A Chinese rickshaw puller having a smoke, with a rickshaw, Singapore

A Chinese rickshaw puller having a smoke, with a rickshaw, Singapore

Identifier

UB01-24

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: UB01-24. Photograph by G.R. Lambert and Co., from an album held in University of Bristol Library, Special Collections (ref: DM2520/1). The rickshaw is branded with a stencil: ‘H.C.D. / 2540 / 95’. H.C.D. indicates that it is a Singaporean rickshaw (Source: ‘Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser’, 25 August 1891, page 4). The location mentioned in the caption in the album is therefore incorrect.

Caption in album or on mount

Chinese rickshaw cooly. Hongkong

Caption on photograph

191. Rickshaws puller

Location

Singapore

Estimated Date

1880-1890

Dimensions

101mm x 133mm

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections