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[Urban river view]

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Lai, Afong

Chinese Photographer · 1839–1890

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

A paddle steamer, with Chinese characters on its side, is pulled up to a wharf in Canton. Surrounding the wharf are sampans and wooden shacks. On the opposite river bank are buildings on stilts over the water and large warehouses.

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