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- Collection: Sedan Chairs and Travel Photography in Turn of the Century China (1890-1910)
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Chefoo - English Children in Sedan Chair, 1895
Image depicts three English children in a sedan chair held by two bearers. Photo taken in Chefoo which is the European name for the modern-day city of Yantai in the province of Shandong. Notes from Wikimedia states: "Forms part of: Jackson, William…
A Summer Sedan Chair, China, ca. 1900-1919
Image depicts the carrying of a traveler associated with American presbyterian missionary group by two laborers in profile. A note included in the original source states "A summer sedan chair, the kind we used to go up the mountain to Mokanshan, the…
Canton - Joseph G. Pangborn Beside Sedan Chair, 1895
Attributed to photographer and painter William Henry Jackson (1843-1942). Displays leader of World's Transportation Commission, Joseph G. Pangborn standing beside sedan chair in highly ornate courtyard. (From WikiMedia: "Forms part of: Jackson,…