A.H. Laing's photographs of Hong Kong and China

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Two albums of photographs of Hong Kong, mainland China, including Peking, Canton and Macao, and the Cocos Islands created by Alfred H. Laing, circa 1901-1906. With some loose photographs, drawings, two postcards and one letter to Laing. The photographs show buildings and street scenes in Hong Kong and mainland China, landscapes, the effects of a typhoon in Hong Kong in 1906, individuals and social gatherings.

Dates

Creation: c.1901-1906

Extent

0.3 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 401

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MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 401

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 12180

Additional Description

Abstract

A.H. Laing's photographs of Hong Kong and China

Biographical / Historical

Alfred H. Laing (fl. 1901-1912) was an assistant at Butterfield and Swire, the Far Eastern trading company, based at their Hong Kong office in the early 1900s.