Robert Henry Chandless photograph collection

Robert Henry Chandless photograph collection, 1898-1930s

Overview of the Collection

Collector, photographer

Chandless, Robert Henry

Title

Robert Henry Chandless photograph collection

Dates

1898-1930s (inclusive)
1898-1908 (bulk)

Quantity

Approximately 1463 photographic prints (10 albums plus loose photographs) ; sizes vary

Collection Number

PH0214

Summary

Photographs of China in the early 1900s

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Request at UW

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Languages

English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Robert Henry Chandless was born in 1880 in Germantown, Philadelphia to Henry and Anna. Henry was born in London in 1853 and arrived in New York on April 28, 1876 onboard the S.S. Periere . He married Anna Jungkurth, probably in 1878. According to his son's passport applications, he spent much of his life in New York.

Robert Chandless married Effie M. Ragsdale August 2, 1910. Effie (born 1887) was the daughter of James W. Ragsdale, American Consul in Tientsin, China. Robert and Effie's daughter Florence was born July 20, 1912 in Tientsin. Florence later married John Stenhouse in Tientsin on October 31, 1934.

Robert arrived in Shanghai from New York in 1903 to join the British import-export firm of Poole Lauder. He later went to Tientsin to join a different firm, which then failed in 1906. The following year he joined with Mr. Batonieff, a Russian, and established the firm of Chandless Batonieff & Co. After Mr. Batonieff's death, the firm became Chandless & Co. which continued to do business under that name until 1939.

In the late 1930s Robert and his wife gave as their U.S. address on passenger lists, the residence of his brother-in-law as their destination: Colonel Earl J. Ragsdale, Curran Terrace, Norristown, Pennsylvania. In the mid to late 1940s, Robert was living in Pasadena. He died in San Francisco on July 9, 1951. His wife Effie died February 24, 1980 in Mercer Island, Washington.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Comprised of 10 albums (7 intact and 3 unbound) and loose photographs, the collection represents a fascinating travelogue of images of China in the early 1900s. The collection includes candid scenes and tourist views of Peking and Tientsin, China; of foreign legations, commercial establishments and private residences of American, British and other diplomatic personnel; the wool industry in Tientsin; and contemporary views of the Boxer Rebellion (1900) including images of the international relief force of soldiers and sailors that came to the aid of the besieged foreign delegations in Peking and elsewhere.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

View selection from collection in digital format .

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donors: Effie Chandless, September, 1979, Nicola S. Yarbrough and Iona Stenhouse, December, 2015.

Processing Note

Processed by Don Romero, 2012. Processing completed 2012.

Three of the albums have been disbound; the pages have been retained in their original order.

Separated Materials

Material Described Separately:

Robert Henry Chandless papers (Manuscript collection 5999)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Chandless & Company and Chandless Batouieff Company in Tientsin, ChinaReturn to Top

Includes images of wool sorting, packing, storage, and shipping as well as views of company offices and compradors (Chinese managers of the companies).

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/1	1	Wool-sorting compound of Chandless Batouieff Company with people sorting wool	undated
1/1	2	Wool-sorting compound of Chandless Batouieff Company with people sorting wool	undated
1/1	3	Wool-sorting compound of Chandless Batouieff Company with people sorting wool	undated
1/1	4	Wool-sorting compound of Chandless Batouieff Company with people sorting wool	undated
1/1	5	Wool-sorting compound of Chandless Batouieff Company with people sorting and baling wool	undated
1/1	6	Wool-sorting compound of Chandless Batouieff Company with people sorting wool	undated
1/1	7	Wool-sorting compound of Chandless Batouieff Company with people sorting and baling wool	undated
1/1	8	Interior of godown (warehouse) with people preparing pelts for baling	circa 1930
1/2	9	Office personnel of Chandless Batouieff Company sitting in office The Kodak Shop, Tientsin (photographer)	undated
1/2	10	Exterior of Mr. Chandless's office on Taku Road with rickshaw in front The Kodak Shop, Tientsin (photographer)	undated
1/2	11	Exterior of Mr. Chandless's office on Taku Road with awnings and stairway installed, and rickshaw in front	undated
1/2	12	View of Chandless Batouieff Company office and the comprador's quarters on right The Kodak Shop, Tientsin (photographer)	undated
1/2	13	Comprador's quarters with compradors and rickshaws The Kodak Shop, Tientsin (photographer)	undated
1/3	14	Baled cargo being moved out of Chandless Batouieff Company yard	circa 1908
1/3	15	Chandless & Company staff in front of building	circa 1908
1/3	16	People sorting wool in Chandless & Company compound Written on verso: Coolies wear cloths on their heads to keep dust off.	circa 1930
1/3	17	Possibly Robert Chandless with staff in warehouse	circa 1930
1/3	18	Mr. and Mrs. Chandless with compradors Written on verso: Mr. and Mrs. Chandless on visit to comprador's house. Head comprador on right with his daughter. Screens on doors behind the party were summer screens.	circa 1930
1/4	19	Courtyard of Chandless & Company with pelts drying, viewed from above	circa 1930
1/4	20	Courtyard of Chandless & Company with goat pelts hanging from ropes strung across yard	circa 1930
1/4	21	Courtyard of Chandless & Company with goat pelts hanging from ropes strung across yard	circa 1930
1/4	22	Courtyard with piles of different types of wool Written on verso: Scaffolding of bamboo over compound (courtyard) during summer heat to provide shade for workers.	circa 1930
1/4	23	Courtyard with pelts laid out on the ground	circa 1930
1/4	24	Courtyard with stacks of baled wool and wool to be sorted	circa 1930
1/4	25	Men pulling cart loaded with cargo on street Written on verso: Hauling cart of cargo from company offices to river/rail for shipment. One man pulls, and if very heavy cargo, another pushes.	circa 1930
1/4	26	Man carrying cargo up ramp to stacks of baled cargo Written on verso: Baled cargo stacking in compound yard.	circa 1930
1/4	27	Man with bale of cargo on his back atop stacks of bales Written on verso: Porter carrying load of baled cargo to cart for transport to lighter at river.	circa 1930
1/4	28	Men sorting wool in compound	circa 1930
1/4	29	People sorting wool on the ground	circa 1930
1/4	30	Men picking up cargo Written on verso: Tientsin, cargo coolies for Chandless Co.	circa 1930
1/4	31	View from above of workers sorting wool and stacks of baled wool Written on verso: Compound of wool company. Logs under baled wool to keep wool off ground during summer rains. Chandless & Company.	circa 1930
box-folder:oversize
7/1	32	Compound behind comprador's building where wool, furs, goatskins, and nuts were sorted, Tientsin	circa 1905
7/1	33	Sorting room in godown [warehouse] with people working, Tientsin	circa 1905
7/1	34	Sorting room for wool in godown [warehouse] with people working, Tientsin Written on verso: Man standing in middle is foreman. Laborers shaking wool to remove sand. After this, it went to another room where it was willowed (cleaned by beating), then baled.	circa 1905
7/2	35	People sorting wool in outdoor area, Tientsin	undated
		Compradors for Chandless and Batouieff A comprador was generally a Chinese agent engaged by a foreign establishment in China to have charge of its Chinese employees and to act as an intermediary in business affairs.
box-folder:oversize	item
6/7	36	Mr. Chandless' compradors and staff Tung Kao Yao Chies (photographer) Written on verso: Personnel and compradors office provided by Chandless & Co., Tientsin, China.	1905
Box/Folder
1/5	37	Chief comprador for Mr. Chandless' company	circa 1910s
1/5	38	Chief comprador for Chandless-Batouieff	circa 1911
1/5	39	Chief comprador for Chandless-Batouieff This is the same person as #38.	circa 1911
box-folder:oversize
6/7	40	Interior of Head Comprador's office, Tientsin Tong Lai (photographer)	circa 1910s

