Glass slides depicting Chinese buildings and Chinese people
Scope and Contents
Small black box containing nine glass slides relating to China and Chinese people, dating from around the late 19th - early 20th century, and possibly used for teaching. They're labelled as follows:
[Content warning: contains inapproriate, racist and outdated language. Two photographs show women with bound feet.]
- "Porcelain Temple Sintu-hsien" [possibly Xindu, a district of Chengdu];
- "Temple of Heaven, Pekin" [now spelt Beijing];
- "Mandarin and Family" [protrait of a man and a woman, and a child];
- "Mandarin's Wife and Child" [portrait of a woman and a child].
- "Pagoda, Kieu-Kiang" [The Dasheng Pagoda at Nengren Temple, Jiujiang];
- "Entrance to City of Amoy" [engraving. "Amoy" is a historical name for the city of Xiamen];
- "A Comprodore [sic]" [a "compradore" was a local agent who acted as a business intermediary for foreign organizations];
- "Yellow Type - Chinese" [portrait of a woman];
- "Hankow Pass - N. China" [or Hankou Pass, near modern day Wuhan].
Dates
- Creation: [late 19th - early 20th century]
Language of Materials
Captions in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Please wear gloves when handling these objects.
Full Extent
1 box : 9 slides ; 8 x 8 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unknown; found in collections in 2021. Accession no. SC-Acc-2021-0070.
Physical Description
In a small black plastic box, 9.7 x 9.7 x 4.2 cm.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin in April 2025.
Geographic
Technique
Topical
- Title
- Glass slides depicting Chinese buildings and Chinese people, late 19th century - early 20th century
- Author
- Aline Brodin
- Date
- April 2025
- Description rules
- Isad(g)2
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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