Luella Delamartre Dawson photographs of China

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0166

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The Luella Delamartre Dawson photographs of China consists of 132 black and white snapshots taken during Mrs. Delamartre's travels in China between 1923 and 1925.

The photographs depict public scenes in Peking, Shanghai, Szechuan, Shantung, Hsiling, and Soochow. Included about the snapshots are images of Chefoo Harbor, the Great Wall of China, the Summer Palace and its Jade Gridle Bridge, Peking's Temple of Heaven and Yellow Temples, Peking's Forbidden City, and the countryside of China.

The photographs capture various aspects of Chinese life and culture, including a funeral procession, a wedding ceremony, Confucian temples and ceremonies, Taoist priests, Sikh policemen, a Maj Jong factory, the Chinese marketplace, eating in the streets, Llama priests and their performance of the Devil Dance, a Manchu prince and other dignitaries.

The photographs provide a representative portrait of life in pre-Communist China during the early 1920s.

Dates

Creation: 1923-1925

Creator

Dawson, Luella Delamartre (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, http://www.lib.udel.edu/cgi-bin/askspec.cgi

Biographical Note

Luella Delamartre Dawson was the wife of an American businessman who represented the Bank of America in pre-Communist China; she visited the nation in the early 1920s.

Biographical information derived from the collection.

Extent

.3 linear foot (132 items)

Additional Description

Abstract

The Luella Delamartre Dawson photographs of China consists of 132 black and white snapshots taken during Mrs. Delamartre's travels in China between 1923 and 1925.