Batouieff Company in Harbin, ChinaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
box-folder:oversize	item
7/3	41	Office building of Mr. Batouieff in Harbin with four men on balcony Written on verso: Office building of merchant Batouieff, a Russian citizen who supplied Russian troops in 1st WW with grains and meats from Shantang. Bouriet-half Russian, half Mongolian.Building has a sign on the side written in Russian.	circa 1913
Box/Folder
1/14	42	Railroad cars being loaded with grain for Russian troops during WW I Written on verso: Transshipment of grain from Shantung en route to Russia under the agency of Russian merchant Batouieff.	circa 1914-1917
1/14	43	Cargo yard in winter with food supplies for Russian troops during WW I Written on verso: Harbin in winter. Collection depot. Food for Russian troops, which had been shipped up from China by Mr. Batouieff.	circa 1914-1917
1/14	44	Cargo yard in winter with railroad cars in background Written on verso: Harbin. During 1st World War, supplies for Russian troops en route from Shantung to Russia in depot of Batouieff Co.	circa 1914-1917

Nichols Rug Company in TientsinReturn to Top

The Nichols Rug Company likely purchased wool from Chandless-Batouieff Co. The Nichols company had a manufacturing center at 104 Taku Road in Tientsin beginning in 1924 and the Chandless offices were also on Taku Road.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/13	45	Personnel of Nichols Rug Company Written on verso: Tientsin, personnel of Nichols Rug Co. Mr. Nichols with white hair, front row.	circa 1947-1948
1/13	46	Approximately 16 Nichols employees carrying large rug Written on verso: Nichols rug which was made for wedding present to Elizabeth of England when she married Philip.	circa 1947-1948

PeopleReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/6	47	Yuan Shih-Kai Y. Kono, Tientsin, China (photographer) Yuan Shih-Kai was a Chinese general and politician.	undated
1/6	48	Boxer girls: Kai-Esh and Little Wei Written on verso: These girls were daughters of a riverboat man. They professed to have the gift of clairvoyance and had a prominent place in the Boxer organization- every night they had visions which they told to throngs (?) of believers in the powers of spirits that was directing the Boxer movement. They strengthened the faith by relating how all over the world thousands of Barbarian Foreigners were being killed. These were the visions they saw while in a trance state and receiving messages of encouragement that this Boxer war was to rid the world of Barbarians and the Chinese would be in full possession. These girls were captured and put in charge of Dr. and Mrs. Temayo (?). La Huang Chang said "better behead them." When I was calling at the Temayos (?) I asked the girls to stand still while I took their picture. They jumped on the bed and buried their faces in the bed clothes. I took a snap shot of them. Later by a promise of giving them a picture and Mrs. Temayo (?) persuasion I got this picture. I ----them --- prints (?) I never heard of the girls after the Chinese took over the government from the Provisional government of the Allied nations who took charge when the court fled.	circa 1900
1/6	49	Two Bengal Lancers soldiers, Sikh Regiment Written on verso: From your "Vice"-Alden Ames.	undated
1/7	50-53	Sir Robert Hart, Inspector General of China's Imperial Maritime Custom Service, boarding train to leave Tientsin after 60 years in the Customs and Postal Service	circa 1908
1/7	53a	Sir Robert Hart	1903
1/8	54	Group of Chinese people and American Consulate General B. Nagakiyo, Mukden, China (photographer) Written on photo: Best wishes for the New Year, [illegible].	December, 1907
1/8	55	U.S. Marines at U.S. Consulate, Tientsin Written on verso: U.S. Marine guard at U.S. Consulate, Tientsin before siege. Later left with Seymour expedition for Peking-were beaten back and managed to reach Tientsin with many wounded. Mr. James Ragsdale Consul General; Mrs. Ragsdale; Mrs. Ragsdale Jr., wife of Bertrand Ragsdale, Vice-Consul; Effie 12 yr; Earl 14 yrs; wife and child of Marine Commander; usual crowd of curious Chinese in gate.	June, 1900
1/8	56	Edwin H. Conger, U.S. Minister to China; his wife and daughter This appears to be a page from a book.	circa 1898-1905
box:oversize
VC1	57	Ernest Morrison,London Timescorrespondent with staff and office servants, Peking Written on front: To Miss Ragsdale...[illegible] Ernest Morrison, Times correspondent.	March 26, 1905
box-folder:oversize
7/4	58	Robert Chandless in his office	circa 1920s
Box/Folder
1/13	58a	Robert Chandless W.H. Fuller, The Fuller Studio, New Milford, Connecticut (photographer)	1927
1/13	58b	Robert Chandless sitting on steps in Tientsin This is the same image as J53a.	1909
1/13	58c	Robert Chandless passport photo	undated
box-folder:oversize
7/4	59	British General Waters, Tientsin	circa 1908
7/5	60	Siang T. Yen, Tientsin Fu Sheng, City North-East Wall Street, Tientsin (photographer) Written on verso: Later Vice President at Peking.	undated
7/5	61	Yuan Shi Kai, Viceroy of Chihli Province, later 1st President of Chinese Republic Fu Sheng, City North-East Wall Street, Tientsin (photographer)	undated
7/5	62	Tang Shu Yi, Official in Tientsin, under Yuan Shi Kai Fu Sheng, City North-East Wall Street, Tientsin (photographer)	undated

