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Title
Barge being loaded in Hong Kong harbor, China, ca.1920
Creator
Mee Fong Studio
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photograph of workers loading white bags onto barge or boat. Workers cross plank to board vessel with 2 or 3 sacks on their heads. Boat appears to be one-third full. Canvas covers the white sacks already on the boat. The boat has two masts and squared rigging with side poles. In the distance one can see other boats in the harbor.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 13.2 x 9.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m2260 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-001-07-0004
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2260
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-001-07-0004.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Trade
Maritime transport
Exterior views
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
China
Hong Kong
Source
MKL/China/001/07/0004 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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