On board a pole junk anchored at Hong Kong

On board a pole junk anchored at Hong Kong. The photographer is looking aft and to starboard from the port side of the waist showing a close detail of a wooden fitting at the foot of the mainmast which may be for the foot of a derrick or boom. The stowed mainsail is covered with matting and washing is hanging on bamboo poles on the port side of the waist. One of the crew is looking at the camera. The photographer's ship was at Hong Kong in the 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 P34432 to P34436 inclusive were all taken on board the same junk.

Object Details

ID: P34436
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Pole type
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection