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12 Volume XII : Newfoundland, New Brunswick, British Columbia, September-October 1908
13 Volume XIII : British Columbia and Quebec, October 1908, March 1909
14 Volume XIV : Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, 1909
15 Volume XV : Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 1909
16 Volume XVI : Nova Scotia, Canadian winter, and Great Britain 1909
17 Volume XVII : Wei Hai Wei, November 1908
18 Volume XVIII : Singapore and Borneo, December 1908-January 1909
19 Volume XIX : Borneo and Hong Kong, January 1909
20 Volume XX : China and Hong Kong, January-February 1909
21 Volume XXI : Great Britain, 1909
22 Volume XXII : Great Britain, 1909
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Fisher photograph collection

Title Volume XVII : Wei Hai Wei, November 1908
Reference Fisher 17
Creator Fisher, Alfred Hugh, 1867-1945
Covering Dates Nov. 1908
Extent and Medium 139 images in 1 boxed album
Content and context

The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 4000-4145 (originally there were 142). Added numbers are: 4129A-D; not used: 4067-4069, 4072, 4078, 4084, 4110 and 4129; missing: 4090, 4096 and 4138.

Subjects covered in the album are:

'Empress of China' at Woosung; Shanghai. Wei Hai Wei [now known as Weihai]: approach from the sea, view from Government House: Chinese guard; market and street scenes; Nan-Chu-Tao; Chang Fang; Fenglin; Linkungtau Island: distillery and dockyard; Commissioner's daughter; European school; Widows' Memorials at Temple; photographs by Afong: presentation to district Headman, winter scenes; photographs supplied by Commissioner Lockhart: shark fishers, general scenes, visit of Governor of Shantung October 1908.

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Indexed

This album is available on microfiche: General Collections, fiche numbers 102-104.

Index Terms
Asia
China
Shandong
Weihai
Fisher, Alfred Hugh (1867-1945)
RCS/Fisher 17 contains:
4000 C.P.R. Steamship Empress of China at Woosung. Landscape format.
4001 C.P.R. Steamship Empress of China at Woosung. Landscape format. [Closer view].
4002 C.P.R. Steamship Empress of China at Woosung. Landscape format. [Closer still].
Blurred..
4003 Woosung village. Landscape format.
Blurred.
4004 Woosung village. Landscape format. And creek on way to Shanghai.
Blurred..
4005 Chinese junk. And Chinese warship close to Shanghai.
4006 Approaching Shanghai. Landscape format.
Slightly faded..
4007 Approaching Shanghai. Landscape format.
4008 Shanghai. Landscape format.
Slightly faded..
4009 Shanghai : The Bund. Landscape format.
Slightly faded.
4010 Hong Kew. Landscape format. [Distant view].
4011 The Bund : The German Club. Landscape format.
Blurred..
4012 The International Settlement, Shanghai. Landscape format. Formerly called the British Settlement.
4013 Sang Kam Bay. Landscape format. In the yellow sea on way up to Wei Hai Wei - near Yung Ching promantory.
Blurred..
4014 Shantung [i.e. Shandong]. Landscape format. N.E. (i.e. north-east) promontory lighthouse : about 31 miles from Wei Hai Wei.
Slightly faded and blurred..
4015 Shantung [i.e. Shandong]. Landscape format. N.E. (i.e. north-east) promontory lighthouse : about 31 miles from Wei Hai Wei.
Slightly faded and blurred..
4016 Wei Hai Wei. Landscape format. The Island from the sea.
Slightly faded..
4017 Wei Hai Wei. Landscape format. From the sea.
Water stained..
4018 Wei Hai Wei. Landscape format. From the sea. [Distant view].
Blurred..
4019 Wei Hai Wei. Landscape format. The Island from the sea. [Ship in left foreground].
Water stained..
4020 Wei Hai Wei. Landscape format. The Island from the sea.
Blurred..
4021 The mainland from the sea. Landscape format.
Water stained..
4022 The mainland from the sea. Landscape format.
Water stained..
4023 The mainland from the sea. Landscape format.
Water stained..
4024 Wei Hai Wei, approaching the mainland. Landscape format. Views from the sea. [Showing views with boats in foreground].
4025 Wei Hai Wei, approaching the mainland. Landscape format. Views from the sea. [Showing views with boats in foreground].
4026 Wei Hai Wei, approaching the mainland. Landscape format. Views from the sea. [Showing views with boats in foreground].
Blurred..
4027 Wei Hai Wei, approaching the mainland. Landscape format. Views from the sea. [Showing views with boats in foreground].
