Harrison Brown: The Sian Incident and Beyond

Category: Photographs

These photographs were taken by Harrison Brown during his travels in China from 1936 to 1937. They are part of a larger collection of similar photos available in the Harrison Brown Collection in the Special Collections department at the Simon Fraser University Library. Excerpts corresponding to each photo have been taken directly from H.B.’s field notes made at the time, with regards to names, places, events and/or exposure levels.

137 items found, sorted by date.

	Title	Thumbnail
1	Interior Da Fo Tsu. Vertical interior. Buddhas in a row.
2	Horizontal. 6 Buddhas.
3	Ku Pe K'on. Great Wall
4	Family crossing.
5	Yamboshan. Chinese Comm.agents buying grain.
6	Sweet meat mall. Yamboshan.
7	Kalgan. Street scene.
8	Kalgan. Street scene.
9	Kalgan. Street scene.
10	Boy drawing water from well.
11	Kweihua horse market - man with donkey.
12	Man and boy on donkey.
13	Kweihua Town. Street scene.
14	Kweihua Town. Native.
15	Street Scene.
16	Kweihua. Old man sitting in street smoking.
17	Kweihua. Missionary Sunzell.
18	Prince Ah in Kweihua Palace.
19	In Mountains near Kweihua. Self and Jimmy Lui. Full length.
20	"Self with Gus Soderbaum, half length."
21	View of Tatung from Temple of the Golden Dragon.
22	General Yen Hsi-Shan. At Pacification HQ Taiyuanfu.
23	"View on top story of old tower housing Shansi Products Exhibition, Taiyuanfu."
24	Village street scene and archway. Chinszu.
25	Gateway in Sian.
26	Red filter view of old bridge. Sian-Luntung.
27	No filter. Bridge gateway with beggars.
28	Street Scene. Luntung.
29	Luntung.
30	"View in courtyard of Confucian Temple, Sian."
31	"Confucian Temple, Sian. Through gate as frame."
32	Steps and kiddies playing.
33	Steps and kiddies playing.
34	"Street Scene outside South Gate, Sian."
35	"Outside South Gate, Sian. By stagnant pool."
36	"Outside South Gate, Sian. By stagnant pool."
37	Street Scene outside Sian.
38	River scene near C. Park. Cheng Tsu.
39	Scene in Kung Ming Temple outside Cheng Tsu.
40	Scene in Kung Ming Temple outside Cheng Tsu.
41	Funeral procession under village walls.
42	Water buffalo tethered in temple ground.
43	White Arch village gate. Cvhengtu-Kwan Hsien.
44	Road scene. Crowded village gate.
45	Kwan Hsien. Part of the Old Town inside the walls from river.
46	Lee Pui Temple
47	On the river. Women talking.
48	"Mr. Ho Li Bai and C.C. Shao, Director of Water Conservancy Board."
49	2 small boys.
50	View of bamboo rope bridge.
51	Vertical view on rope bridge showing traffic.
52	Traffic on rope bridge.
53	"Loaded boy/coolie at gateway of Temple of the Second Son, on path of tragedy."
54	Gateway of Temple of the Second Son. Another scene.
55	(No caption provided)
56	"Out the hillside gate of Rwan Hsien, looking out along the path of tragedy."
57	Shop in Chengtu. Salesman looking around corner. Hat shop.
58	Two lean old men at work on embroidery in open shop.
59	Chengtu. Small boy embroiderer looking up at camera.
60	Chengtu. Street scene.
61	Chengtu. Small panda cub at Cavaliere's.
62	Chungking. Steps.
63	Steps looking up. Two men squatting.
64	Dead beggar. Chungking.
65	Corner of temple.
66	Junk (small).
67	Junk under cliff
68	Washerwomen. Yunyang.
69	Junks. Yunyang.
70	Junks. Yunyang.
71	Steamer in gorge.
72	Junk near-by.
73	View of Hankow from Customs Square river.
74	Chinese gunboat in foreground. City in distance.
75	Fleet of junks.
76	Yangtze village.
77	Junk boys at work.
78	The village afloat.
79	Another junk.
80	"Ninjo junk. Showing eyes on prow. ""No see, no walk""."
81	Whangpoo junk.
82	Fouchow Rd. Shanghai.
83	Junks etc. on the creek Shanghai.
84	View of the creek. Shanghai.
85	Junk outside Hong Kong.
86	Canton. Canal scene.
87	Canton. Canal scene.
88	Canton. Canal scene.
89	Canton. Canal scene.
90	Junk scene. Canton.
91	Woman rowing sampan. Pearl River. Canton.
92	Woman rowing sampan. Pearl River. Canton.
93	Woman rowing sampan. Pearl River. Canton.
94	2 generations (sampan).
95	Near-by sampan. Child doing her hair.
96	Another sampan. Baby looks suspicious.
97	Dress making under difficulties.
98	Rwei scene on Pearl River. Canton. Sampan scene
99	Rwei scene on Pearl River. Canton. Sampan scene
100	Funeral procession. Canton.
101	Funeral procession. Canton. Various carnival figures.
102	Funeral procession. Canton. Various carnival figures.
103	Funeral procession. Canton. Various carnival figures.
104	Pig transport by basket.
105	Pig transport by basket.
106	Pig transport by basket.
107	Pig transport by basket.
108	Pig transport by basket.
109	Pig transport by basket.
110	Village scenes of all kinds.
111	Village scenes of all kinds.
112	Outside Canton.
113	Outside Canton.
114	Outside Canton.
115	Outside Canton.
116	Alley scene. Canton.
117	Crowd at loading up of 2 huge turtles.
118	Water coolies' steps from river.
119	Street scene. Nanning.
120	Street scene. Nanning.
121	Rest of family at the stern.
122	Grandma at the prow.
123	Stern oarsman from middle of sampan.
124	Girls of a Middle School Military Training Corps. Nanning.
125	Girls of a Middle School Military Training Corps. Nanning. Full length.
126	Wall posters.
127	Group of 5 snapped in doorway.
128	3 girls.
129	3 girls. Full length.
130	Marshal Li Chang-yen.
131	Marshal Li Chang-yen. Full length.
132	Japanese in Manchuria and Great Wall Map. Nanning. On wall of Merchants' Guild.
133	Another map showing Japanese penetration.
134	Hong Kong street scene.
135	Self (Harrison Brown)
136	(No caption provided)
137	Funeral procession.

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