On board the small Kowloon Bay fisher type junk (or sampan) T130H beached at Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong
Looking forward from the stern on the small Kowloon Bay fisher type junk (or sampan) T130H on shore parallel to the water in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. Hatches are over the fish hold forward and abaft the mainmast and the lug sails are stowed fore and aft. Two men are working on the starboard side of the deck and a "coolie" type hat is in the right foreground. 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 P34553 to P34557 inclusive are of the same vessel taken on the same occasion.
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Object Details
ID: | P34555 |
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Type: | Rolled film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Waters, David Watkin |
Places: | China |
Vessels: | Kowloon Bay type |
Date made: | 1937-1938 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection |