Small cargo boat, Suzhou Creek (Wusong River), Shanghai
Collection
Identifier
Da01-01
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Da01-01. This photograph by the Revd. Charles Ewart Darwent is from an album inscribed to Herbert Wilcockson, from C. E. Darwent. The Revd. C.E. Darwent, Minister of the Union Church, Shanghai, was also the author of a photographer-friendly guidebook entitled, ‘Shanghai: a handbook for travellers and residents to the chief objects of interest in and around the foreign settlement and native city’ (1904) - https://archive.org/details/cu31924023217825. This view is 'from Boat House'. The Boat House was beside the creek, near the junction of Soochow Road (Nansuzhou Lu) with Yuen Ming Yuen Road (Yuanmingyuan Lu). In the background, left to right: Hongkew Clinic, Deutsche Evangelische Church, German Consulate.
Caption in album or on mount
Soochow Creek from Boat House.
Location
Estimated Date
1902
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
University of Bristol Library, Special Collections
