Imperial China: b/w postcard „ Gouverneur Truppel (!) beim Vicekoenig in Tsinanfu”. (Governor’s delegation visiting the viceroy of Jinan-fu).
The image shows Chinese and western politicians and military men, the werstern are most probably Germans.
Unused postcard distributed by Johs. Geschke, Tsingtau.
Minor wear.
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Old Chinese photo from 1902. The photograph depicts a German soldier, fooling around with laughing Chinese children.
120 x 91 mm, good condition.
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Old Chinese photo from 1902 or 1903. The photograph depicts 2 delinquents with “kong”. This kind of punishment should plunge others.
116 x 88 mm, good condition.
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Attractive, old, Chinese Photo depicting Chinese coolies as they saw through wooden trunks. app. 1925
5,8 x 4,1 inches (146 x 105 mm). Minor paper remnants for album at the reverse, Fine condition.
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Atmospheric, old Chinese Photo of Cizhou (Hebei). The photo depicts the Cizhou city-Wall, the entrance-gate, baskets piled along the wall and men with a wheel-barrow.
The photo is from pre-1925.
5,8 x 4,2 inches. Fine condition.
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Antique Japanese lacquer photo-album, well filled ( both sides front and reverse) with photos from the end of the 19th century.
Remarkable are the photos with Li Hongzhang or Li Hung-chang 李鸿章 (1823 – 1901), who was a leading statesman of the late Qing Empire. He quelled several major rebellions and served in important positions of the Imperial Court, including the premier viceroyalty of Zhili. In the 1860s he visited Germany, meeting Bismarck and Wilhelm II.
The other photos are mostly about this group of artists, who visited China and performed there. Some photos of military, ship crew and even a photo of Coatham Road Redcar (UK), probably the hometown of the group.
The album is 7,4 x 5,4 inches (18,7 x 13,4 cm). Folding album with one fold separated and another roughly repaired. The photos are mostly in good quality.
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The Great Pagoda in Fuzhou. (Pagoda anchorage). Authentic, large original photograph from 1903.
View at the strand with junks, simple houses and the pagoda at the hill
21 x 15,4 cm, good condition.
Fuzhou; Cantonese: Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, People’s Republic of China.
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Authentic, old photo with view at the ruins of Yuan Ming Yuan, the Old Summer Palace, 圓明園.
The photo is from 1902.
21 x 15,5 cm, good condition, no reproduction but original.
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China, Germany: Group photo with German marines, at the beginning of last century serving in China, Shandong province, Li Cun.
Private photo from 1903. 12 x 9,2 cm, good condition.
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China 1903: Authentic, old original photo from 1903 with good view at the railway station Tianjin, trains, wharf and people.
The photo is from July 1903.
23,6 x 18,4 cm. Small tear at lower edge had been professionally repaired.
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