Blurred..
4028 Weihaiwei: View from terrace of Government House. Half-plate (landscape format). Looking s.w. (i.e. south-west) with native Chinese City. In foreground Chinese Police Guard: these men are of the former Chinese Regiment.
Very faded..
4029 Weihaiwei: View from terrace of Government House. Half-plate (landscape format). Looking s.w. (i.e. south-west) with native Chinese City. In foreground Chinese Police Guard: these men are of the former Chinese Regiment.
Slightly faded..
4030 View from terrace of Government House, Weihaiwei. Half-plate (landscape format). Looking east and showing Port Edward and the island (Linkung): a number of trading junks are seen in the harbour. [Guards marching along terrace].
4031 Market day. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Port Edward: Wei hai wei: baskets of turnips, etc.
Slightly faded..
4032 Another part of the market. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Loads of fuel - shrub oak and fir. [Men and mules in the foreground].
Slightly faded..
4033 Port Edward. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Wei hai wei. Repairing a junk: and some of the market day mules and donkeys.
Slightly faded..
4034 Showing mules on market day. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Port Edward: Wei hai Wei.
Slightly faded..
4035 Showing mules on market day. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Port Edward: Wei hai Wei.
Slightly faded..
4036 Groups of children on market day. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Five good faces].
4037 Carts bring in peanuts for exportation. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
4038 Chinese moving timber. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Imported from Galu.
Slightly faded..
4039 Weihaiwei: Chinese lady in deep mourning. Quarter-plate (landscape format). White clothes for near relation. [Mourner on cart pulled by two people].
Blurred..
4040 Sawing timber by main street. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Port Edward: this timber has all been brought from the Galu.
4041 Sawing timber. Quarter-plate.
Blurred.
4042 Iron brought from warships sunk at Port Arthur. Quarter-plate (landscape format). At back a Fransiscan Catholic mission. [Pony loaded with sticks and man standing in front of iron fence. The Japanese captured the Russians Naval base at Port Arthur in 1905].
4043 Wei hai wei Chinese lady (red trousers) coming into to Port Edward. Quarter-plate (landscape format). From the country to visit friends. [Lady on pony with pannier].
Blurred..
4044 Pig Market. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Outside the East Gate of Wei Hai Wei City.
4045 Eastern Gate of Wei hai wei city. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
4046 Bargaining for pigs at Weihaiwei. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
4047 Interior of Confucius Temple at Weihaiwei. Half-plate (landscape format). On either side are figures of two of Confucius chief disciples. On left Mencius and Tsengtzu: on right Szutu and Gentzu. Behind each of these pairs of disciples on right and left are shrines of lesser disciples not seen in picture.
4048 Interior of Confucius Temple at Weihaiwei - but not showing disciples. Half-plate. The four golden characters over the figure of Confucius mean : Among living mortals never has there been one like him. Above this (out of the picture) is another motto also in gold letters on a red ground meaning : Teacher and model for all ages. The tablet in front of the figure of Confucius reads: The shrine of the Perfect Sage and former teacher, Confucius. (Translations are by Sir J.S. Lockhart).
4049 Food stall on Market Day, Wei hai wei. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
4050 Old man in winter headgear, Weihaiwei. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
Blurred..
4051 Old man in winter headgear, Wei hai wei. Quarter-plate (landscape format). (The man tried to escape the cameras, and all this batch of views were taken with right angle mirror, as with few exceptions the people do not like to be photographed).
Slightly faded..
4052 Food stall scene. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Market day, Wei hai wei.
Slightly faded..
4053 Scene in street: market day. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
4054 General view of a street on market day at Weihaiwei. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Taken from the stone stage of the theatre.
4055 General view of a street on market day at Weihaiwei. Quarter-plate (landscape format).
4056 Drying cloth. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Drying the dipped cloth in the wind.
Slightly faded..
4057 Village of Yung Li Kuang. Near Port Edward, Wei hai wei. [Houses on terraces built of stones above stream].
4058 View from Government House: Wei hai wei. Landscape format. [View to distant hills].
4059 Number One, a native Chinaman who runs the Government Launch. And the Commissioner's youngest daughter who was born at Weihaiwei: two quantas Cattle knives - Two prints of this to Number One, c/o Sir J.S. Lockhart.
4060 View of the Island from Nan-chu-tao.
Slightly faded..
4061 Stone bridge on the way to Nan-chu-tao.
Blurred..
