Lot Essay
In addition to those names of photographers listed above there are also examples by Thomas Moore and A. Bogardus of New York, W.B. Entrekin of Manayunk, H. Burrows of Liverpool, W. Duckering, Washington, A. Weber. Pennsylvania, and W.A. Bell of Santa Cruz, California.
Including an unusual image of Chang-Yu-Sing, the Chinese Giant over 8 feet tall, portraits of Cheung Ye Tie, a Chinese Mandarin, a Chinese actor, Sam Pui at 93 years, a Chinese youth with traditional shaved forehead and western dress, a Chinese youth named Luen-Pi in America, and two full-figure portraits of Professor Ko Kun Hua, a Mandarin who was chosen to establish a Chinese teachership in the 1870s at Harvard University in Boston. Industrial views include two interiors of a printing factory, one of a glass-blowing factory and an outdoor view of a perfume factory in Hong Kong, 1910.
Including an unusual image of Chang-Yu-Sing, the Chinese Giant over 8 feet tall, portraits of Cheung Ye Tie, a Chinese Mandarin, a Chinese actor, Sam Pui at 93 years, a Chinese youth with traditional shaved forehead and western dress, a Chinese youth named Luen-Pi in America, and two full-figure portraits of Professor Ko Kun Hua, a Mandarin who was chosen to establish a Chinese teachership in the 1870s at Harvard University in Boston. Industrial views include two interiors of a printing factory, one of a glass-blowing factory and an outdoor view of a perfume factory in Hong Kong, 1910.