Hai Collection

Good Luck Talisman
A Chinese talisman featuring the immortal Liu-Hai, used in families for protection and good luck : includes the ying and yang and the eight trigrams

Buddhist Priest, Hai Phong, Vietnam
Hai Phong (Haiphong) in Tonkin - Northern Vietnam. A Buddhist Priest gives a sermon Date: circa 1910s

Winter in Tientsin (Tianjin), China
Winter in Tientsin (now Tianjin) in China : boats on the partially frozen river Hai. Date: C.1911

Railway destruction by revolutionaries in China near Shan-Kwan. Shanhaiguan District formerly Shan-hai-kwan or Shan-hai-kuan, is a district of the city of  Hebei Province, China

Hall crabapple, Malus halliana
La Thierry a fleurs rouges. Hall crabapple, Malus halliana. Named for Thierry, Ecuyer, consultant physician to the king. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et

Aichi AB-3 reconnaissance seaplane, ordered by the Imperial Japanese Navy, for use on the Chinese Navys new warship ordered from the Harima shipyard in Japan

RACIAL / AFRICA / EGYPT / TOMB
A Canaanite or Jew and Lower Egyptian from the Tomb of Ros- she-ra; a Lower Egyptian woman from the Tomb of Hai; Jebusites from the Tombs of Sethos and Amun-ei Date: ancient Egypt

Government bond, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway, China
Government bond of the Chinese Republic, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway, China, value 20. A 5% gold loan for 10M sterling. Date: 1913

Wei-Hai-Wei island, north east China, view over the golf course and British naval camp, with ships lying offshore, including HMS Veteran, HMS Whitshed, HMS Witch, HMS Medway

Vietnam - Hai Phong - Woman with a fabulous wide-brimmed hat
Vietnam - Hai Phong - Pretty woman wearing a fabulous wide-brimmed hat with tassels and a handy holding strap! Date: 1908

Royal Navy, China fleet regatta results, Wei-Hai-Wei. With a photo of the Yokohama Bowl, won by HMS Cumberland. HMS Berwick came 2nd and HMS Suffolk 3rd. Date: 1931

Three Women returning from Market - Hai Phong, Vietnam
Three Vietnamese Women Villagers returning from market at Hai Phong, Tonkin, Vietnam. Date: circa 1910s

China - Weihai (Port Edward) - Rendition back to China
China - Shandong province - Weihai (Port Edward) - Street decorated to celebrate the rendition back to Chinese control. Under British rule from 1898 until 1930. Date: 1930

The Moscow Gipsy Choir taken at the Palladium Theatre showing Ileane Leonidova in Hai de Troba, London, 1924 Date: 1924

The destruction of Hai (Ai, Canaan)
The destruction of Hai (Ai or Canaan) - Joshua 7. circa 1690

Music cover, Esther Williams in Bathing Beauty
Music cover, Italian version of a song from the MGM film, Bathing Beauty (Bellezze Al Bagno), starring Esther Williams and Red Skelton

China - Taku Fort
Lantern slide of a Taku Fort. The Taku Forts or Dagu Forts ( Taku batteries ), also called the Peiho Forts are located by the Hai River (Peiho River) estuary, in Tanggu District

British submarine HMS L15, seen here off Wei Hai Wei, China, with crew on deck. Date: circa 1921

HMS Bruce, British flotilla leader and destroyers
HMS Bruce (D81), British Admiralty type (Scott class) flotilla leader, with W-class destroyers HMS Wild Swan (D62) and HMS Wishart (D67), at Wei Hai Wei, China. Date: circa 1920s

HMS Titania, British depot ship, with submarines
HMS Titania, British submarine depot ship, with L-class submarines 5, 8, 9, etc, at Wei-Hai-Wei, China, when serving as flagship of the China Submarine Flotilla. Date: 1921

British cruiser off Wei-Hai-Wei, China
British cruiser, possibly HMS Suffolk, off Wei-Hai-Wei, China. circa 1910s

HMS Suffolk, British heavy cruiser, itinerary, China
HMS Suffolk (55), British County class heavy cruiser, at Wei-Hai-Wei, China Station. Giving details of her itinerary. Date: 1928-1930

China Tianjin
The FORTRESS of TYEN-TSING- WEY on the utmost border eastward of the Province of Peking, where 3 Rivers meet - in the Hai river at Tianjin. Date: 1752

Vietnam - Hai Phong - Interior of the Buddhist Temple Date: circa 1907

Hai Phong, Vietnam - The Joffre Bridge. Date: circa 1930s

Hai Phong, Vietnam - The Caron Footbridge. Date: circa 1930s

Hai Phong, Vietnam - The Cemetery Chapel. Date: circa 1907

Vietnam - Haiphong - Cathedral Clocktower inaugurated
Vietnam - Haiphong - The Clocktower (still encased in scaffolding) of the Queen of the Rosary Roman Catholic Cathedral. Date: circa 1910s

Hai kai kuwa - March-April. Drawing shows stalk with large red blossom and leaves of a flower that looks like a primrose. Date 187-

A sailor on board HMS L19
HMS L19 at China station Weihaiwei. HMS L19 was a British L class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 18 July 1917 c. 1920

Monument to First Chinese Regiment at Weihai
Monument to the (British) First Chinese Regiment at Weihai in Shandong Province, Peoples Republic of China. Between 1898-1930, the town was a British colony

China / Wei-Hai
(previously Wei-hai-wei) Seaport occupied by Japanese 1895-1898, leased to Britain 1898-1930, re-occupied by Japanese 1938-1945

TAKU FORTS
The Taku Forts, at the mouth of the Peiho river (today the Hai He, the name given to the lower stretches of the Bei river) : they were the scene of action in the Opium Wars

British in Wei-Hai-Wei
The British occupation of Wei-Hai-Wei : Captain King-Hall reading the Proclamation

China / Ching-Hai / Temple
Ching-Hai: first entrance gate to the Temple of Confucius

Chinese Luck Talisman
CHINA Good luck talisman representing the immortal Liu-Hai

China / Beijing Pei-Hai
The PEI-HAI or Northern Lake

Opium Wars / Ting-Hai
British take Ting-hai

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