Janus: Views in Australia, Egypt, Aden, Asia and other places chiefly circa 1908-1915

RCS/Y3011B(LS) contains:
1-87	Australia; Sydney, Newcastle, the Blue Mountains; farms in Victoria and Melbourne
88-133	Port Said, Suez, and Aden [i.e. Adan] 1909
134-182	Aden [i.e. Adan], Malaya [i.e. Malay Peninsula], and Hong Kong, circa 1909
183-245	Hong Kong, China and Japan
250-326	Dutch East Indies [i.e. Indonesia]
327-419	Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] 1910-11
420-464	Miscellaneous

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Views in Australia, Egypt, Aden, Asia and other places chiefly circa 1908-1915

Title	Hong Kong, China and Japan
Reference	Y3011B(LS)/183-245

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Slides 237-244 are copies of prints by Hiroshige. Numbers 246-249 have not been used.

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RCS/Y3011B(LS)/183-245 contains:

183

[(?) Path in the Public Gardens, Hong Kong]. A view looking along a tree-shaded path; exact location unknown.
Good condition..

184

Hong Kong from [Victoria] Peak. A view from Victoria Peak looking down on Victoria and the Harbour and across to Kowloon.
Fair condition, rather hazy..

185

Hong Kong - [Victoria] Peak. A view looking down from Victoria Peak with an unidentified large white house in the foreground.
Fair condition..

186

Hong Kong - View from Peak. A view from Mount Collinson looking over the south eastern section of Hong Kong Island and showing the Dragon's Back and Hok Tsui with Bluff Head in the distance. The large building at the right of the slide is unidentified.
Good condition..

187

Hong Kong from [Victoria] Peak. A view looking down on the city and Harbour of Victoria and showing the Albany Filter Beds (at right of slide), MacDonnell Road (below the filter beds) and the breakwater of the Naval Dockyard. A photograph taken from near the Peak Road.
Good condition..

188

Hong Kong from [Victoria] Peak. A view looking down on Victoria from Victoria Peak with the Harbour and Kowloon beyond.
Good condition..

189

Hong Kong - [Victoria] Peak Barracks. A view showing the large barracks on Victoria Peak, formerly a hotel but purchased by the Royal Artillery circa 1896.
Good condition..

190

Hong Kong - [Victoria] Peak Barracks. A view showing the Victoria Peak Barracks.
Fair condition..

191

Hong Kong - Mr Leefe's house, [Victoria] Peak. A view showing an imposing residential house on Victoria Peak, probably that of L.N. Leefe who is recorded as an assistant at Jardine, Matheson and Co (see ?).
Good condition..

192

Hong Kong - [Victoria] Peak. A view looking over the flagstaff on Victoria Peak with Victoria and the Harbour in the distance below.
Good condition..

193

Hong Kong - Governor's Ho;, [Victoria] Peak. A view looking down on Government House from the Upper Albert Road with the Kowloon Peninsula visible in the distance.
Good condition..

194

Hong Kong - Governor's House, [Victoria] Peak. A view showing a wing of Government House, partially obscured by trees.
Good condition..

195

Hong Kong. A view looking along a street in Victoria (?Wardley Street) with carts and rickshaws in the roadway.
Good condition..

196

Hong Kong. A view along Ice House Lane, off Queen's Road, Victoria, with a row of sedan chairs parked at the right of the street. At the end of the lane can be seen the studio of Mee Cheung, a Chinese commercial photographer who advertises his premises in the 'Directory and Chronicle for China' (1901 ed) as being located at 'Top floor of Ice House'.
Good condition..

197

Hong Kong. A rather blurred view showing four Chinese carrying two sedan chairs.
Good condition..

198

Hong Kong - Flower Mkt. A view looking along tree-shaded Wyndham Street (off Queen's Road), with flower sellers on the pavement.
Good condition..

199

Hong Kong. An unidentified street scene in Hong Kong with sedan chairs and pedestrians in the foreground. The shop signs include those of two photographers, Tai Woo and Hung Choung.
Good condition..

200

Hong Kong: House on [Victoria] Peak. A view showing a long narrow room furnished with chairs and potted plants.
Good condition..

201

[Beach scene, (?) Hong Kong]. A view showing a sandy beach with beach chalets in the foreground and a (?) hotel beyond.
Good condition..

202

[Beach scene, (?) Hong Kong]. A panoramic view of a beach.
Good condition..

203

Hong Kong - Canton [i.e. Chu] River. A view showing a houseboat on the Chu River.
Fair condition..

204

Hong Kong - Canton [i.e. Chu] River. A view showing a crowded settlement of warehouses and huts on the bank of the Chu River.
Fair condition..

205

Hong Kong - Canton [i.e. Chu] River. A view along the river bank.
Fair condition..

206

[(?) Canton [i.e. Chu] River]. A view showing a crowded settlement of sampans, probably on the Chu River, with a bridge and a small island in the background.
Good condition..

207

Hong Kong - Canton [i.e. Chu] River. A view showing three-masted junks on the Chu River, a good composition spoiled through lack of tonal contrast.
Fair condition..

208

Hong Kong - Canton [i.e. Chu] River. A rear-view of a junk on the Chu River, with a village on the bank in the background.
Good condition..

209

Hong Kong - Canton [i.e. Chu] River. A murky view showing two junks, possibly transporting a large raft of timber down river.
Poor condition..

210

Hong Kong - Canton [i.e. Chu] River Boat. A view showing a river boat of the Sun Ning Railway Co at a jetty on the Chu River.
Fair condition..

211

[Canton [i.e. Chu] River]. A well composed photograph showing a junk in the wide Chu River estuary.
Good condition..

212

[Junks on the Canton [i.e. Chu] River]. A view showing junks on the river with mountains on the farther shore.
Good condition..

213

[Junks on the Canton [i.e. Chu] River]. A good head-on view of a junk on the Chu River.
Good condition..

214

Chinese boats on Canton [i.e. Chu] River. A view showing a crowded settlement of sampans on the Chu River.
Good condition..

215

Boats on Canton [i.e. Chu] River. Two photographs mounted together showing (a) a sampan and (b) a passenger boat [junk].
Good condition..

216

Birds-eye view of Canton. A view looking over the Canton rooftops. The devastation of many of the houses visible in the photograph is presumably attributable to one or more of the many revolutionary uprisings which took place in Canton from 1911 onwards.
Good condition..

217

River front, Canton. A view showing the large and crowded settlement on the river frontage at Canton.
Good condition..

218

Medley of traffic in Canton. A view showing rickshaws and a motor car in a Canton street.
Good condition..

219

Sun Building Canton. A view from the river showing business premises on the waterfront with moored boats in the foreground. The large Sun Building in the centre of the slide is presumably named after Sun Yat Sen.
Good condition..

220

Canton Christian College. A view looking over the well-tended lawn and garden towards the College buildings.
Good condition..

221

Inauguration of Sun Yat Sen. A view showing crowds of Chinese carrying banners and placards in the streets of Canton. A photograph presumably taken at Sun Yat Sen's first accession to power in China in 1911.
Good condition..

1911

222

[Manifesto issued by the General Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai]. A photographic copy of a one page manifesto demanding the repeal of racially discriminatory laws, issued on the anniversary of the 'May 30 tragedy' (exact incident referred to unknown).
Good condition..

223

[Chinese newspapers]. Photographic copy of the front page of a Chinese newspaper or broadsheet. Although the nature of the text is unknown, the cartoons clearly imply an anti-western and anti-clerical bias.
Good condition..

224

225

226

British fleet at Wei-hai-wei [i.e. Weihai]. A view looking across towards Weihai Harbour (from Liu-Kung-Tao?) where the battleships of the British China Squadron are at anchor. In the foreground are cultivated fields and small houses. Weihai, ceded to the British in 1898 'for so long a period as Port Arthur remains in the occupation of Russia', was the northern naval base of the British China Squadron, and in fact remained in British hands until 1930.
Good condition..

227

Formosa - Keelung [i.e. Taiwan - Chi-lung]. An indistinct view from the sea showing the harbour and water front of Chi-lung with mountains beyond.
Poor condition, fading and yellowing..

228

Formosa - Keelung [i.e. Taiwan - Chi-lung]. A view showing a rocky promontory and small settlement at Chi-lung on the north coast of T'ai-wan.
Poor condition..

229

Formosa [i.e. Taiwan]. A view from the sea showing a harbour and water front, possibly at Chi-lung.
Poor condition..

230

Formosa - Keelung [i.e. Taiwan - Chi-lung], 1909. A view from the sea showing the crowded harbour at Chi-lung, with mountains beyond.
Poor condition..

1909

231

SS 'Indrawadi', Kobe; pilot going over. A view from the deck of the 'Indrawadi' showing the pilot climbing over the side into a rowing boat.
Good condition..

232

Japan - Kioto [i.e. Kyoto]. A view showing the entrance gateway to a Japanese building, with curved roof and a statue in the foreground.
Fair condition..

233

Japan - Temple Grove, Hakone. A view looking along an avenue of tall pine trees at Hakone in central Honshu.
Good condition..

234

Japan - Takaradzuka [i.e. Takarazuka]. A view looking along a commercial street with goods laid out under awnings. Takarazuka is the entertainment district of Kohoma, 13 miles north-west of Osaka, and is famed for its mineral springs.
Fair condition..

235

Japan - Takaradzuka [i.e. Takarazuka] Baths. A blurred view showing a stone courtyard outside the entrance to the baths at Takarazuka.
Good condition..

236

Japan - Temple Grove, Hakone. A view showing a group of Japanese in an open space beneath tall pine trees at Hakone.
Fair condition..

237

Japan. Scene by Hiroshige. A copy of a print by Ando Hiroshige showing a woman carrying produce along a country road through a river gorge.
Good condition..

238

Japan. Scene by Hiroshige. A copy of a seascape by Hiroshige with a mountainous coastline in the background.
Good condition..

239

Japan. Scene by Hiroshige. A copy of a print by Hiroshige showing travellers crossing a river.
Good condition, apart from one faded patch..

240

Japan. Scene by Hiroshige. A copy of a print by Hiroshige showing a sea side village with a harbour and boats beyond.
Good condition..

241

Japan. Scene by Hiroshige. A copy of a print by Hiroshige showing a sea side village with a harbour and boats beyond.
Fair condition, some cracks in glass..

242

Japan. Scene by Hiroshige. A copy of a print by Hiroshige showing a group of travellers, on horseback, sedan chair and on foot.
Good condition..

243

Japan. Scene by Hiroshige. A copy of a print by Hiroshige showing travellers crossing a river, with mountains in the distance.
Fair condition, some cracks in glass..

244

Japan. Scene by Hiroshige. A copy of a print by Hiroshige showing travellers crossing a long wooden bridge, with mountains in the distance.
Fair condition, some cracks in glass..

245

Phillipines - Manila Old City. A view looking along an unidentified street in Manila with pedestrians and a pony trap in the roadway.
Good condition..