Workers on the "silent highway"
Photograph shows two workmen on a barge on the Thames River, England. Illus. in: Street life in London : with permanent photographic illustrations taken from life expressly for this publication / by J. Thomson... More
![[Portraits of a Chinese peddler, a woman selling brooms, a woman from Canton, and a laborer]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvcG9ydHJhaXRzLW9mLWEtY2hpbmVzZS1wZWRkbGVyLWEtd29tYW4tc2VsbGluZy1icm9vbXMtYS13b21hbi1mcm9tLWNhbnRvbi1hbmQtMWE5NjQ4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Portraits of a Chinese peddler, a woman selling brooms, a woman from Canton, and a laborer]")
[Portraits of a Chinese peddler, a woman selling brooms, a woman from ...
Captions on front of item: "Peddler" (upper left); "Buy a broom" (upper right); "Coolie" (lower left); and "Headdress coolie" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Peddler" (upper left); [no caption] (up... More
![[Portraits of a Chinese woman holding a boy, an elderly man wearing glasses, two women, and a two needlewomen with baskets]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMzAvcG9ydHJhaXRzLW9mLWEtY2hpbmVzZS13b21hbi1ob2xkaW5nLWEtYm95LWFuLWVsZGVybHktbWFuLXdlYXJpbmctZ2xhc3Nlcy10d28tMWFjOGFkLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Portraits of a Chinese woman holding a boy, an elderly man wearing glasses, two women, and a two needlewomen with baskets]")
[Portraits of a Chinese woman holding a boy, an elderly man wearing gl...
Captions on front of item: "Small piecy bull chilo" (upper left); "Old man in spectacles" (upper right); "Chinese women" (lower left); and "Needlewomen" (lower right). Captions on back of item:"Small piecy bul... More
Group of Chinese women - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows three Chinese women, two seated, one standing. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back of item: "Group of Chinese women. The gentler sex are all particularly fond of adorning their h... More
Foochau woman - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman from Foochau, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009) In al... More
Agricultural laborer - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese agricultural laborer, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding a large scythe with a child next to him. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Agricultural... More
Workers on the "silent highway"
Photograph shows two workmen on a barge on the Thames River, England. Illus. in: Street life in London : with permanent photographic illustrations taken from life expressly for this publication / by J. Thomson... More
Chinese woman - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Caption on back of item: "Chinese women. Although the distinction between the size of the feet seems to constitute "Caste" among C... More
![[Portraits of a Chinese woman from Canton, a man mending a pot, a woman from "Foochau", and a soldier]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTIvcG9ydHJhaXRzLW9mLWEtY2hpbmVzZS13b21hbi1mcm9tLWNhbnRvbi1hLW1hbi1tZW5kaW5nLWEtcG90LWEtd29tYW4tZnJvbS1mb29jaGF1LTE0MGQyOC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/45/webp "[Portraits of a Chinese woman from Canton, a man mending a pot, a woman from \"Foochau\", and a soldier]")
[Portraits of a Chinese woman from Canton, a man mending a pot, a woma...
Captions on front of item: "Native Canton" (upper left); "The crockery mender" (upper right); "Foochau woman" (lower left); and "Chinese soldier" (lower right). Captions on back of item: [no caption] (upper le... More
![[Portraits of a Chinese boy with a tray, a woman from Hong Kong, a group of laborers, and three women]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvcG9ydHJhaXRzLW9mLWEtY2hpbmVzZS1ib3ktd2l0aC1hLXRyYXktYS13b21hbi1mcm9tLWhvbmcta29uZy1hLWdyb3VwLW9mLWxhYm9yZXJzLTI4ZTcyNi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/47/webp "[Portraits of a Chinese boy with a tray, a woman from Hong Kong, a group of laborers, and three women]")
[Portraits of a Chinese boy with a tray, a woman from Hong Kong, a gro...
Captions on front of item: "Boy with tray" (upper left); "Native of Hong Kong" (upper right); "Group of coolie" (lower left); and "Group of Chinese" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Boy with tray" (up... More
![[Portraits of a Chinese man selling vegetables, a woman and child beggar, a woman from Macau, and a bureaucrat (Mandarin)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTYvcG9ydHJhaXRzLW9mLWEtY2hpbmVzZS1tYW4tc2VsbGluZy12ZWdldGFibGVzLWEtd29tYW4tYW5kLWNoaWxkLWJlZ2dhci1hLXdvbWFuLWJmZThhMC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Portraits of a Chinese man selling vegetables, a woman and child beggar, a woman from Macau, and a bureaucrat (Mandarin)]")
[Portraits of a Chinese man selling vegetables, a woman and child begg...
