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Yuen Ming Yuen, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

Lefka, Cyprus. Photograph by John Thomson, 1878.

Nicosia, Cyprus. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1878.

Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

Siam (Thailand]): two dancers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

Baksa, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

Amoy, Fukien province, China: two Manchu soldiers with John Thomson. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

Lefka, Cyprus. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1878.

Peking, Pechili province, China: a magic lantern show. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Kowloon, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Peking, Pechili province, China: a Muslim butcher. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

A Chinese tea-house, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.

China: a Manchu lady with a child, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Baksa, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

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Kowloon, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Peking, Pechili province, China: a Muslim butcher. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

A Chinese tea-house, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.

China: a Manchu lady with a child, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Baksa, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.