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[Shanghai People & Environs, China]

c1920s. Collection of 33 vintage silver gelatin photographs, each captioned in pencil with studio stamp verso, 7.4 x 9.8cm or 9.8 x 7.4cm (approx. each). Some with slight creases or paper remnants, minor tears or surface loss to edges, discolouration to margins.

Studio stamp reads “Copyright photograph by Mactavish & Co., Ltd. Shanghai.”

The collection includes images of ordinary people working, portraits of people seated outside, market views of produce and animals, Animite and Sikh policemen, Taoist and Buddhist priests, coffins in a field, crematory jars, a funerary procession, beggars in a boat, and junks on the canal and the Huangpu River. The University of California holds a copy of this collection.

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Item #CL206-32

Price (AUD): $5,500.00  other currencies