Two young sampan girls at Aberdeen, Hong Kong

An informal portrait of two girls in a sampan in Aberdeen harbour, Hong Kong. The photographer is in the sampan looking aft showing one girl looking over the side while the other girl is wearing a "coolie" hat and resting on an oar. 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.

Object Details

ID: P34119
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection