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Title
Peddlers selling from their boats to passengers on a larger ship, Hong Kong, China, 1947
Creator
Hahn, Fr. Joseph
Date Created and/or Issued
1947-10
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
Peddlars. As the boat dropped anchor at Hong Kong, swarms of little boats gathered around selling wares, Here is a scene of this. The passengers and crew buy from them with cigarettes, and the vendors pass up their merchandise on poles to the deck. In the background is a boy who will dive to the bottom for coins.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 25.2 x 20.5 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m2217 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-001-03-0009
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2217
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-001-03-0009.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Maritime transport
Trade
Bird's-eye views
Time Period
1947-10
Place
China
Hong Kong
Source
MKL/China/001/03/0009 [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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