Dr Joseph Rock taking a photograph of the 'Kunming' aircraft, near Lijiang

Dr Joseph Rock taking a photograph of the 'Kunming' aircraft, near Lijiang

Collection

Richard Family

Identifier

FD-s223

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: FD-s223. Dr Joseph Rock (1884-1962), Austrian-American botanist, geologist, adventurer and ethnologist. The 'Kunming' was a Ford Tri-motor aircraft, photographed here at the natural landing field north of Lijiang (Likiang). Dr Rock had chartered the plane to take aerial photographs of the Yulong Xueshan range (in the background of this photograph) and the upper Yangtzi gorges. It was the first airplane to reach Lijiang. See 'Lamas, Princes, and Brigands' by Michael Aris - on page 34 there is another photograph of the same scene, taken soon after FD-s223. The Nashi or Naxi, are an official minority group, living in Yunnan and Sichuan, China. See http://www.josephrock.net/.

Caption on photograph

The K'un-ming aeroplane near Hsueh Sung Ts'un. A few Nashi onlookers -- three hours later when we left there were 2,000. / Between the camera and the plane is Dr Rock, taking a photograph

Location

Lijiang

Date

February 1936

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections