Junk-rigged cutter yacht and Astor House Hotel, Soochow Creek, Shanghai

Junk-rigged cutter yacht and Astor House Hotel, Soochow Creek, Shanghai

Collection

Drew, Edward Bangs

Identifier

Hv38-06

Notes

Historical Photographs of China album reference: Hv38. Album compiled by Anna D. Drew, 1887. This vessel is a junk-rigged cutter yacht of Western design, probably belonging to a British or American official. The Astor House Hotel is in the background, across Soochow Creek (Suzhou Creek). Provenance: Purchased from Lucy Drew, 1949. Access to original photographs and albums in the Edward Bangs Drew Collection is restricted. Photographs and images from the collection may be reproduced only with written permission. Contact the Harvard-Yenching Library for permissions and fees.

Caption in album or on mount

View in Shanghai, Hongkew or 'American side'

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1886

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Harvard-Yenching Library, USA