Friends and Family of Chandless and BatouieffReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/9	63	Mrs. Effie Louise Ragsdale S. Yamamoto, Peking (photographer) Written on verso: Effie Louise Ragsdale getting ready to go "calling" in her new rubber-tired rickshaw-dresses in blue brocade, given to her by Yuan Shi Kai as a New Year present, sable coat.Written on verso of copy of photo: Taken before going to reception given by the Empress Dowager after her return to Peking after the Boxer Rebellion.	1902
1/9	63a	Mrs. Effie Louise Ragsdale G.V. Buck, Washington, D.C (photographer)	1902
1/9	63b	James Ragsdale Climo, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (photographer)	circa 1904
box-folder:oversize
7/3	63c	James Ragsdale in his office in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	undated
Box/Folder
1/10	64	Mr. Batouieff G. V. Trunov, Moscow (photographer)	1908
1/9	65	D.F.A. Wallace and R. Bandinel Written on verso: The two Britishers of our household.	undated
1/9	66-68	Wallace, Bandinel, and third man [Chandless?] in parlor	undated
1/9	69	Group of people at fancy headdress (for women) and socks (for men) party Written on verso: Badly focused-March 5th, 1908 at Mrs. Gumpert's. Ladies are Mrs. Gumpert, Misses Hopkins, Morling, Patterson, Brush, Ragsdale, Hillier, Palmer and Mrs. Wade. Men-Messrs. Wade, Shaw, Howard, Edkins, Chandless, Gumpert, Bandinel & myself.	1908
1/9	70	Close-up view of fancy socks Written on verso: Closer view of the prize-winners.	1908
1/9	71	Group of people at indoor event Written on verso: Feb. 28th, 1908. Same group as other picture except for Wallace in my place.	1908
1/9	72a	Effie Ragsdale	undated
box-folder:oversize
7/3	72b	Children's dancing class in Tientsin Written on photo: Class was taught by Miss Labres. Left to right: Betty Reed, American; Earl Ragsdale, American; Anna Poulsen, Danish; Effie Ragsdale, American; Roy Labres, British; Suzanne Vidal, French.	1899
Box/Folder
1/9	73	Group of people probably including Mr. and Mrs. Ragsdale and Effie	undated
1/9	74	Woman holding a fan	undated
1/9	75	Man and woman on donkeys Written on verso: Mrs. Frankland and Daddy. Pei Tai Ho.	July, 1921
1/10	76	Group at tennis club in Tientsin J. Lifshitz, Tientsin (photographer)	circa 1930s-1940s
1/10	77	Bride, groom, and guests at wedding	undated
1/10	78a	Bride, groom, and guests at wedding	undated
box-folder:oversize
6/1	78b	Wedding party of Effie Ragsdale and Robert Chandless Identified on verso: Mother, Father, Earl, Aunt Nellie from Iowa, Florence Winters, Harry P. Winters, Doris and Faith Sanford, bridesmaids, ushers and guests. Climo, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (photographer)	August 2, 1910
Box/Folder
1/10	78c	Nina Batouieff, Effie Ragsdale, Robert Chandless, Earl Ragsdale at Effie's wedding Earl Ragsdale and Nina Batouieff were married in December 1910.	August 2, 1910
1/10	79-83	Guests at event, possibly a horse race	undated
1/10	84a-k	Tientsin spring horse races There are eleven small photographs mounted on the front and back of a card. Identified people include: Effie, Gertie, Nina, Earl, Anna Paulsen, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Von Hanneken.	1888-1889
1/10	85a	Edwin Conger and General Miles There are three photographs (85a-c) mounted on a card.Written below photo: Mr. Conger (left) American Minister and General Miles (right) leaving legation for audience with the Empress Dowager.	after1900
1/10	85b	General Miles and two other men Written below photo: General Miles gave order against looting of palaces after Boxer Rebellion. Audience given to thank him.	after 1900
1/10	85c	Mrs. Ragsdale and Mrs. Miles on rickshaws on top of Peking city wall Written below photo: Mrs. Conger, Mrs. Miles and Mr. Ragsdale were received at another audience and each presented with good luck characters written by Empress on red Imperial paper.	circa 1900
1/10	86a	Three women sitting on steps There are seven photographs (86a-g) mounted on a card.Written below photo: Effie M., Mrs. Allen, wife of Jardines #1.	undated
1/10	86b	Woman, possibly Effie, sitting in front of Chinese building	undated
1/10	86c	Two women sitting in the Empress Dowager's old quarters in Peking	undated
1/10	86d	Three women standing next to a railing, including Effie (in center)	undated
1/10	86e	Women in two-wheeled jog cart pulled by horse or donkey	undated
1/10	86f	Three women in front of building	undated
1/10	86g	Robert Chandless in Tientsin	undated
		Parties and Picnics
box-folder:oversize	item
6/1	87	Tea party at Mr. von Rautenfeld's Mr. Macown, Mr. DeLuca, Mr. von Strauch, Mr. Richardson, Miss K. Carrall, Miss Brazier, Mr. Wagner, Miss Myers, Mr. Bethell, Miss M. Carrall, Mr. von Rautenfeld, Mrs. Brazier, Effie Ragsdale, Willie Brazier.	April 28, 1900
Box/Folder
1/8	88	Picnic at Yellow Temple outside of Peking Written on verso: Mrs. Breton, Mrs. Brewitt Taylor, Mrs. Brazier, Miss Bredon, Miss E. Drew, Miss K. Carrall, Miss E. Gippeich, Miss M. Carrall, Miss Myres, Miss Brazer, Effie Ragsdale, Mr. Von Rautenfeld, Mr. Wintour, Mr. Laivau[?], Mr. DeLuca, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Bethell, Mr. Brewitt Taylor, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Von Straugh, Mr. Sandercock, Mr. Waggner, Mr. Macown, Mr. Ferguson, 24 in all.	1900
box-folder:oversize
6/2	89	Ladies at party given by Chinese Customs staff S. Yamamoto, Peking (photographer) Top row: Elsa Drew, Mrs. Kilburn, Lucy Drew, Esme Simpson, Winnie Stewart. Bottom row: Gertrude McLeish, wife of Capt. Legation Guard, Mrs. Perry, Little Perry, Effie Ragsdale.Two months later Effie left for school in Lausanne traveling via Siberia, Russia, and Germany.	1903
7/6	90	Party given by Customs staff at Customs Mess, Peking S. Yamamoto, Peking (photographer) Written on mat: Back row: Lenox Simpson, ?, Capt. U.S. Guard, Mr. Perry, Italian Commandante, Willard Straight, ?, Konovaloff, Prince Rospigliani,, seated in chair: Mr. Aghin, seated in front: Mr. Ferguson. Ladies same as in other picture.	1903
7/6	91	Garden party at Sir Robert's	1903
6/3	92	Party at Sir Robert's S. Yamamoto, Peking (photographer)	October 25, 1906
6/4	93	Music band at Sir Robert's S. Yamamoto, Peking (photographer) Written on mat: Sir Robert with band master at left. Band in winter uniforms.Written on verso: To Miss Effie Ragsdale, sincerely[?]Robert Hart, Peking, 26 Nov: 1906.	October 25, 1906
6/5	94	Garden party at Sir Robert's S. Yamamoto, Peking (photographer) Written on mat: Sir Robert Hart, Inspector General of Chinese Customs and Postal Services.Robert Hart is in front row, second from right.	October 23, 1907
6/6	95	Garden party at Sir Robert's S. Yamamoto, Peking (photographer) Written on mat: At a monthly lawn party at Sir Robert's, a regular monthly occasion.	October 23, 1907
7/6	96	Music band at Sir Robert's Written on mat: Sir Robert Hart's band in summer uniforms. This band played for garden parties and dances which Sir R. gave once a month. Filipino band master.	circa 1902

Houses and street scenesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
box-folder:oversize	item
7/2	97	Chinese raised hill graves with Tientsin in background Written on verso: Picture taken from train window, taken by Mrs. Ragsdale.	circa 1890s
Box/Folder
1/11	98	Market scene	undated
1/11	99	Batouieff home in Tientsin Photo mounted on card; written on front of card: Home of Nina Batouieff. Nina married Earl Ragsdale in 1910. Written on verso: Foreign residence Tientsin.	circa 1903
1/11	100a-c	Interior views of Chandless home on Tyne Road in Tientsin	circa 1920s
1/11	101	Chandless home in Tientsin Written on verso: Tientsin 1922-1925. Rented (ca 1920) by Mr. and Mrs. Chandless. Built by Chinese shipping magnate in European style for his family. Two story servants quarters. The shipper's family didn't like European style, and wouldn't live in it.	circa 1922-1925
1/11	102	Street scene with paifang gate in Tientsin The Kodak Shop, Tientsin (photographer) This photo is part of a calendar from The Kodak Shop in Tientsin.	1925
1/11	103	Interior of The Handicraft Shop in Tientsin	1925
box-folder:oversize
7/7	104	Drawing room in house on Tyne Road, Tientsin	1922
7/7	105	Drawing room with view of dining area in house on Tyne Road, Tientsin	circa 1922
7/7	106	Study in house on Tyne Road, Tientsin	1928
7/7	107-108	Sitting room or living room, probably house on Tyne Road, Tientsin	circa 1920s
7/7	109	Room with fireplace and sofa, probably house on Tyne Road, Tientsin	circa 1920s
Box/Folder
1/11	110	U.S Consular residence in Tientsin	1901
box-folder:oversize
7/8	111	Interior of U.S Consular residence in Tientsin Yamamoto, Tientsin (photographer) Photo is mounted on mat board.	circa 1900
7/8	112	Interior of U.S Consular residence in Tientsin Yamamoto, Tientsin (photographer) Photo is mounted on mat board.	circa 1900