Captions on front of item: "Crying vegetables" (upper left); "Beggars" (upper right); "Native Macao" (lower left); and "Mandarins" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Crying vegetables" (upper left); [no... More
![[Portraits of a Chinese beggar, a man being punished with his head in a canque, a woman washing her feet and a toy seller]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDIvcG9ydHJhaXRzLW9mLWEtY2hpbmVzZS1iZWdnYXItYS1tYW4tYmVpbmctcHVuaXNoZWQtd2l0aC1oaXMtaGVhZC1pbi1hLWNhbnF1ZS02OTUwNmItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/46/webp "[Portraits of a Chinese beggar, a man being punished with his head in a canque, a woman washing her feet and a toy seller]")
[Portraits of a Chinese beggar, a man being punished with his head in ...
Captions on front of item: "Beggars" (upper left); "Punishment of the canque" (upper right); "Ablutions" (lower left); and "Toy seller" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Beggars" (upper left); [no capt... More
![[Chinese people in a sampan and canal boat, women in a wheelbarrow, and a street cobbler]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTAvY2hpbmVzZS1wZW9wbGUtaW4tYS1zYW1wYW4tYW5kLWNhbmFsLWJvYXQtd29tZW4taW4tYS13aGVlbGJhcnJvdy1hbmQtYS1zdHJlZXQtM2I3NjBlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[Chinese people in a sampan and canal boat, women in a wheelbarrow, and a street cobbler]")
[Chinese people in a sampan and canal boat, women in a wheelbarrow, an...
Captions on front of item: "Sampans" (upper left); "Canal boats" (upper right); "Passenger barrow" (lower left); and "The street cobbler" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Sampans" (upper left); "Canal... More
Headdress, Canton woman - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding umbrella. Title from back of item. Caption written on front of item misidentifies image as " Coolie". Caption on back conti... More
![[Portraits of a Chinese policeman with prisoners, a person being carried in a sedan chair, a group of women and a barber]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvcG9ydHJhaXRzLW9mLWEtY2hpbmVzZS1wb2xpY2VtYW4td2l0aC1wcmlzb25lcnMtYS1wZXJzb24tYmVpbmctY2FycmllZC1pbi1hLWZiZWY0Yi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Portraits of a Chinese policeman with prisoners, a person being carried in a sedan chair, a group of women and a barber]")
[Portraits of a Chinese policeman with prisoners, a person being carri...
Captions on front of item: "Policeman with prisoners" (upper left); "Chinese chair" (upper right); "Group of men" (lower left); and "Barber" (lower right). Captions on back of item: [no caption] (upper left); ... More
![[Portraits of a Chinese women purchasing jewelry, women from Macau, people in a boat, and the "toutai" (magistrate) of Shanghai] with an attendant]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXRzLW9mLWEtY2hpbmVzZS13b21lbi1wdXJjaGFzaW5nLWpld2Vscnktd29tZW4tZnJvbS1tYWNhdS1wZW9wbGUtaW4tYjA3ZTUxLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Portraits of a Chinese women purchasing jewelry, women from Macau, people in a boat, and the \"toutai\" (magistrate) of Shanghai] with an attendant]")
[Portraits of a Chinese women purchasing jewelry, women from Macau, pe...
Captions on front of item: "Purchasing jewellry [i.e., jewelry]" (upper left); "Native of Macao" (upper right); "Group in a passenger boat" (lower left); and "Toutai of Shanghai" (lower right). Captions on bac... More
The head guard on the South Eastern Railway, 1885--The engine is one o...
Two men on locomotive and conductor(?), with left arm stretched outward, at car in foreground, London. Probably by John Thomson, F.R.G.S.
![[Chinese men playing "Chai Moi" (finger game), street vendors with carts selling food; and a group of men, women and children]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvY2hpbmVzZS1tZW4tcGxheWluZy1jaGFpLW1vaS1maW5nZXItZ2FtZS1zdHJlZXQtdmVuZG9ycy13aXRoLWNhcnRzLXNlbGxpbmctMDNjNzE1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/48/webp "[Chinese men playing \"Chai Moi\" (finger game), street vendors with carts selling food; and a group of men, women and children]")
[Chinese men playing "Chai Moi" (finger game), street vendors with ca...
Captions on front of item: "Chinese game of Chai Moi" (upper left); "Street vendors" (upper right); "Street vendors" (lower left); and "Groups of figures" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Chinese game... More
Punishment of the canque - Public domain portrait drawing
Photograph shows a Chinese man, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with his head in a canque. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez... More
Street vendors - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
Photograph shows a Chinese food vendor with a customer eating out of a bowl. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Street vendors. As a rule a large portion of the lower class of Chinese, especi... More
Portrait photo of Compradore - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese "compradore", full-length portrait, seated, facing right, with pipe. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Compradore. The Chinese compradore may be looked upon as the... More
Foochau woman - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman from Foochau, half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009) In al... More
Native Macao - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman from Macao, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding umbrella. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thir... More
Toutai of Shanghai - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese judge of Shanghai, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, holding pipe, with attendant next to him. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Toutai of Shanghai. The ... More
Buy a broom - Public domain weapon print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, full-length portrait, standing in street, facing front, holding brooms and a basket. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: R... More
Headdress, coolie - Public domain weapon print
Photograph shows a Chinese laborer, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding pole with cord on end. Title from front of item. Caption on back : "Coolie. Armed with a strong light bamboo from four t... More
Portrait photo of Ablutions - Public domain scan / print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, seated in chair, washing her feet in a basin. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back of item: "Ablutions. It is frequently asserted and generally believed that Chin... More
![[Portraits of the executioner of Kanagawa with sword and prisoner, the head of Hayashida Tciken, and Chinese women, including one from "Foochau"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDIvcG9ydHJhaXRzLW9mLXRoZS1leGVjdXRpb25lci1vZi1rYW5hZ2F3YS13aXRoLXN3b3JkLWFuZC1wcmlzb25lci10aGUtaGVhZC1vZi1mYmMwYWUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/45/webp "[Portraits of the executioner of Kanagawa with sword and prisoner, the head of Hayashida Tciken, and Chinese women, including one from \"Foochau\"]")
[Portraits of the executioner of Kanagawa with sword and prisoner, the...
Captions on front of item: "Executioner of Kanagawa" (upper left); [no caption] (upper right); "Chinese women" (lower left); and "Foochau woman" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Executioner of Kanagaw... More
Workers on the "silent highway"
Photograph shows two workmen on a barge on the Thames River, England. Illus. in: Street life in London : with permanent photographic illustrations taken from life expressly for this publication / by J. Thomson... More
Portrait photo of Mandarins - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese mandarin (government official), full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title from front of item. Caption from back of item: Civil officer. foreigners have been in the habit of c... More
Old man in spectacles - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows an elderly Chinese man wearing eyeglasses, full-length portrait, standing in street, facing front. Title from front and back of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Sou... More
![[Studio portraits of a Chinese bureaucrat (mandarin), a civil officer, a Buddhist priest and a woman ]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDkvc3R1ZGlvLXBvcnRyYWl0cy1vZi1hLWNoaW5lc2UtYnVyZWF1Y3JhdC1tYW5kYXJpbi1hLWNpdmlsLW9mZmljZXItYS1idWRkaGlzdC1lMTM4MDItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Studio portraits of a Chinese bureaucrat (mandarin), a civil officer, a Buddhist priest and a woman ]")
[Studio portraits of a Chinese bureaucrat (mandarin), a civil officer,...
Captions on front of item: "Mandarins" (upper left); "Civil officer" (upper right); "Buddhist priest" (lower left); and "Chinese woman." (lower right). Captions on back of item: [no caption] (upper left); "Civ... More
Boy with tray - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese man, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding a tray on which are bottles for cocktails. Title from front and back of item. Caption continues on back: "...The tray eviden... More
Native of Hong Kong - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding an umbrella. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009... More
Workers on the "silent highway"
Photograph shows two workmen on a barge on the Thames River, England. Illus. in: Street life in London : with permanent photographic illustrations taken from life expressly for this publication / by J. Thomson... More