie straw hat, Aberdeen harbour, Hong Kong
A woman wearing a coolie straw hat sits among baskets on the harbourside of Aberdeen harbour, Hong Kong. She covers her face and takes a snooze Date: 1984

Woman in a straw sunhat watering pots of flowers, Lantau, HK
A young woman in a straw sunhat watering pots of flowers outside the Po Lin Monastery in Lantau Island, Hong Kong Date: 1982

Arab porters in Iraq carrying long planks of wood through a palm grove. Date: 1910s

Arab porters in Main Street, Baghdad, Iraq. circa 1917

Japanese Water Carrier ( Coolie ). Note the traditional costume of a rice farmer. He wears a reed cape (Mino), a traditional Japanese garment, a raincoat made out of straw

A group of Coolies, India. Historically, a coolie (variously spelled cooli, cooly, kuli, quli, koelie etc.) was an Asian slave or manual labourer, particularly in southern China

China - Coolie with geese - Man carrying baskets of geese along street. Part of Box 167 Boswell collection - Tour in China. Date: circa 1900

South China - Coolie Women - Boats in harbour, women sitting on quayside. Part of Box 24 Boswell Collection Southern China and Its people. Date: circa 1900

Racial Types / Dutch 1640
Dutch women including a housewife wearing ruffs which continued to be fashionable in the Netherlands after other European countries had ceased wearing them. Date: 1640

Gambian scout at World Jamboree, Warwickshire
Gambian scout, D M Jagne, colour bearer, wearing a traditional hat at the World Jamboree, Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, which was attended by 35

Coolie in grass coat, Japan
Coolie (manual labourer) in grass coat, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Two coolies, China
Two coolies with sweeping brushes, China. Date: circa 1890

Chinese Mining Boy, South Africa
A Chinese Mining Boy, South Africa. Between 1904 and 1910, over 63, 000 contracted miners were brought in to work the mines of the Witwatersrand

Chinese Mining Boys - South Africa
Three Chinese Mining Boys. Between 1904 and 1910, over 63, 000 contracted miners were brought in to work the mines of the Witwatersrand

Chinese Musicians - one playing an Erhu - South Africa
Chinese Musicians - one pictured playing an Erhu - in South Africa. Between 1904 and 1910, over 63, 000 contracted miners were brought in to work the mines of the Witwatersrand

Hong Kong - China - Street Coolies. The first and last are clad in straw raincoats while the one in the centre is carrying provisions purchased from the market. circa 1910s

Zhenjiang, China - Labourer pull cart of rocks - street Date: 1920

Police in Chinese Compound, South Africa - contracted miners
Police in a Chinese Compound, South Africa. Between 1904 and 1910, over 63, 000 contracted miners were brought in to work the mines of the Witwatersrand

Conrad / Typhoon / Parasol
TYPHOON Short story by Joseph Conrad Captain MacWhirr crossed the deck... Date: First published: 1902

A Bhutia Coolia. The Bhutia are ethnic Tibetans who speak a Tibetan dialect. Their ancestors migrated from Tibet to Sikkim, Darjeeling

View of old China
Picturesque scene of old China, with men in coolie hats driving donkeys laden with goods over a bridge. Date: 1911

Hill Coolie Girl - India
A Hill Coolie Girl from a Northern Indian Hill Tribe

Fold-out postcard with scenes of Shanghai, China

Japanese porter
A Japanese coolie carries the luggage and belongings of pilgrims at Fujiyama

Vegetable Seller, Japan
A Japanese street trader of vegetables carries the produce in baskets suspended from the ends of a long pole

Leopard Print Costume
Blonde pin-up model reclines on the grass in an ocelot / leopard print bathing costume, a coolie hat on the ground beside her, and white stilettos on her feet

Silk Farm at Hoo-Chen
A silk Farm at Hoo-Chen

Racial / India / Four Men
Four Indian men, including a Coolie (seated) and a Moslem (standing, centre)

Japanese Types
Officer of the Taikoon in civil costume - mendicant bonze - superior bonze - military - women - soldier - man of the lower classes - fish market coolie - pilgrim

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