Excursions and RecreationReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/14	113	People at swimming pool with mountains in background	undated
1/14	114	Two children and adult in boat near beach at Pei Tai Ho Written on verso: With the bean children.	1938
1/14	115	Mr. Caldwell boiling water on rocks at Pei Tai Ho Written on verso: Picnic with Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell and Florie. Note the Qui Lore [?], a samovar type water boiler heated with just a few twigs.	1938
1/14	116	The Caldwells and others having a picnic at Lighthouse Point, Pei Tai Ho	1938
1/14	117	Bobby, Florie, Caldwell and Effie eating on rocks at Pei Tai Ho	1938
1/14	118	People near cave at Pei Tai Ho	undated
1/14	119	Mr. Conger and others in Peking	undated
1/14	120	Woman in rickshaw Written on verso: Visiting friend of the Chandlesses riding in specially made rubber-wheeled rickshaw belong to Mrs. Ragsdale. At front gate of American consulate in Tientsin.	undated
1/14	121	Possibly Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell sitting outdoors	undated

Photos related to and published in San Jose Mercury News storyReturn to Top

These photos appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on February 27, 1972, in a story linking President Richard Nixon's visit to China to Effie Ragsdale Chandless' time in China in the early 20th century. A copy of the newspaper article is in the case file.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/15	122	Effie Ragsdale (Chandless) sitting on stone camel at Ming Tombs This photo is the same image as K12.	1903
1/15	123	Effie Ragsdale (Chandless) on horseback This photo is the same as K18.	1903
1/15	124	James Ragsdale next to palanquin, probably carrying Effie Ragsdale (Chandless) on the way to Ming Tombs	1903
1/15	125	President Richard Nixon touching a stone camel at Ming Tombs	1972
1/5	126	Effie Ragsdale (Chandless) in front of Chinese tapestry in Los Gatos, California San Jose Mercury News (photographer)	1972

Watercolor PaintingsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/15	127	Low Tide on the Pei-Ho Ernest Young (artist)	circa 1920
1/15	128	Chinese Gate, Tientsin Ernest Young (artist)	circa 1920

Album A: Loose pages from Observatory albumReturn to Top

The pages may have originally been attached together with string or cord, as there are holes at the corners of each page. The pages depict a group of people at an observatory in China, based on information written on the pages.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/12	A1	Group at observatory in Peking Written on verso: Mr. Wintour, Mr. Bethell, Mr. Ferguson, Miss M. Carrall, Miss E. Drew, Miss K. Carrall, EMR, (Effie M. Ragsdale), Mrs. Hansard, Mr. DeLuca.	April 24, 1900
1/12	A2	Group at observatory in Peking Written on verso: We went to Mr. Wintour to tea and then we went to the observatory. Mrs. Hansard, Miss K. Carrall, Miss E. Drew, Miss M. Carrall, Mr. Wintour, Mr. Bethell, Mr. DeLuca, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Von Strauch, EMR.	April 24, 1900
1/12	A3	Group at observatory in Peking Written on verso: Mrs. Hansard, Miss K. Carrall, Miss E. Drew, Miss M. Carrall, Mr. Bethell, Mr. Wintour, Mr. DeLuca, EMR.	April 24, 1900
1/12	A4	Group at observatory in Peking Written on verso: Mr. Wintour, Mrs. Hansard, Mr. Bethell, Miss Elsa Drew, Mr. DeLuca, Miss Maud Carrall, Mr. Ferguson, Miss Kathleen Carrall, Mr. Von Strauch, Effie M. Ragsdale.	April 24, 1900
1/12	A5	Group of people Written on verso: Miss Myres, Miss Brazer, Miss Gipperich, Mr. Mackowen, Mr. Wagner, Effie Ragsdale.	April 24, 1900
1/12	A6	Group of people Written on verso: Mr. Bethell, Mr. DeLuca, Mr. Wagner, Mr. Mackowen, Miss Maud Carrall, Miss Elsbeth Gipperich, Effie Ragsdale.	April 24, 1900

Album BReturn to Top

This album has images of the Boxer rebellion in China including soldiers and sailors from different countries, damaged buildings, and military camps. Photos also include activities of delegates and their families. This album has been disassembled due to deterioration; however the order of the pages in the album has been retained.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/16	B1	Belgian Railway employees after escape from Boxers, Belgian Consulate, Tientsin Written on page: Belgians who had been in interior manning stations of Belgian-built railroad. They were smuggled out at night during Boxer uprising, aided by friendly Chinese.	1900
1/16	B2	Group photo of armed British and other diplomats Charles A. Killie, Peking Written on page: Besieged British and other diplomats and civilians who defended British Legation. Practically all of the foreign community were besieged in this Legation.	1900
1/16	B3a-e	English, German, Italian and French troops at Tientsin train station	1900
1/16	B3f	Building damaged by shell fire	1900
1/16	B4a,d	Tientsin volunteers	1900
1/16	B4b	Peanut barricade (bags of peanuts) in Tientsin	1900
1/16	B4c	Building destroyed by shells	1900
1/16	B4e	Crowd of Chinese at Tientsin railway station	1900
1/16	B4f	Indian troops (Bengal Lancers) on horseback	1900
1/16	B4g	Soldiers-English Blue Jackets behind barricade, one is using a telescope	1900
1/16	B5	Allied Generals and their Chiefs of Staff in Tientsin Written on page: Allied Generals and their Chiefs of Staff stationed with their troops in Tientsin after the siege of 1900. Japanese, German, British, Russian, French, Dutch,, Austrian. These men were termed the Provisional government of China and were in Tientsin for about two years. Allied troops were stationed in Tientsin for many years to guard the railways and guarantee the safety of the diplomats in Peking. Seated: 2nd from left: German Field Marshall Von Walden, 3rd from left: British General Seymour O'Creigh (Irish), 4th from left: Russian, 5th from left: French, 6th from left: Italian, 7th from left: Austrian. Standing: Aides de camp of seated leaders.	circa1900
1/16	B6	Group photo of defenders, civilians, diplomats with wives and children who took refuge in the British Legation during Boxer Rebellion Charles A. Killie, Peking (photographer)	1900
1/17	B7	Tennis party at Mrs. DeLuca's, Tientsin	1903
1/17	B8	Large group of men and women on horses Written on page: Hunt Club paper chase in Peking.	1903
1/17	B9a	Wedding party of Sadie Ragsdale and David Young Written on page: Wedding of Sadie, widow of Bert Ragsdale, to Captain David Young, brother of Mary [?] Young at American Consulate. Officer in Gurkha Regiment. A.D. C. to Gen. Seymour O'Creigh during Tientsin occupation by Allied troops after Boxer Rebellion. Consul Ragsdale, Mrs. Ragsdale, Effie Ragsdale, Gertrude McLeish, Dr. Terney, Cd. Stockwell.	1902
1/17	B9b,c,e	Departure of Gurkha troops at Tientsin station	1904
1/17	B9d	British officers ice boating on flooded plains of Tientsin	1902
1/17	B10a	Commander Stockwell, Lieutenant of Royal Welsh Fusiliers	circa 1901-1902
1/17	B10b,d	Picnic in Chinese cemetery Written on page: Picnic given by Mr. Stockwell in Chinese graveyard outside of Tientsin. Party went by horseback and by boat on the water.	1902
1/17	B10c	Probably Gurkha marching band	circa 1902
1/17	B10e	Soldiers and cannon on field	circa 1902
1/17	B10f	Royal Welsh Fusiliers loading gun onto train	circa 1902
1/17	B10g	Departure of Royal Welsh Fusiliers from Tientsin Railway station	1902
1/17	B11a	Fallen tree in the British Legation	1900
1/17	B11b	People inside the Methodist compound during siege Charles A. Killie, Peking (photographer)	1900
1/17	B11c	Pavilion in British Legation during the siege Charles A. Killie, Peking (photographer)	1900
1/17	B11d	Person at gate of British Legation	1900
1/17	B11e	People gathered outdoors at the British Legation	1900
1/17	B11f	People dancing outdoors at the British Legation	1900
1/17	B12a	Ornate doorway of a Chinese house	circa 1900
1/17	B12b	Rickshaws and people on Peking street	circa 1900
1/17	B12c	Chinese guard at U.S. Legation Written on page: Before siege when news of Boxer activities alarmed foreign diplomats.	1900
1/17	B12d	Front of U.S. Legation	1900
1/17	B12e	Crowd of Chinese in front of U.S. Legation	1900
1/17	B12f	Fortified building	1900
1/18	B13a	French town damaged by shelling	circa 1900
1/18	B13b	Sand bag defenses for soldiers guarding Tientsin settlements	1900
1/18	B13c	Chinese town damaged by shelling and fire	circa 1900
1/18	B13d	British guns being brought up river on sampans	circa 1900
1/18	B13e	Broken pieces of artillery shells	circa 1900
1/18	B13f	U.S. soldiers on horses and Chinese walking with them	circa 1900
1/18	B14a-d	Buildings, including French concession, damaged by shells	circa 1900
1/18	B15a	Mandarin's garden at Tungchow	circa 1900
1/18	B15b	Tongku station, where Allied troops boarded trains	circa 1900
1/18	B15c,d,f	Damaged buildings in Chinese city Written on page: Native city after the siege.	circa 1900
1/18	B15e	U.S. Marines marching next to river, on their way to Peking	1900
1/18	B16a	People with horse and cart in the British Legation, Peking	circa 1900
1/18	B16b	Goup of Chinese inside the British Legation, Peking	circa 1900
1/18	B16c	Interior of building in the British Legation, Peking	circa 1900
1/18	B16d	Three Chinese in British Legation, Peking Written on page: Few Chinese Christians brought in to Legation to save their lives, proved very helpful as all servants had fled.	1900
1/18	B16e	People inside the British Legation, Peking Charles A. Killie, Peking (photographer)	circa 1900
1/18	B16f	Carts inside the British Legation, Peking Charles A. Killie, Peking (photographer)	circa 1900
1/18	B17a,c	English sailors	circa 1900
1/18	B17b	Japanese melting looted items for silver	circa 1900
1/18	B17d	Indians melting looted items for silver	circa 1900
1/18	B17e	Bengal lancers on recreation ground	circa 1900
1/18	B17f	Large gun placed on mound of dirt	circa 1900
1/18	B18a	Count von Waldersee with a Russian Cossack Written on page: Race meeting held in Temple of Heaven Park, Peking.	circa 1900
1/18	B18b	Gathering of people and carts Written on page: View in Tientsin native city station.	circa 1900
1/18	B18c	Chinese city destroyed by Boxers	circa 1900
1/18	B18d,f	Lighters (barges) on Pei Ho River	circa 1900
1/18	B18e	Dead Boxers in entrenchment made by British sailors	circa 1900
1/19	B19a	Indian marching band Written on page: Taken the day the Viceroy of Chihli came to call on British General Creagh.	1902
1/19	B19b	Indian Guard of Honor	1902
1/19	B19c	Chinese Guard	1902
1/19	B19d	The Viceroy's carriage	1902
1/19	B19e	Man with horses and cart in front of building Written on page: The General's Tonga and General's house rented from retired Russian tea merchant Mr. Batouieff.	1902
1/19	B20a	Boats lashed together at French Marsh near Tientsin Written on page: Duck hunting in Tientsin marshes.	undated
1/19	B20b	Chinese gathered on bank of marsh	undated
1/19	B20c	Chinese man standing on boat Written on page: Chinese used long pipes loaded with bits of iron and stones killing more ducks at one blast than foreigners could with shotguns.	undated
1/19	B20d	Chinese firing at the ducks	undated
1/19	B21a	Effie Ragsdale and Gertrude McLeish Written on page: Photos taken at Launch picnic given by General O'Sullivan (center with white hair and mustache).	circa 1903
