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

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

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

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