Showing posts with label china. Show all posts
Showing posts with label china. Show all posts
Friday, December 4, 2015

Views of the World, Across the Lake From Island, Peking, China

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At the end of The Second Opium War, a joint Anglo-French force, under the leadership of James Bruce the 8th Earl of Elgin, High Commissi...
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Views of the World, General View of Canton, China

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We'll be staying in China for a bit.  Canton is actually the city of Guangzhou.  Canton was a name used by European traders and like...
Monday, November 30, 2015

Views of the World, Nankin Road, Shanghai, China

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It's time to return to The First Opium War.  In addition to their acquisition of Hong Kong, the British also secured a number of con...
Saturday, November 28, 2015

Views of the World, Harbor of Hong Kong, China

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For those of you who were waiting for a continuation of this series, you are in luck.  Views of the World (Click in labels for the others...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Views of the World, Imperial Mausoleum Mukden, Manchuria

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It's time to return to The Views of the World postcard collection.  I promise, done by the new year. Manchuria is an area in north...
Friday, November 11, 2011

The Epworth League Album 24, The Exotic East

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Now, when we think of China we think of an economic competitor. When these pictures were taken, China was thought of as the exotic east; jad...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Chinatown, Los Angeles

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. . . . . . A color postcard, printed in the front margins, "DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC CO., PUBLISHERS." and, "7343. ARE THE POLIC...
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