1/19	B21b	Group of people at picnic	circa 1903
1/19	B21c	Effie Ragsdale	circa 1903
1/19	B21d	Gertrude McLeish and Effie Ragsdale	circa 1903
1/19	B21e	Group of people at picnic	circa 1903
1/19	B21f	Gertrude McLeish	circa 1903
1/19	B21g	People at picnic	circa 1903
1/19	B22	Chinese man holding child Written on page: Mr. Jamieson's number one boy who accompanied him on all of his trips into the interior of China. It was this boy who made all arrangements for our trip to the Great Wall.	1903
1/19	B23a	House near Tientsin Racecourse looted and burned by Boxers	circa 1900
1/19	B23b	Tientsin railway station destroyed by shell fire	circa 1900
1/19	B23c-d	Damaged buildings	circa 1900
1/19	B23e	Damaged wool mill	circa 1900
1/19	B23f	House looted and burned by Boxers	circa 1900
1/19	B24a	Japanese soldiers next to long rifles found in Shui-tzu-yin Fort	circa 1900
1/19	B24b	Railroad tracks destroyed by Chinese	circa 1900
1/19	B24c,d,f	Catholic cathedral destroyed by Boxers	1900
1/19	B24e	British cannon Written on page: Chinese soldiers from Wei-Hai-Wei [?] regiment-a British trained force.	circa 1900
1/20	B25a	Russian Cossacks on horseback	circa 1900
1/20	B25b	Russian marching band	circa 1900
1/20	B25c	German sailors marching	circa 1900
1/20	B25d	Japanese soldiers marching from Peking to Tienstin	circa 1900
1/20	B26a-c	Indian soldiers conducting drills	circa 1900
1/20	B26d	Indian cavalry: Bengal Lancers	circa 1900
1/20	B27	Lama Temple in Peking Written on page: Lama Temple built by Mimg Emperor for first visit of the Living Budha from Tibet.	undated
1/20	B28a	Bengal Lancers in Peking The photos on this page appear to be from printed material.Printed on photo: A Sowar (trooper) 16th Bengal Lancers at Peking. Keeping the ground at the assault at arms in the Temple of Heaven.	undated
1/20	B28b	Groups of men in the Temple of Heaven Printed on photo: At the races in theTemple of Heaven, Peking. This gives an excellent idea of the cosmopolitan character of the troops gathered in Peking.	undated
1/20	B28c	Monks sitting on steps of the Lama Temple Printed on photo: Group of priests in the Lama Temple in Peking. Most of them have their heads shaved. They quite appreciated being photographed and thought it a great joke being arranged on the steps.	undated
1/20	B28d	Fire-damaged Winter Palace in Peking Printed on photo: The burning of the Winter Palace at Peking. A view of General Schwarzkop's house the morning after the fire, which was still smoldering.	1900
1/20	B29a	View of the Forbidden City	undated
1/20	B29b	Marble boat at the Summer Palace Written on page: Empress Dowager used money for Chinese Navy for this boat, really a pavilion.	undated
1/20	B29c	Golden Buddha at Lama Temple This is a composite of two photos.	undated
1/20	B30a	View from outside of Peking city wall	circa 1900
1/20	B30b	Troops camping inside the Forbidden City	circa 1900
1/20	B30c	Peking street after a fire	circa 1900
1/20	B30d	Black fort in Tientsin Written on page: Concessions were shelled from this fort.	circa 1900
1/21	B31a	Man holding a rifle Written on page: A Tientsin hero: rode during the night through enemy lines to bring messages to allied troops in Taku and guided a relief force to the relief of Tientsin which had been under siege for two weeks.	circa 1900
1/21	B31b,c,f	German soldiers marching to Tientsin	circa 1900
1/21	B31d,e	Indian Sikhs marching through village to Tientsin	circa 1900
1/21	B32a	Bengal Lancers (soldiers)	circa 1900
1/21	B32b,f	Sikhs marching	circa 1900
1/21	B32c,d	Wai Hai Wai, Chinese regiment	circa 1900
1/21	B32e	Wai Hai Wai, Chinese regiment band	circa 1900
1/21	B33a	Japanese soldiers	circa 1900
1/21	B33b	Russian soldiers	circa 1900
1/21	B33c	Officers in Hong Kong regiment	circa 1900
1/21	B33d	Japanese cavalry	circa 1900
1/21	B33e	Wai Hai Wai regiment	circa 1900
1/21	B34a	Australian sailors	circa 1900
1/21	B34b	Cattle and sheep inside pen Written on page: Food for the Indian troops.	circa 1900
1/21	B34c	Indian soldiers on horseback carrying food for horses	circa 1900
1/21	B34d	Two Indian soldiers washing up Written on page: A cold water shower bath.	circa 1900
1/21	B34e	Hong Kong regiment and British officers holding flags	circa 1900
1/21	B34f	Wool mill destroyed by Boxers	circa 1900
1/21	B35a	Bronze tortoise with dragon head in Forbidden City This photo appears to be from printed material.Printed on page: Enormous bronze in the Forbidden City, Peking. This curious dragon-headed tortoise is only one of the numberless carved figures in the Imperial Palace.	undated
1/21	B35b	People and carts on Taku Road, Tientsin after the siege	circa 1900
1/21	B35c	Crowds on railcars at Tientsin This photo appears to be from printed material.Printed on page: The Tientsin Railway under British Adminstration. The Chinese are now very glad to avail themselves of it and crowd the trucks in astounding numbers.	undated
1/21	B35d	Looted objects in French concession from Chinese temples	undated
1/21	B36a-d	Chinese hunting ducks, and boats in marsh Written on page: Duck shooting in China. Showing the flat-bottomed boats in which the Chinese go up and down the canals and on the marsh.	undated
1/22	B37a	View of buildings from across a canal	undated
1/22	B37b	Observatory on Peking wall Written on page: Bronze pieces from France and installed by Jesuit priests. Looted by Germans and sent to Germany but later returned.	undated
1/22	B37c,f	Summer Palace	undated
1/22	B37d	Peking wall Written on page: Troops had to scale this wall against firing of Chinese troops from within before receiving foreigners.	undated
1/22	B37e	Courtyard and building	undated
1/22	B38a	Huabiao pillar in Tiananmen Square	undated
1/22	B38b-d	Peking streets with damage Written on page: After fire and looting by Boxers and Chinese troops before fleeing from advancing reserve forces.	circa 1900
1/22	B38e	French cathedral Written on page: French cathedral in North-City-Peking under siege with hundreds of Chinese converts.	circa 1900
1/22	B38f	Peking city gate	circa 1900
1/22	B39a	Russian Cossacks and sailors on Victoria Road in Tientsin	circa 1900
1/22	B39b	Indian soldiers at their barracks in Tientsin Written on page: Wool warehouses or godowns were used as barracks.	circa 1900
1/22	B39c	Japanese soldiers guarding a deserted village near railway station in Tientsin	circa 1900
1/22	B39d	Looted objects from Chinese city Written on page: Loot from Chinese city indulged in by all. Later forbidden by British Provost Marshal under threat of shooting if caught.	circa 1900
1/22	B39e	Tents at American camp	circa 1900
1/22	B39f	Men at English camp	circa 1900
1/22	B40a-c	Chinese fort and damaged lookout tower Written on page: After relief of Tientsin and taking of Tientsin city before marching to relief of Peking.	circa 1900
1/22	B40d	Bengal Lancers (soldiers) in recreation ground	circa 1900
1/22	B40e, f	Japanese camp and soldiers	circa 1900
1/22	B41	Gordon Hall in Tientsin Written on page: Offices of Municipal Council- British Concession and police headquarters. Many social events took place there in the large ballrooom. Balls, amateur theatricals, bazaars, and concerts. Victoria Park in foreground. Beautiful bronze plaques were put there in memory of troops of all nationals killed in the defense of Tientsin and relief of Peking after Boxer attack. These plaques were melted by the Japanese during the second World War.Called "Detring's Folly." During siege of Tientsin, the community took refuge here.	circa 1900

