On board a pole junk anchored at Hong Kong
On board a pole junk anchored at Hong Kong. The photographer is looking forward from the stern showing the mainsail and foresail stowed fore and aft. The aft end of the mainsail is covered with matting. The lashed tiller can be seen in the foreground and a number of the crew are in the waist and on top of the chart house. The tops of the masts are out of the picture. 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. A vertical format negative. Negative number P34439 was taken on board the same junk.
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Object Details
ID: | P34445 |
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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 |