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W. Arthur Stursberg albums

Hierarchical level:

File

Date:

1907-1927.

Reference:

R5637-40-1-E, Volume number: 52, 54

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5053941

Context of this record:

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Peter Stursberg fonds

Photographs

Stursberg and Shaw family photographs assembled for the book No Foreign Bones in China

W. Arthur Stursberg albums
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Date(s):

1907-1927.

Place of creation:

China

Extent:

217 photographs: b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Five albums of photographs by W. Arthur Stursberg, documenting his time in China and family. Album 1 includes 46 photos from 1907 of Foochow; Yuan-Fu River; Min River; and Pagoda Anchorage. Album 2 holds 42 photos from 1908-1909 of his "bachelor days", including images of Yochow and Beijing; the funeral of the Dowager Empress, Oct. 1909; the customs house at Yochow; HMS Thistle; Great Wall; and the Temple of Heaven. Album 3 holds 37 photos from 1907-1911 of Beijing (temple, summer palace, Forbidden City); Foochow - a picnic, wedding group, church; portraits of himself, Samuel Lewis Shaw in a sedan chair, and others. Album 4 holds 51 photos from 1911-1918, including the 1911 Revolution and aftermath; Yuan Shikai's 3rd Division; looters executed in street; city scenes; Stursberg family homes in Chefoo, Beijing, and Shanghai; and a summer holiday at Weihai. Album 5 holds 41 photos from 1921-1927 of Kaifeng; family homes; Iron Pagoda; Gorges of Yangtze; Chengdu; and house parties, 1926-1927.

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MSS0467

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52 : Dismantled albums 1-2, 4-5.
54 : Album 3

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Private
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Volume [R5637]

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52 File number 1--4

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54 File number 2

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