A Fuzhou (Foochow) pole junk, with a full cargo of poles lashed to the sides, Shanghai
Collection
Identifier
Da01-21
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Da01-21. 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. On the high, brightly painted stern of this typical Foochow pole junk, is a Phoenix, an emblem of immortality (and so of safety for sailors). The poles are most likely for building purposes. See JM02-019.
Caption in album or on mount
Foochow junk with poles
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Location
Estimated Date
1902
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
University of Bristol Library, Special Collections
