This appears to be a formal reception for a large group of Chinese and Westerners, possibly businessmen and diplomats. Some men are in uniforms. The header contains writing in Chinese characters. This photo is from the papers of Emily Susan Hartwell, who was an American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary stationed in Foochow, Fukien from 1884.
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