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Shantou

Prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China

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Images referencing Shantou

10 images from works
  • Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong (Kwangtung) province, China: a woman with prominent coiffure. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Swatow (Shantou), Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: a girl. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Swatow (Shantou), Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: Chinese labourers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong (Kwangtung) province, China: a woman with prominent coiffure. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Swatow (Shantou), Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: European houses in the foreign quarter. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Swatow (Shantou), Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: Chinese labourers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Swatow (Shantou), Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: European houses in the foreign quarter. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong (Kwangtung) province, China: a woman with prominent coiffure. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Swatow (Shantou), Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: a girl. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong (Kwangtung) province, China: a woman with prominent coiffure. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

Works from the collections

5 works

    • Pictures

    Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong (Kwangtung) province, China: a woman with prominent coiffure. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

    John Thomson | Date: 1871 | Reference: 19886i
    • Pictures

    Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong (Kwangtung) province, China: a woman with prominent coiffure. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

    John Thomson | Date: 1871 | Reference: 19888i
    • Pictures

    Swatow (Shantou), Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: a girl. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

    John Thomson | Date: 1869 | Reference: 19884i
    • Pictures

    Swatow (Shantou), Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: European houses in the foreign quarter. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

    John Thomson | Date: 1871 | Reference: 19360i
    • Pictures

    Swatow (Shantou), Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: Chinese labourers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

    John Thomson | Date: 1871 | Reference: 19876i

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