Interesting Collection of Twelve Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Shanghai, Showing Longhua Temple Pagoda, Willow Patern Tea House and Nine Curve Bridge, Several Views of the Bund (Street View with the Original Building of the Shanghai Club, Bandstand in the Bund Public Garden, Various Parts of Bund Riverfront), &c. Ca. 1900s.

Seller: Globus Rare Books & Archives, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Globus Rare Books & Archives

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Twelve loose gelatin silver photos, all ca. 10x15 cm (4 x 5 ¾ in). Several photos with minor creases in the corners, one photo with minor chipping of the image. Overall a very good collection of interesting photos. Interesting collection of early 20th-century gelatin silver photographs of China, mostly Shanghai. The views of Shanghai show Longhua Temple Pagoda, Huxinting or Willow Patern Tea House and Nine Curve Bridge, the Bund with the original building of the Shanghai Club (built in 1864, demolished in 1909 and replaced with the current building); the Bandstand in the Bund Public Garden; Bund waterfront, decorated with garlands and signs (the clock tower of the Custom House is seen in the far left); river view with apparently the second Garden Bridge over the Suzhou Creek; riverfront with Chinese junks and a bridge in the foreground, and Bund waterfront lawn with several telegraph poles. The other photos show a Chinese peasant ploughing a rice field, traditional sculptures, a reproduction of a painting, depicting an audience by the Chinese Emperor, and a group portrait of Indian sepoys. Overall an attractive collection of early 20th-century views of Shanghai.…

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Title
Interesting Collection of Twelve Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Shanghai, Showing Longhua Temple Pagoda, Willow Patern Tea House and Nine Curve Bridge, Several Views of the Bund (Street View with the Original Building of the Shanghai Club, Bandstand in the Bund Public Garden, Various Parts of Bund Riverfront), &c. Ca. 1900s.
Author
CHINA - SHANGHAI
Publication year
1900
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Globus Rare Books & Archives

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Globus Books is an independent San Francisco-based bookshop and a member of the American Booksellers’ Association and the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and has been in business since 1971. It was opened originally by Vladimir Azar as a shop for the Russian emigre public of the Bay Area. A small press operated there in the 1970s under the same name in the same building. Now, 50+ years in business, the shop still occupies the same premises with continued success. Globus Rare Books and Archives is the department within Globus Books that specializes in rare travel and exploration related items from around the world with an emphasis on the Americas, the Pacific and Russian explorers and travellers. Our goal is to seek out and offer rare and unique antiquarian items, including rare books, photographs, photo-albums, watercolors, drawings, manuscripts, archives, maps and prints. Our team has many decades of experience helping to build many institutional and private collections across the USA and the world and we have seen and handled many important antiquarian items and collections. We issue monthly catalogues with the newest acquisitions available for our subscribers. We participate in many US and International antiquarian book fairs. Follow us on social media to receive the latest news and offers. You can browse our collections in person during the shop’s opening hours by appointment : Tuesday to Sunday, 11 to 5.…

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Globus Books LLC

332 Balboa St.
San Francisco, CA U.S.A. 94118