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On board a five masted Ta-Pu-To trader type junk under sail off Weihaiwei
On board a five masted Ta-Pu-To trader type junk while under sail off Weihaiwei. The photographer is on the waist looking forward and slightly to starboard showing the base of the mainmast, a capstan and a large rope stowed against the bulwark. The main halyard? is connected to the capstan. Lug sails are set on each mast. 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. Negatives numbers P34355 to P34362 inclusive are on board the same vessel.
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Object details
| ID: | P34357 |
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| Type: | Rolled film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Waters, David Watkin |
| Places: | China |
| Vessels: | Ta-Pu-To type |
| Date made: | 1937-1938 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection |