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The Pearl River. Canton

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Lai, Afong

Chinese Photographer · 1839–1890

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Date: about 1870–1885
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: Chinese
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

View of the steamboat, Kin Shan, moored at a pier on the Zhu Jiang River, also known as the Pearl or Canton River. Two people can be seen on the pier. A number of "sampans" or covered boats and riverside settlements are visible along the river.

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