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Form:
photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH1986:0901:017
Description:
- The inscription accompanying this photograph refers to events between 18 September and 14 October 1860. On 18 September 1860, during the Second Opium War (1858-1860), 39 British and French civilians and soldiers were taken hostage by the Chinese. Among the hostages were Harry Smith Parkes, the British commissioner in Canton (now Guangzhou) and Henry Loch, private secretary to Lord Elgin, who were later released, and Captain Brabazon of the Royal Artillery, who was killed (Harris, p. 153).
PH1986:0901:017
Description:
- The inscription accompanying this photograph refers to events between 18 September and 14 October 1860. On 18 September 1860, during the Second Opium War (1858-1860), 39 British and French civilians and soldiers were taken hostage by the Chinese. Among the hostages were Harry Smith Parkes, the British commissioner in Canton (now Guangzhou) and Henry Loch, private secretary to Lord Elgin, who were later released, and Captain Brabazon of the Royal Artillery, who was killed (Harris, p. 153).
People:
Subject:
engineering
engineering
Date:
between 21 September and 2 October 1860
between 21 September and 2 October 1860
Title:
View of the Palichao (now Baliqiao) bridge, Tung-chow (Tongzhou, also now known as Tongxian), near Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:017
Description:
- The inscription accompanying this photograph refers to events between 18 September and 14 October 1860. On 18 September 1860, during the Second Opium War (1858-1860), 39 British and French civilians and soldiers were taken hostage by the Chinese. Among the hostages were Harry Smith Parkes, the British commissioner in Canton (now Guangzhou) and Henry Loch, private secretary to Lord Elgin, who were later released, and Captain Brabazon of the Royal Artillery, who was killed (Harris, p. 153).
View of the Palichao (now Baliqiao) bridge, Tung-chow (Tongzhou, also now known as Tongxian), near Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:017
Description:
- The inscription accompanying this photograph refers to events between 18 September and 14 October 1860. On 18 September 1860, during the Second Opium War (1858-1860), 39 British and French civilians and soldiers were taken hostage by the Chinese. Among the hostages were Harry Smith Parkes, the British commissioner in Canton (now Guangzhou) and Henry Loch, private secretary to Lord Elgin, who were later released, and Captain Brabazon of the Royal Artillery, who was killed (Harris, p. 153).
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
between 21 September and 2 October 1860
between 21 September and 2 October 1860
People:
Subject:
engineering
engineering
Form:
drawings
drawings
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Reference number:
AP175.S1.042
AP175.S1.042
People:
Date:
1993
1993
Form:
drawings
drawings
Date:
1993
1993
People:
Form:
photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH1980:0205.01:008
PH1980:0205.01:008
People:
Subject:
engineering, topographic
engineering, topographic
Date:
between 1904 and 1917
between 1904 and 1917
Title:
View of a railroad bridge over a river bed near Bang Krathum showing railroad cars, Phitsanulok Province, Siam (now Thailand)
Actions:
PH1980:0205.01:008
View of a railroad bridge over a river bed near Bang Krathum showing railroad cars, Phitsanulok Province, Siam (now Thailand)
Actions:
PH1980:0205.01:008
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
between 1904 and 1917
between 1904 and 1917
People:
Subject:
engineering, topographic
engineering, topographic
Form:
photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH1980:0205.02:010
PH1980:0205.02:010
People:
Subject:
engineering, topographic
engineering, topographic
Date:
between 1910 and 1917
between 1910 and 1917
Title:
View of track being laid and a railroad bridge under construction near Pang Ton Phung, Uttaradit Province, Siam (now Thailand)
Actions:
PH1980:0205.02:010
View of track being laid and a railroad bridge under construction near Pang Ton Phung, Uttaradit Province, Siam (now Thailand)
Actions:
PH1980:0205.02:010
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
between 1910 and 1917
between 1910 and 1917
People:
Subject:
engineering, topographic
engineering, topographic
Form:
photographs
photographs
Actions:
Reference number:
PH1988:0426:107
PH1988:0426:107
People:
Date:
ca. 1934
ca. 1934
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
ca. 1934
ca. 1934
People:
Form:
photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH1979:0447.04:069
PH1979:0447.04:069
People:
Subject:
architecture
architecture
Date:
before 1865
before 1865
Title:
View of the Bridge of Boats and the Kelani Ganga showing people, a carriage and a bullock cart, Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Actions:
PH1979:0447.04:069
View of the Bridge of Boats and the Kelani Ganga showing people, a carriage and a bullock cart, Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Actions:
PH1979:0447.04:069
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
before 1865
before 1865
People:
Subject:
architecture
architecture
Form:
drawings, textual records
drawings, textual records
Actions:
Reference number:
ARCH219141
ARCH219141
People:
Form:
drawings, textual records
drawings, textual records
People:
Form:
photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH1986:1269
Description:
Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Lachine Canal," 1985-1986.
PH1986:1269
Description:
Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Lachine Canal," 1985-1986.
People:
Subject:
architecture, engineering
architecture, engineering
Date:
30 March 1985
30 March 1985
Title:
View of Lachine Canal looking northeast with the Canadian Switch & Spring Company Building and Canadian National Port Bridge in the background, Montréal, Québec
Actions:
PH1986:1269
Description:
Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Lachine Canal," 1985-1986.
View of Lachine Canal looking northeast with the Canadian Switch & Spring Company Building and Canadian National Port Bridge in the background, Montréal, Québec
Actions:
PH1986:1269
Description:
Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Lachine Canal," 1985-1986.
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
30 March 1985
30 March 1985
People:
Subject:
architecture, engineering
architecture, engineering
Form:
photographs
photographs
Actions:
Reference number:
PH1988:0426:102
PH1988:0426:102
People:
Date:
ca. 1934
ca. 1934
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
ca. 1934
ca. 1934
People:
Form:
photographs
photographs
Actions:
Reference number:
PH1980:0205.01:026
PH1980:0205.01:026
People:
Subject:
engineering, topographic
engineering, topographic
Date:
between 1905 and 1917
between 1905 and 1917
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
between 1905 and 1917
between 1905 and 1917
People:
Subject:
engineering, topographic
engineering, topographic
