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P34030; A starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of a sampan being skulled by a seated man in Penang harbour. The boat has occuli on either bow and the number 38 is inside the transom. A deep sea steamship is in the background. The photographer was at Penang 28 February to 7 March 1938. A vertical format negative. Negatives numbers P34029 and P34030 are of the same vessel and person.
A sampan at Penang (Rolled film negative)
P34087; On board a Yeungkong fisher type junk at Aberdeen, Hong Kong. The photographer is looking aft and to port from the starboard side showing the rudder windlass and the base of the mizzen mast. 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.
On board a Yeungkong fisher type junk at Aberdeen, Hong Kong, showing the rudder windlass (Rolled film negative)
HNC0410. Waters Collection: Collection of nitrate film negatives P33923-P34580 depicting Chinese junks and sampans. P33992
A starboard broadside view of a Tonkin type junk anchored at Singapore (Rolled film negative)
P34232; A slightly distant port side view, taken from abaft the beam, of a Swatow trader type junk under sail at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. She is a three masted vessel and her mizzen mast is lashed in the starboard corner of the poop. She has a lug sail set at each mast and her anchor is hanging over the bow. Her rudder board cannot be seen. Four storey flat roofed buildings on a stone wharf are in the background.
A slightly distant port side view of a Swatow trader type junk under sail at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34229; On board a Swatow trader type junk alongside other junks near a wharf at Kowloon, Hong Kong. The photographer is looking forward showing the foremast and a windlass. The bow and the decking appear to be badly damaged and a note in the photographer's album reads "Burned by Japs 1937". A number of people are on the stone wharf in the background.
On board a Swatow trader type junk at Kowloon, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34553; A bow view of a Kowloon Bay small fisher type junk (or sampan) on shore parallel to the water in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. She is two masted and her lug sails are stowed fore and aft. Her port number T130H is painted either side of the flat bow. Other fishing sampans or small junks are on the right and a flat roofed building with balconies is on the left.. Negatives numbers P34553 to P34557 inclusive are of the same vessel taken on the same occasion.
A bow view of a Kowloon Bay small fisher type junk (or sampan) beached in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P33979; A close-up view of the port quarter of a peaked stern Twaqo type junk berthed at Singapore, looking forward and to starboard from off the port side of the stern. The vessel is of the two masted type, the transom and bulwark are gaily painted and the vessel is named See Hin, registered at Singapore with the port number 2934. A number of Tongkung type ketch rigged junks are in the background.
The stern of the peaked stern Twaqo type junk See Hin in Singapore harbour (Rolled film negative)
HNC0410. Waters Collection: Collection of nitrate film negatives P33923-P34580 depicting Chinese junks and sampans. P33928
On board a Tongkung type junk which is being fitted out after launching at Singapore (Rolled film negative)
HNC0410. Waters Collection: Collection of nitrate film negatives P33923-P34580 depicting Chinese junks and sampans. P33974
Inside the stern on board a Twaqo type junk at Singapore (Rolled film negative)
P34012; On board a small C/B trader junk anchored in Singapore harbour. The photographer is on the port side of the deck amidships looking forward showing a wooden windlass to port of the mainmast and two wooden anchor handling windlasses on either side of the foremast. The vessel is a three masted type and her lug sails are stowed fore and aft. A number of local and deep-sea steam and motor ships are in the background.
On board a small C/B trader junk in Singapore harbour (Rolled film negative)
P33946; A close-up view of the port bow of a Twaqo type junk, taken from just ahead of the bow looking aft and to starboard, moored at Singapore. The swim-headed bow has an occuli and a windlass is on the fore deck. 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 bow of a Twaqo junk at Singapore (Rolled film negative)
P34039; A port broadside view of a small two masted fisher type junk anchored at Penang. She has occuli on the bow, her lug sails are stowed, she has an accommodation shelter aft and a sampan is alongside. The photographer was at Penang from 28 February to 7 March 1938. Negatives numbers P34038 to P34040 inclusive are of the same vessel.
A port broadside view of a small fisher type junk anchored at Penang (Rolled film negative)
P34515; A starboard quarter view of a fully rigged model of the Antung trader type junk number 953. The model has a foremast, a mainmast and two mizzen masts sited to port and starboard at the stern. It is now part of the NMM collection with the reference AAE0201. Negatives numbers P34513 to P34515 and P34518 are of the model of Antung trader 953.
