Imperial boathouse (颐和园大船坞) and the paddle steamer ‘Yonghe’ (永和), Kunming Lake (昆明湖), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Collection

Identifier

JC-s298

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Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JC-s298. Photograph by Ella Maillart. Rubber stamp on the back of the print: ‘PHOTO ELLA MAILLART / 10 av. Gaspard-Vallette / GENÈVE’. On the left is a small, Japanese built, iron-hulled paddle steamer (named “Yonghe” 永和), given to Cixi by the Japanese. The boat still exists. See BL-s094 and ML07-d40.

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1930s

Photographer

Maillart, Ella

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph