The World 100 Years Ago Peking

[skwdvm]

This book was written by Burton Holmes. He was a photojournalist born in 1870 & died 1958. He spent his life giving "travellogues."
These were lectures he gave between 1890-1950. He traveled the world extensively. He was in Hong Kong 1906, Canada 1916, Australia & New Zealand 1917, and China in 1922. The photos are wonderful. Some of his photos include the Temple of Heaven teriminal, his hotel, the Buddha at the Lama temple, and common modes of transportation such as the official's green chair and the Peking carts. I enjoyed seeing the bridal sedan chair and reading his descriptive essay. This book was set after the Boxer Rebellion in China. It's worth a peak.

[Henry]

Dear skwdvm,

Thanks for the tip - very nice book with wonderful photos - really captures the historic sense of the place.


Henry

[geoff]

See Timeline for Buron Holmes at www.burtonholmes.org/business/timeline.html

There's a photo of
"Premiere of Hell's Angels, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, 1931".

Recently, there was also a TV documentary shown here in Australia. I didn't see it all but it was very interesting.

[Henry]

Dear Colleagues,

Here is a URL to old photos of Canton:

archives.presbyterian.org.nz/photogallery9/page1.htm

You can even order copies.


Henry

[geoff]

Helen,

Under Popular Photo Galleries.................

"A Tour of Old Canton" (Spring 2007)

"The China Incident" - WW2
Includes photo with details of ......
A presentation of a New Zealand made kauri desk to Nationalist Guerilla leader General Ng Kwon Kai (at centre in dark tunic) in 1948, complete with a photo of a kauri tree.

Upon the withdrawal of Japanese forces from their year long sole occupation of the Mission Hospital and compound at Kong Chuen, General Ng and his soldiers had immediately secured the compound, saving it from looters and bandits. The fact that little appreciable damage occured to the buildings saved the NZ Presbyterian Church a considerable sum of money and we were keen to show our gratitude. Ironically, it was only upon the fall of Kwantung Province to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) forces in October 1949 that the age old problem of lawlessness (which had plagued the Mission for many years) was finally stamped out.

By 1951 our Missionaries had all left China, the Chinese Church now actively implementing the CCP promoted "Three Self Movement" which continues to this day - self-governance, self-support, and self-propagation.