A starboard quarter view of a model of the Antung trader type junk 953 at Liu Kung Tao, near Weihaiwei (Rolled film negative)
P34551; Looking into a Kowloon Bay open fisher type sampan on shore in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. The photographer is standing by the port side of the stern of the boat looking forward and slightly to starboard. She is single masted, has an awning rigged aft and her large wooden rudder is raised. 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.
Looking into a Kowloon Bay open fisher type sampan at the shoreline in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P33929; On board a Tongkung type junk which is being built on a slip at Singapore. The photographer is in the hold looking forward into the bow showing the fully framed hull but the internal and external hull planking is not complete. 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.
On board a Tongkung type junk which is being built at Singapore. (Rolled film negative)
P34270; The southern stone facade of the ruins of St Paul's Church in Macao. The church was built between 1602 and 1640 and the facade was carved between 1620 and 1627. It was destroyed by a fire during a typhoon on the 26 January 1835. The façade sits on a small hill, with 68 stone steps leading up to it and the photographer is stnading on the steps looking up.
The facade of the ruins of St Paul's Church in Macao (Rolled film negative)
P34523; On board the Foochow pole junk (trader) 3179 anchored at Weihaiwei. The photographer is on the starboard side of the foredeck looking forward and to port showing the cable holders and the anchor ropes leading over the bow. The photographer was in the area in the periods 3 June to 7 October 1937 and 8 June to 4 September 1938. 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)
P34492; A slightly distant bow view of a sampan being sculled in a flat calm at Weihaiwei. She has a number of passengers on board. A light sea mist has hidden the background. The photographer's ship was at Weihaiwei in the periods 3 June to 21 July 1937, 14 to 17 August 1937, 6 September to 7 October 1937, 8 June to 12 August 1938 and 20 August to 4 September 1938.
A slightly distant bow view of a 'duck' type sampan with passengers at Weihaiwei (Rolled film negative)
P34176; A close port quarter view of the Amoy salt junk 0101 anchored at Shaukiwan, Hong Kong. Her sails appear to have been removed and she has iron boat davits. The number 0101 is prominently painted on the starboard side of her stern and T171H is painted to starboard of her perforated rudder. Negatives numbers P34175 to P34177 and P34181 are of this vessel.
A close port quarter view of the Amoy salt junk 0101 anchored at Shaukiwan, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34107; A very distant port side view of a three masted Hong Kong fisher type junk under sail off Lye Mun, Hong Kong. She has lug sails and staysails. A steamship is on the horizon. 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 very distant port side view of a Hong Kong fisher type junk under sail off Lye Mun, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34238; On board the Swatow trader type junk T790H anchored at Shaukiwan, Hong Kong. The photographer is looking forward from the centreline of the poop showing the junk's tiller on the right. Two of the crew are leaning on the accommodation shelter and another is inside the shelter. The mainsail is stowed fore and aft and is covered with matting. Negatives numbers P34234 to P34239 and P34541 are of the same vessel.
On board the Swatow trader type junk T790H anchored at Shaukiwan, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P34317; A group photograph of the captain and crew of the Indian kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. The captain is in the centre of the group. The photographer is on the starboard side of the forecastle looking aft and the group are standing in the forward part of the waist. An awning is rigged over the aft part of the waist. The photographer was taking passage on the Royal Navy heavy cruiser Cumberland (1926) from Singapore to the U.K. at the time.
The captain and crew on board the Indian kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34197; On board the Hong Kong fisher type junk 5665HC anchored at Shaukiwan, Hong Kong. The photographer is standing on the port side of the foredeck looking forward showing the anchor windlass at the base of the foremast. Negatives numbers P34195 to P34201 are of or on board this vessel on the same occasion.
On board the Hong Kong fisher type junk 5665HC anchored at Shaukiwan, Hong Kong (Rolled film negative)
P33995; A starboard broadside view of a Tonkin type junk moored alongside other junks at Singapore. The vessel is of the three masted type with an overhanging platform at the stern and a perforated rudder. The lug sails on the fore and mizzen masts are stowed fore and aft but only the battens of the mainsail are in evidence and not the sailcloth. An awning is rigged aft. Negative number P33996 is a similar view of the same vessel.
A starboard broadside view of a Tonkin type junk moored with others at Singapore. (Rolled film negative)