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P34278; A sampan boy sitting on the bulwark of his boat with an oar in his hands in Hong Kong harbour. The photographer was in the area in the following periods: 6 to 28 May 1937; 14 October 1937 to 8 January 1938; 14 April to 4 June 1938 and 8 to 12 September 1938.
A sampan boy at Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34468; A slightly distant starboard quarter view of the two masted Tsungming cotton trader junk 10143 under sail on the Whangpu River at Shanghai. She has two tall masts with an elongated rectangular sail hoisted to full height on each mast. Each sail has 18 bamboo battens. The junk has a leeboard deployed amidships. A two masted junk and a deep sea cargo steamship are in the background. Negative number P34467 is also of this vessel.
A slightly distant starboard quarter view of the Tsungming cotton junk 10143 under sail in the Whangpu River at Shanghai (Rolled film negative)
P34114; A starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Hong Kong fisher d.w. type junk 3581NO under sail at Hong Kong. She is a small two masted junk with a single lug sail set at each mast and crewmen are adjusting her foresail. Other members of the crew are using skulling oars. Her port number is painted on the starboard bow and she has a boat suspended over the side amidships
A starboard side view taken from ahead of the beam of a Hong Kong fisher d.w. type junk under sail at Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34124; A portrait of a young girl in a sampan in Aberdeen harbour, Hong Kong. The girl is holding an oar and is smiling at the photographer who is also in the sampan. The stern of a junk is in the background. The photographer was in the area in the following periods: 6 to 28 May 1937; 14 October 1937 to 8 January 1938; 14 April to 4 June 1938 and 8 to 12 September 1938.
A young girl in a sampan in Aberdeen harbour, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34290; A port side view of the fore part of an Indian kotia type dhow anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. the photographer is abreast her bow looking to starboard showing her foresail being set. Small boats are alongside her waist apparently working cargo. The tops of her yards and her poop are out of the picture. In the background is the Royal Navy heavy cruiser Cumberland (1926).
An Indian kotia type dhow anchored at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34528; On board the Foochow pole junk (trader) 3179 anchored at Weihaiwei. The photographer is on the starboard side of the waist looking forward showing a cargo hatch in the foreground with one of the ship's dogs near the mainmast pinrail. The junk's number is carved into the mainmast. The mainsail is stowed fore and aft. Negatives numbers P34519 to P34540 are all of this vessel taken on the same occasion.
On board the Foochow pole junk (trader) 3179 anchored at Weihaiwei (Rolled film negative)
P34243; A port side view of the after part of a Canton salt junk anchored at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. The photographer is looking to starboard and slightly forward from just abaft the stern showing the mizzen sail stowed fore and aft, the large perforated rudder and the boat suspended under outriggers at the stern. A counter-sterned steamship and a flat roofed four storey building are in the background.
The after part of a Canton salt junk anchored at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34190; On board the Canton salt junk T592H at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. The photographer is just to starboard of the centreline at the aft end of the foredeck looking aft and slightly to port showing the hand operated anchor windlass in the foreground. Two cargo hatches and a capstan are between the windlass and the mainmast. The foresail is untidily stowed on its lower boom. Negatives numbers P34187 to P34193 inclusive, P34240 and P34241 are on this vessel.
On board the Canton salt junk T592H at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34228; A stern view, taken from very fine off the port quarter, of a Swatow trader type junk close to a wharf at Kowloon, Hong Kong. She is three masted and her mizzen mast is on the starboard side of her stern. The tops of her main and mizzen masts are out of the picture. A man is standing on her wooden rudder which has been raised almost clear of the water and tilted. Warehouses are on the quay in the background.
A stern view of a Swatow trader type junk close to a wharf at Kowloon, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34352; A slightly distant port side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the five masted Ta-Pu-To trader type junk 1046 under sail off Weihaiwei. She has single lug sails set at all five masts and her port number is painted twice on her hull. Negatives numbers P34352 to P34354 inclusive are of this vessel.
A port side view of the Ta-Pu-To trader type junk 1046 under sail at Weihaiwei (Rolled film negative)
P34445; On board a pole junk anchored at Hong Kong. The photographer is looking forward from the stern showing the mainsail and foresail stowed fore and aft. The aft end of the mainsail is covered with matting. The lashed tiller can be seen in the foreground and a number of the crew are in the waist and on top of the chart house. The tops of the masts are out of the picture. Negative number P34439 was taken on board the same junk.
On board a pole junk anchored at Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P33978; A close-up view of the stern of a peaked stern Twaqo type junk berthed at Singapore. The vessel appears to be of the two masted type and the top of the mainmast is out of the picture. The transom is gaily painted with representations of a volcano, flowers and leaves. The photographer was at Singapore on four occasions during 1937 and 1938: 9 April to 1 May 1937, 13 January to 26 February 1938, 9 March to 23 March 1938 and 17 September to 30 September 1938.
The stern of a peaked stern Twaqo type junk moored at Singapore (Rolled film negative)
P34423; A close view of the stern, taken from fine off the starboard quarter of an Amoy fisher type junk berthed at Kowloon, Hong Kong. She has a carved upper transom and stern rail and her rudder has been drawn inboard. No masts are in evidence. The photographer was in the area in the following periods: 6 to 28 May 1937; 14 October 1937 to 8 January 1938; 14 April to 4 June 1938 and 8 to 12 September 1938. A vertical format negative.
A close view of the stern of an Amoy fisher type junk at Kowloon, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34085; On board a Yeungkong fisher type junk at Aberdeen, Hong Kong. The photographer is looking forward from deck level on the port side of the deck just ahead of the poop showing the main lug sail stowed fore and aft on athwartships booms. The fishing net windlass is aft of the mainmast. The photographer was in the area on four occasions: 6 to 28 May 1937; 14 October 1937 to 8 January 1938; 14 April to 4 June 1938 and 8 to 12 September 1938.
In the waist on board a Yeungkong fisher type junk at Aberdeen, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34148; A close near beam view of the port quarter of a Hong Kong fisher d.w. type junk under repair on a slipway at Hong Kong. The photographer is looking to starboard and slightly forward from the side of the slipway near the stern. A section of her hull planking has been removed to reveal the framing and a drilled metal sheet is at deck level next to her bulwark. Two men are in the foreground. Negatives numbers P34143 and P34148 are of the same vessel.
A close port side view of a Hong Kong fisher d.w. type junk repairing on a slipway at Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34136; A close port bow view of the Hong Kong fisher d.w. type junk M5282A 619HC on a slipway at Hong Kong. Her port number 619HC is painted on the port side of the bow and her lug sails are stowed fore and aft. Men are working under the hull. Negatives numbers P34131 to P34133, P34136 to P34138 and P34145 are of the same vessel.
A close view of the port bow of the Hong Kong fisher d.w. type junk M5282A 619HC on a slipway at Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P33938; A starboard broadside view of a Tongkung type junk moored at Singapore. The vessel is ketch rigged and has a timber platform under the bowsprit, a mainmast with a gaff and a mizzen mast with a gaff and a boom. Her loose-footed mainsail and her mizzen sail are stowed against the masts. She is in ballast and has a large perforated rudder. She has two objects suspended in her forestays. This is almost a silhouette of the ship.
A Tongkung type junk moored at Singapore (Rolled film negative)
P34183; A stern view of a Canton salt junk dried out on a grid at Shaukiwan, Hong Kong. All of her masts appear to have been unshipped and her rudder has been taken out and laid flat on the beach. Sampans are in the water close by and a three storey flat roofed building is on the left.Negative number P34184 shows the rudder of this vessel.
A stern view of a Canton salt junk dried out on a grid at Shaukiwan, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34103; A port broadside view of an Aberdeen fisher type junk drawn up on a log slip at Aberdeen, Hong Kong. She is undergoing repairs to her hull and her fore lug sail is stowed fore and aft. Her other sails, awnings and her mizzen mast have been removed. The photographer was in the area in the following periods: 6 to 28 May 1937; 14 October 1937 to 8 January 1938; 14 April to 4 June 1938 and 8 to 12 September 1938.
A port broadside view of an Aberdeen fisher type junk on a log slip at Aberdeen, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34071; A close up view of the stern of a Yeungkong fisher type junk berthed at Aberdeen, Hong Kong. The photographer is fine off the starboard quarter and the junk has the port number 4776HC painted on the hull to starboard of the rudder, which is perforated. Her lug sails are stowed fore and aft. Two sampans and another junk, registered 5950HC, are on her port side and the junk is drying her nets from the mainmast.
The stern of a Yeungkong fisher type junk berthed at Aberdeen, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
HNC0410. Waters Collection: Collection of nitrate film negatives P33923-P34580 depicting Chinese junks and sampans. P34023
A starboard side view of a sampan anchored at Singapore (Rolled film negative)
P34389; Two sampans being sculled near the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1918) at Tsingtao. The nearest boat is seen from fine off the starboard quarter and has a crew of two. The other sampan is seen from fine off the port quarter and also has a crew of two. Both boats have the number 1 in a circle painted on the quarter. An unidentified single funnelled warship with awnings rigged fore and aft is in the far left distance.
Two sampans working at Tsingtao (Rolled film negative)
P34158; A close stern view of the Hong Kong fisher d.w. type junk M5227A berthed between other junks at Hong Kong. The photographer was in the area in the following periods: 6 to 28 May 1937; 14 October 1937 to 8 January 1938; 14 April to 4 June 1938 and 8 to 12 September 1938.
A stern view of the Hong Kong fisher d.w. type junk M5227A berthed at Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34550; A port broadside view of a Kowloon Bay open fisher type sampan on shore in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. She is single masted, has an awning rigged aft and her rudder is raised. Other fishing sampans are in the background. The photographer was in the area in the following periods: 6 to 28 May 1937; 14 October 1937 to 8 January 1938; 14 April to 4 June 1938 and 8 to 12 September 1938.
A Kowloon Bay open fisher type sampan at the shore line in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)