4062 Stone bridge on the way to Nan-chu-tao. Landscape format. [Showing four arches and people crossing, either on horse-back or with a bicycle].
4063 The village of Nan-chu-tao, Weihaiwei. There are 300 villages in the British territory. [Road with back views of laden people and mule].
4064 The village of Nan-chu-tao, Weihaiwei. There are 300 villages in the British territory. [Mule working a millstone with woma looking on].
4065 The village of Nan-chu-tao, Weihaiwei. There are 300 villages in the British territory. [Mule working a millstone with woma looking on].
4066 The village of Nan-chu-tao, Weihaiwei. Landscape format. There are 300 villages in the British territory. [Stonwe houses of the village with hills in distance].
Slightly faded..
4070 A Shentzu, of Government mule litter. Landscape format. At the village of Nan-chu-tao, Weihaiwei.
4071 View at Nan-chu-tao. Landscape format. Looking from the bridge: many of the thatches which look of a silver grey are of seaweed.
4073 Chang Fang Village. View from bridge, Weihaiwei.
Blurred..
4074 Chang Fang Village. Landscape format. View from bridge, Weihaiwei. [Houses hidden from view by trees].
4075 Chang Fang Village. Landscape format. View from bridge, Weihaiwei. [Houses hidden from view by trees].
Water stained..
4076 Fenglin, a big village, Weihaiwei. Quarter-plate. Drying peanuts spread on a threshing floor. [Two men raking the nuts. Haystacks in the background].
4077 Market Day at Fenglin village. Quarter-plate. Man smoking: note tobacco pouch hanging on the pipe: people sitting on sacks of grain.
4079 Market Day at Fenglin. Vermicelli: tobacco: wooden cane rakes.
Blurred..
4080 View up street: Feng Lin. Quarter-plate. Stone screen with flagstaff in front of temple.
Slightly faded..
4081 [Some of the street crowd]. Quarter-plate.
Slightly faded..
4082 Old man in street at market, Feng Lin. Quarter-plate.
Blurred..
4083 Shoeing a donkey, Feng Lin. Quarter-plate.
Blurred..
4085 Funeral of woman. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Hearse red: in distance, carried in front is a stand with a tablet of deceased. Feng Lin village. [A rather distant view].
4086 Daughters of deceased, wailing. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Some people in white, others in the usual dark clothes].
Slightly faded..
4087 Feng Lin: black pottery made in this village. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Men seated against a wall with bowls and pots in front of them].
4088 The Commissioner of Wei-haiwei. Quarter-plate (landscape format). And Headman of village wih his grandchildren.
4089 Headman of Feng Lin. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Who is also a District Headman. [Head and shoulders portrait].
4090 [No print]. Missing. The washing place at Feng Lin village, Wei hai wei.
4091 The washing place at Feng Lin village, Wei hai wei. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing back of a person walking along path beside river].
4092 Approachng the island of Linkungtau, Weihaiwei. From the mainland. [Distant view across the water].
4093 The Marine Barracks, Linkungtau Island, Weihaiwei. Quarter-plate (landscape format). To the right note two old Chinese Wooden guns, captured from the Taku forts.
Slightly faded..
4094 The Marine Barracks, Linkungtau, Weihaiwei. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Island guard detachment. [Showing guards and dogs standing in the courtyard beside verandah where more guards are seated. A bell hangs from the eaves and potted plants stand on the verandah beside deep gutter].
4095 The Distillery and Dockyard Buildings. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Hospital wall on the left: Linkungtau Island, Weihaiwei.
4096 Half-plate. [No print]. Missing. Inside the R.N. Hospital. The Island, Weihaiwei.
4097 The arch in the quadrangle. Half-plate. Inside the B.N. Hospital, Weihaiwei. [Brick archway with creeper and chinese-style tiled roof looking along paved path to part of single storey building on the far side of the quadrangle].
4098 Gardens in the Club House Garden. Half-plate. Linkungtau Island, Weihaiwei. [On left verandah of club house and bare tree with plots divided by paved paths. One plot being dug by Chinese man with a spade and another being hoed with a long bladed hoe, while a lady in long black western dress with a white hat walks towards an open summer house to the right].
4099 Street in Linkungtau, Weihaiwei. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing flights of steps leading to upper level of street beside solid stone houses on the right and trees and a hut on the right].
4100 Mainland of Weihaiwei from Linkungtau Island. Quarter-plate (landscape format). An Italian warship - the Vesuvio - in harbour. [Tiles roofs in the foreground].
4101 Chinese Theatre on Linkungtau Island. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Ornate Chinese buildings in the foreground with simpler buildings in the far right].
4102 The Naval Canteen at Linkungtau Island. Quarter-plate (landscape format). An old Chinese house.
4103 The Naval Canteen at Linkungtau Island. Quarter-plate. An old Chinese house. [Showing detail of steps up to the entrance with painted panels of Chinese design on either side of arch. Tiled roof with carved animals along corner ridge. Small group of Chinese in left hand corner].
4104 The mainland of Weihaiwei from the island. Quarter-plate. [View from harbour wall to sailing boats and warship across to mountains on the mainland].
Slightly faded..
4105 Sacks of peanuts ready for export. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Linkungtau. [Loaded onto un-sailed sailing boats].
Blurred..
4106 The East village on the Island of Linkungtau, Weihaiwei. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing path crossing a river by bridge leading up to village on right with trees on the left].
Slightly faded..
4107 The East village on the Island of Linkungtau, Weihaiwei. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing path near sone wall with side view of covered arch showing tiles and a carved animal at each corner of roof. Chinese manin cloak approaches the arch with wester lady in long black dress and white hat, some way behid to the right].
4108 The East village on the island of Linkungtau, Weihaiwei. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [2? Grave stones, one with Chinese writing, the other patterned marble, with trees hiding buildings behind and Chinese man and western lady seen in previous picture standing in the back right].
Slightly faded.
4109 The East village on the island of Linkungtau, Weihaiwei. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Indistinct view of millstone with thatched roofs behind and hills in the distance].
Faded..
4111 View from the Golf Links. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Linkungtau Island, Looking east. [Sea in the backgound].
Very faded and blurred..
4112 View from the Golf Links. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Linkungtau Island, Looking west. [View across links to sea and hilly land beyond].
Slightly faded.
4113 View from the Golf Links. Quarter-plate (landscape format). Linkungtau Island.
Blurred..
4114 The Commissioners daughter. Half-plate. Pears and apple grown in Gov. House garden, Weihaiwei, one of the pears photographed weighs a pound. [Showing young girl dressed in black and wearing a boater with ribbon saying: King Alfred, round it, sitting on a cannon on the corner of the verandah with garden and hills in the background. The Commissioners was Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937].
4115 The Commissioners daughter. Half-plate. [Showing girl sitting in an ornately carved chinese armchair inside a house with a bonsai plant in a pot on the table beside her].
4116 Weihaiwei School for European boys. Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing boys outside the school, with a sailing ship in the right distance].
Slightly faded..
4117 Weihaiwei School for European Boys. Half-plate (landscape format). Looking NE (i.e. north-east). [Showing school buildings on the cliffs above the sea and boats pulled up on the beach in the foreground].
4118 Courtyard of the temple of the Goddess of Heaven. Half-plate (landscape format). In the foreground a group of stone tablets erected to the memory of widows who remained faithful to the memory of their first husband. [Showing carved tablets standing in front of trees with buildings behind].
4119 Wei hai Wei : scene in Willow Grove village. Landscape format.
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4120 Chinese children running. Landscape format.
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4121 Threshing grain with a roller. Landscape format. Weihaiwei. [Showing man with pony and mule pulling rollers].
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4122 Presentation of Medals to District Head Man by the Commissioner. Landscape format. [Showing Commissioner in military uniform, with top hatted man and an armed guard to the right, talking to the District Head Man, who is wearing a hat and darf chinese coat over white trousers. In the background a group of chinese people, similarly dressed. Ceremony outside an area marked out with white lines].
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4123 Group of Chinese Employees of British Government, Weihaiwei. Landscape format. [Showing seven adults and a small child posed in padded jackets in front of stone building with wooden lattice over the windows].
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4124 Chinese Theatrical Performance. Open air theatre: Weihaiwei. [Open air theatre built on platform and with tiled roof over it with carved dragons. Players rather in the shade].
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4125 A native of Wei hai Wei territory. Who successfully graduated at Chinese literary Exam for first degree. [Showing man in white coat with black edgings standing beside a cannon and two Quantao cattle knives, with the sea in the distance].
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4126 Group of District Head Men awarded silver medals. Landscape format. By the Commissioner. [Showing eleven men, two of the older ones seated on wicker chairs, in long dark coats with their medal pinned on].
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4127 Wei hai wei snow scene. Landscape format. [Showing person on a mule walking towards bridge with snow on the ground and on distant hills].
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4128 Beehive Grave. Landscape format. Specimen of form of tomb of the Mongol dynasty. [Showing two stone tombs in rough grassland].
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4129A Digging ice in winter for storing against summer needs. Landscape format. Wei hai Wei. [Showing men using picks to cut chunks of ice from the frozen river].
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4129B Digging ice in winter for storing against summer needs. Landscape format. Wei hai Wei. [Showing men using picks to cut chunks of ice from the frozen river].
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4129C Wei hai wei. Landscape format. Digging ice in winter for storing against summer needs.
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4129D Wei hai wei. Landscape format. Digging ice in winter for storing against summer needs.
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4130 Blocks of ice dug out of stream. Landscape format. Ready to be removed for storing.
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
4131 Snow Lion (Wei hai Wei). Landscape format. [Showing snow lion on terrace beside a building].
Creator: Afong, - , fl 1908, photographer.
Slightly faded..
4132 Group of shark fishers cutting up sharks. Half-plate (landscape format). Caught in the neighbourhood of Wei hai Wei: shark fin is a great Chinese delicacy. [Showing two fishermen cutting shark meat, two carrying meat hung from a pole and three other men standing by on a beach with cliffs behind].
Creator: Lockhart, Sir, James Haldane Stewart, 1858-1937, Knight.
Faded..
4133 River at Wen Chuan Yang with sulphur spring. Half-plate (landscape format). Hence name equals to hot springs. [Showing wide river bed and trees and hills in the distance].
Creator: Lockhart, Sir, James Haldane Stewart, 1858-1937, Knight.
Slightly faded at edge..
4134 British Fleet in Weihaiwei Harbour, 1908. Half-plate (landscape format). [Showing farm land and town in the foreground looking across harbour to distant hills with the British Fleet on the water].
Creator: Lockhart, Sir, James Haldane Stewart, 1858-1937, Knight.
Slightly faded..
1908
4135 Washing clothes in a stream. Half-plate (landscape format). Outside south gate of Wei hai wei city. [Showing groups washing in the stream beside road under the city walls].
Creator: Lockhart, Sir, James Haldane Stewart, 1858-1937, Knight.
Slightly faded..
4136 View at Port Edward. Half-plate (landscape format). Looking east and showing hotel road, and island in distance.
Creator: Lockhart, Sir, James Haldane Stewart, 1858-1937, Knight.
Slightly faded..
4137 Mounted Police Patrol on main road to Port Edward. Half-plate (landscape format). With city on right and Port Edward Golf Links on left. [Mounted police followed by children along road with terraced hills in the background].
Creator: Lockhart, Sir, James Haldane Stewart, 1858-1937, Knight.
4138 Half-plate. [No print]. Missing. Visit of Chinese Governor. In the street on the way to quarters specially prepared for his reception.
Creator: Lockhart, Sir, James Haldane Stewart, 1858-1937, Knight.
4139 Weihaiwei. Half-plate (landscape format). Interior of city with Confucian Temple. [Showing East Gate in the distance].
Creator: Lockhart, Sir, James Haldane Stewart, 1858-1937, Knight.
4140 East Gate of Weihaiwei City. Half-plate (landscape format).
Creator: Lockhart, Sir, James Haldane Stewart, 1858-1937, Knight.
4141 Weihaiwei: visit of Chinese Governor. Half-plate (landscape format). People waiting on the pier at Port Edward: note official chair.
Creator: Lockhart, Sir, James Haldane Stewart, 1858-1937, Knight.
4142 Commissioner's launch landing Chinese Governor of the Province of Shantung. Half-plate (landscape format). And suite on his official visit to the Commissioner. [Showing launch called 'Alexandra'].
Creator: Lockhart, Sir, James Haldane Stewart, 1858-1937, Knight.
4143 Washing clothes in stream outside south gate of Weihaiwei City. Half-plate (landscape format). [Group sitting under tree with a road and city wall behind them. Man standing watching photographer by anther tree. Reeds and the stream in the foreground].
Creator: Lockhart, Sir, James Haldane Stewart, 1858-1937, Knight.
4144 District Officers Quarters at Wen Chuang Yang. Half-plate (landscape format). In interior of Territory, 14 miles from Port Edward. [Showing house built on terrace overlooking rather barren landscape, with pine trees behind and beyond].
Creator: Lockhart, Sir, James Haldane Stewart, 1858-1937, Knight.
4145 Temple at Wen Chuang Yang. Half-plate (landscape format). [Showing steps up to Temple building from farm land in the foreground].
Creator: Lockhart, Sir, James Haldane Stewart, 1858-1937, Knight.

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