A portrait of one of the crew of a Canton salt junk on board his vessel at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
An head and shoulders portrait of one of the crew of a Canton salt junk on board his vessel while at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. He is wearing a traditional tangzhuang and a woollen hat. 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. Negative number P34252 is another portrait of this man.
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Object Details
| ID: | P34126 |
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| Type: | Rolled film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Waters, David Watkin |
| Places: | China |
| Vessels: | Canton Salt Junk |
| Date made: | 1937-1938 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection |