Capital city of Guangdong Province, China

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Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a girl. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Canton, China: a panoramic view of the city. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: the abbot at the Temple of five hundred gods. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: two Cantonese boat women,. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: street gamblers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: Manchu soldiers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Canton, China: Canton City from the river with boats and junks in the foreground. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Canton, China: boats off the coast of Canton City, looking south to Honam island. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Canton, China: the Mahomedan Mosque and Minaret. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a Cantonese bride and groom. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: two young Cantonese women. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a Cantonese woman. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: a Manchu soldier. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Canton, China: a missionary church and missionaries' houses. Photograph, 18--.

Report of the hospital at Canton for 1853-54, under the care of Benj. Hobson.

Chinese prisoners with their arms outstretched begging for money from an English visitor. Wood engraving by G. Dalziel, 1894.

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Guangzhou

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Images referencing Guangzhou

Works from the collections

Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: street gamblers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: a Manchu soldier. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Canton, China: a missionary church and missionaries' houses. Photograph, 18--.

Report of the hospital at Canton for 1853-54, under the care of Benj. Hobson.

Chinese prisoners with their arms outstretched begging for money from an English visitor. Wood engraving by G. Dalziel, 1894.

Guangzhou

Images from the collections

Images referencing Guangzhou

Works from the collections

Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: street gamblers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: a Manchu soldier. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Canton, China: a missionary church and missionaries' houses. Photograph, 18--.

Report of the hospital at Canton for 1853-54, under the care of Benj. Hobson.

Chinese prisoners with their arms outstretched begging for money from an English visitor. Wood engraving by G. Dalziel, 1894.

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