An image showing 'HNC0410. Waters Collection: Collection of nitrate film negatives P33923-P34580 depicting Chinese junks and sampans. P34033'

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A sampan being skulled in Penang harbour

A distant starboard quarter view of a sampan being skulled by a standing man in Penang harbour. The boat is not laden. Local and coastal steamships are in the background, including a ship owned by the Straits Steamship Co Ltd. The photographer was at Penang 28 February to 7 March 1938.

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Object Details

ID:	P34033
Type:	Rolled film negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Waters, David Watkin
Places:	China
Date made:	28 February to 7 March 1938
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection