China, Jehol

62 glass lantern slides by various photographers (82 x 82mm.), many with accompanying slips of paper with handwritten captions, preserved in an old fitted wooden box, some cracks

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A good collection of images, many taken in and around Jehol in northeastern China. The accompanying captions include 'Jehol from Loa han Shan', 'Two of the Opium Commissioners 1922', 'Palace Grounds', 'Entrance to Mission Compound Pakan', 'A Laitan General of Jehol & Staff', 'Funeral Procession', 'Kuo Chang Kuei ti, who helped us escape in 1900', 'Great Wall', 'Jehol river town & plain in winter', 'Emperor Ch'ien Lung's birthplace', 'Bridge over lotus pond', 'Mr China Head of the Telegraph Office, who warned us to leave Pakou in 1900', 'Missionary refugees 1900', 'River Lau', 'Harvest', 'Country Christians', and 'At the ruined city of Shang tu Kol.'