| Title |
Photographs |
| Reference |
MS JM/L8 |
| Covering Dates |
1880–1939 |
| Extent and Medium |
34 envelopes, 4 rolls, 1 album + 1 folder |
|
| Content and context |
A wide range of photographs from (predominantly) China and Hong Kong dating mainly from the 1920s and 1930s. The series includes photographs of directors, staff and associates of Jardine, Matheson & Co.; buildings, offices and ships in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tientsin and Tsingtao, mostly belonging to the company; and various social events. Many of the photographs date from the Sino-Japanese conflict in 1937 and reflect the impact of the fighting on Shanghai and other cities. |
| Manuscripts/MS JM/L8 contains: |
|
1
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Panorama of Shanghai. A panoramic photograph of Shanghai showing the harbour and including pencil notes to indicate various sites, including the China Navigation Company's warehouses, the French Settlement, the English and American Concessions, and the American Settlement.
1 photograph. |
1880 |
|
2
|
Panorama of Shanghai. A panoramic photograph of the French Concession at Shanghai, October 1884, showing Russell & Co.'s new Kinleeyuen godowns and including pen notes to indicate different sites. The photograph includes the stamp of the North British & Mercantile Insurance Company Foreign Department, 22 December 1884.
1 photograph. |
1884 |
|
3
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Photographs of G.J. Morrison's house. Three photographs of the interior of the Shanghai house of G.J. Morrison, chief engineer, Woosung Railway. One of the photographs, of the drawing room, 'circa 1880/90', has been attached to the folder. The other two photographs are loose inside, mounted on card.
1 folder; Fair to moderate condition, including tears. Parts of the photographs are covered in sellotape.. |
circa 1885 |
|
4a
|
Photograph of unidentified man. A mounted portrait photograph of an unidentified man.
1 photograph. |
circa 1890 |
|
4b
|
Photograph of unidentified man. A mounted portrait photograph of an unidentified man.
1 photograph. |
circa 1890 |
|
5
|
Photograph of Henry Keswick. An undated portrait photograph of Henry Keswick.
1 photograph. |
circa 1900 |
|
6
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Photograph of William Keswick. An undated portrait photograph of William Keswick.
1 photograph. |
circa 1900 |
|
7
|
Photographs of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway.
2 photographs. |
circa 1909 |
|
8
|
Photographs of the Nanking-Hunan Line. A photograph album entitled 'Chinese Government Railways Nanking-Hunan Line. Views near route of survey. Kiangsi-Anhwei-Hunan', including captions given in both Chinese and English. The album is undated, but probably originates from around 1914, the year in which the Chinese government agreed a foreign loan for the construction of the Nanking-Hunan Railway, underwritten by the British & Chinese Corporation Ltd.
1 album. |
circa 1914 |
|
9
|
Photograph of Shanghai staff. A photograph mounted on card of the staff of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, Shanghai.
1 photograph. |
1919 |
|
10
|
Photograph of British consular dinner guests. A mounted group photograph labelled on the back as showing a 'Dinner given by British Consul at Tsingtao to Japanese officials at time of repatriation of Chinese coolies from France through the port - 1919'. Below this inscription is a pencil note: 'To A.R. from W.H. Way (N.Z.) 1978'.
1 photograph. |
1919 |
|
11
|
Photograph of locomotive company dinner. A mounted photograph labelled on the back as depicting a 'Dinner given on 5/6/1920 by representatives of an American locomotive manufacturing company, for which Jardine Matheson & Co acted as agents, to Japanese officials Tsingtao, N. China'. Below this inscription is a pencil note: 'To A.R. from W.H. Way (N.Z.) 1978'.
1 photograph. |
5 June 1920 |
|
12
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Photograph of Tsingtao Golf Club members. A mounted group photograph of the competitors in the Tsingtao Golf Club competition for the Governor's Cup. A pencil note on the reverse reads 'To A.R. from W.H. Way (N.Z.) 1978'.
1 photograph. |
30 July 1920 |
|
13
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Photograph of W.J. Gresson. An undated mounted studio portrait photograph of W.J. Gresson.
1 photograph. |
circa 1920 |
|
14
|
Photograph of Sir Robert Ho Tung. An undated mounted studio photograph of Sir Robert Ho Tung seated wearing his decorations.
1 photograph. |
circa 1920 |
|
15
|
Photographs of the Tientsin agent's house.
2 photographs. |
May 1925 |
|
16
|
Photograph of the Bund. A rolled panoramic photograph of the Bund, Shanghai, taken during the 1920s.
1 photograph; Moderate condition, including tears.. |
circa 1925 |
|
17
|
Photograph of the Bund. A rolled panoramic photograph of the Bund, Shanghai, taken during the 1920s, with the locations of Butterfield & Swire; the Shanghai Club; the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank; the Customs House; the Chartered Bank; Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd; and the British Consulate marked on the reverse.
1 photograph; Moderate condition, including tears.. |
circa 1925 |
|
18
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Photographs of flooding in Hong Kong.
8 photographs. |
1926 |
|
19
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Photographs of Beith's horses.
2 photographs. |
circa 1926 |
|
20
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Photograph of G.W. Sheppard. An undated mounted studio photograph of G.W. Sheppard.
1 photograph. |
circa 1930 |
|
21
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Photographs of Chun Sinchow.
2 photographs. |
15 Mar. 1934 |
|
22
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Photograph of the Hong Kong wharf. A photograph of Jardine ships alongside the wharf at Hong Kong, including stevedores handling bales of cotton using bamboos.
1 photograph. |
1934 |
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23
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Photographs of Tsingtao.
1 envelope. |
1935 |
|
24
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Photographs of the Ewo Brewery.
2 photographs. |
1936 |
|
25
|
Photographs of 3 Lombard Street.
2 photographs. |
circa 1936 |
|
26
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Photograph of the Hong Kong office. A photograph of the Hong Kong office of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd decorated for the coronation of George VI.
1 photograph. |
May 1937 |
|
27
|
Photographs of the Battle of Shanghai.
1 envelope. |
1937 |
|
28
|
Photographs of the wharf and company offices in Shanghai.
1 envelope. |
1937 |
|
29
|
Photograph of S.S. 'Leesang'.
2 items. |
1937 |
|
30
|
Photographs of war damage in Shanghai.
1 envelope. |
Sep. 1937 |
|
31
|
Photographs of the China incident.
1 envelope. |
Nov. 1937-Dec. 1937 |
|
32
|
Photographs of the sandbagging of the Shanghai office.
6 photographs. |
1937 |
|
33a
|
Photograph of Shanghai staff. A rolled panoramic group photograph of the staff of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, Shanghai.
1 photograph; Fair condition, but tears.. |
circa 1937 |
|
33b
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Photograph of Shanghai staff. A rolled panoramic group photograph of the staff of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, Shanghai.
1 photograph; Moderate condition, with a long tear.. |
circa 1937 |
|
34
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Photographs of the Yangtszepoo Cotton Mill.
5 photographs. |
circa 1937 |
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35
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Photographs of Fanling house.
3 photographs. |
circa 1937 |
|
36
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Photographs of Jardine's garden.
2 photographs. |
circa 1937 |
|
37
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Photograph of war memorial. A photograph of a statue at Jardine Matheson's Hong Kong Office dedicated to the members of its staff who died during the First World War.
1 photograph. |
circa 1937 |
|
38
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Photographs of unidentified building.
5 photographs. |
circa 1937 |
|
39
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Photographs of the Tientsin flood.
10 photographs. |
circa 1939 |
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