On board an Aberdeen fisher d.w. type junk at Hong Kong
On board an Aberdeen fisher d.w. type junk berthed at Hong Kong. The photographer is on the port side of the waist forward of the mainmast looking forward and slightly to starboard showing the forecastle, the anchor windlass and the lower part of the foremast. A small boy is standing by the port bulwark. Many fisher type junks are in the background. 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. Negatives numbers P34161 to P34163 are on board the same vessel on the same occasion.
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Object Details
ID: | P34163 |
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Type: | Rolled film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Waters, David Watkin |
Places: | China |
Vessels: | Aberdeen type |
Date made: | 1937-1938 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection |