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Title: Large album of over 750 photographs from a sailor's tour in Asia in the early 1930s Author: Place: Publisher: Date: 1930s Description: Large photo album containing approximately 750 photographs, mostly original snapshots but some are commercially produced souvenir photographs. Sizes vary, 2½x2½" to 4x6"; there are approximately 35 8x10 photographs, all of which are commercially produced. Attached to the leaves of a period photo album with corner mounts (not pasted), many images identified in white ink on the album leaves. The album, produced by Tsing Tao Camera Craft. is of full black calf, decoratively embossed on the front cover with images of two dragons and clouds, and with a leather clothing strap with snap. A fabulous album, assembled by a U.S. Sailor, Ernest Hanschman, stationed aboard the submarine tender USS Canopus in the 1930s. Includes images of the Great Wall of China, Peking, Guam, Manila, Igorote peoples of the Philippines, Cavite province, images of the USS Canopus in dry dock and at sea during submarine maneuvers, submarines, Navy divers, Hong Kong, Chinese junks, big guns at a German fort in China (Tsing Tao?), Loashan Valley, Shanghai, Japanese solders, Chinese defenders, Japanese armored cars, Amoy, Peking, Japan, Tsing Tai, a series of images if the execution of criminals in China (likely commercially produced), a series of photos of the Russian famine of 1921 (commercially produced), recreational activities of the sailors, homecoming in the San Francisco Bay, and much more. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear to album, still about fine. Item number: 237737