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.
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Object Details
ID: | P34436 |
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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 |
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