Beschreibung:

Lot of 34 stereoviews featuring views of China, especially the Boxer Rebellion. Includes several views of the Battle of Tientsin (Tianjin) on July 13-14, 1900, in which an 8-nation alliance defeated the Chinese Imperial Army and Boxers in order to rescue foreign nationals within the city. The pivotal battle gave the Alliance a base of operations to capture Beijing (Peking) on August 14-15. Also includes non-war views of China, images of Chinese in California and Washington State, Spanish-American War images, and an interesting view in Hawaii, possibly during annexation. Views comprise: Boxer Rebellion (13) Among the Fighting Boxers, Tien Tsin, China. B.W. Kilburn: Littleton, NH, 1900. Showing older men holding long rifles; A Boxer Chief undergoing a most terrible death for his crimes, China B.W. Kilburn: Littleton, NH, 1902. Showing a man, bound with heavy ankle shackles and tied to apple, with another man holding his queue braid, about to be executed; Some of China's Trouble Makers - Boxers Captured by U.S. Troops. Keystone: Meadville, PA, etc., n.d.; Chinese Soldiers from Wei-Hai-Wei Who Served under the British during the Siege of Tien-Tsin, China. B.L. Lingley/Keystone: Meadville, PA, etc., 1900; Allied Forces not he March through the European Quarter of Tien-Tsin, China-9th U.S. Infantry Band. B.L. LingleyKeystone: Meadville, PA, etc., 1900; Chinese who paid War's penalty - at South Gate immediately after Allies entered the City - Battle of Tientsin, China. Underwood & Underwood: New York, etc., 1901; Destruction of Tongu-Russians tearing down mud houses which might shelter the "Boxers"-China. Underwood & Underwood: New York, etc., 1901; American Flag raised over battered remnants of South Gate immediately after the City's capture, Battle of Tientsin, China. Underwood & Underwood: New York, etc., 1901; Columbia's noble Soldier boys-as kind-hearted as brave- American giving Water to wounded Japanese after Battle of Tientsin, China. Underwood & Underwood: New York, etc., 1901; The American boys at gun practice, Korea. B.W. Kilburn: Littleton, NH, 1903; Uncle Sam's Boys on guard at the U.S. Consulate, Peking, China. B.W. Kilburn: Littleton, NH, 1900; Firing a Volley from Shelter of Bank - Chinese Soldiers at Tien-Tsin, China. B.L. Lingley/Keystone: Meadville, PA, etc., 1900; Looking north from South Gate over the burning City, just after its occupation by the Allies, Tientsin China. Underwood & Underwood: New York, etc., 1901. China (10) Dressing the bride for a Chinese Wedding, Canton, China. B.W. Kilburn: Littleton, NH, 1900; An old time fighting Priest and School teacher, Peking China. B.W. Kilburn: Littleton, NH, 1900. Showing two Peking Opera performers in full makeup and costume; Interior of a Joss House in China. Keystone: Meadville, PA, etc., n.d.; Interior of Throne room, Forbidden City, Peking, China. Keystone: Meadville, PA, etc., n.d.; Picturesque Chinese Junk under Full Sail on the Yellow Sea, Coast of Manchuria in Distance. Keystone: Meadville, PA, etc., n.d.; Irrigation with Hand Pump, China. Keystone: Meadville, PA, etc., n.d.; A line of Slipper-Boats at Canton, China. Underwood & Underwood: New York, etc., 1900; Li Hung Chang, China's greatest Viceroy and Diplomat (photographed in his Yamen, Tientsin, China, Sept. 27, 1900). Underwood & Underwood: New York, etc., 1901; Passing Life3 in the Land of Confucius - Street Scene, Canton, China. Underwood & Underwood: New York, etc., 1900; A busy thoroughfare in the Tartar City-from Drum Tower (west) to Tung-chi-men Gate, Peking, China. Underwood & Underwood: New York, etc., 1901. Hawaii (1) View of troops from series titled Hawaiian Islands, possibly showing annexation of Hawaii, 1898. Belford, Middlebrook & Co.: Chicago, 1898. Views of Chinese in California and Washington State (5) Chinese Store-Chy Lung & Co., Sacramento Street. Thomas Houseworth & Co.: San Francisco, 1866; Chinese Joss House. San Francisco, Cal. showing a traditional Chinese altar. Uncredited; R