On board a large Hong Kong trader type junk berthed alongside a quay at Hong Kong. The photographer is on the starboard side of the poop looking forward showing that the masts and all rigging of the junk have been removed. A large capstan is between the first and second hatches on the centreline. In the background are a pier with a roofed shelter, a wharf, a quayside crane and an ocean-going steamship. 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. A vertical format negative.