Chinese travelling to market, 1886
Mr. Hancock & his staff ascending the Red River, Tonquin, 1892
Rusticating in country, near Ningpo, 1878-80
Tartar general (front row, center) and other Chinese officials posing outside with Western diplomats and military officers, including Japanese naval officer, ca. 1905
Village scene in China showing small pailou
["pailou" seems to refer to the gate]
Wedding party and guests posing outside on veranda and steps of building in Fuzhou, 1913
William Cartwright, Chinese Maritime Customs Service commissioner;
his wife, sitting on a horse; and an unidentified Chinese groom, 1892
According to Merriam-Webster, "pailou" is a commemorative archway constucted in honor of a highly esteemed person.
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