A river gunboat, Changde, Hunan, China, 1901
- Published/Created:
- China, Asia
1901 - Notes:
- A river gunboat, a common sight on China's waterways in Imperial days. (This was the gunboat that escorted the Logans on the houseboat in 1901). Note cannon on the bow, and captain's cabin on the stern. At night the crew was sheltered by a striped blue-and-white tent-like canopy held up by their shipped oars. During the night, one member of the crew manned the drum, which beat out the watches during the night - a comforting, if occasionally disturbing, sound to travelers anchored nearby for the night.
Captions for this set of lantern slides from the papers of Oliver and Jennie Logan, American Presbyterian missionaries in Hunan, were provided by their daughter Elsa.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. - Topics:
- Armed forces
- Accession Number:
- IMP-YDS-RG008-358-0008-0040
- Genre:
- general views (AAT)
photographs (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Source Creator:
- Logan, Jennie Manget
Logan, Oliver Tracy - Source Title:
- Oliver and Jennie Logan Papers
- Source Created:
- 1897-2004
- Box:
- 358
- Folder:
- 8
- Yale Collection:
- Divinity Library
- Digital Collection:
- Divinity Library Photographs
- OID:
- 11425066
- PID:
- digcoll:994503