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This album has photos of activities of diplomats, merchants, and their families including garden parties, sledding, and theater. This album has been disassembled due to deterioration; however the order of the pages in the album has been retained.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
2/4	C1a	Sir Robert Hart Written on page: Leaving Peking after Spring house party at Sir Roberts, 1902, Taken at the station.This refers to photos 1a through 4b.	1902
2/4	C1b	W. Stewart, Gertie McLeish	1902
2/4	C1c	Lucy Drew	1902
2/4	C1d	Esmi Simpson, Lucy Drew	1902
2/4	C2a, b	Groups of people at station	1902
2/4	C2c, d	Prince Rospigliosi	1902
2/4	C3a	Lieutenant Sevrola	1902
2/4	C3b	Effie Ragsdale	1902
2/4	C3c	Mr. Iconovaloff	1902
2/4	C3d	Mr. Furgeson	1902
2/4	C4a	Mr. Wilger	1902
2/4	C4b	Prince Rospigliosi	1902
2/4	C4c	Elsa & Lucy Drew, Esme Simpson	circa 1902
2/4	C4d	Large waterway project in Peking Written on page: The moat.	circa 1902
2/4	C5a, b	Views of Sir Robert's garden Written on page: House party at Sir Robert's (October, 1902) It was at this time we were presented to the Empress Dowager at the Summer Palace.	1902
2/4	C5c	Lucy & Elsa Drew and Esme Simpson in Sir Robert's garden	1903
2/4	C5d	Winnie Stewart, Gertrude McLeish in Sir Robert's garden	1903
2/4	C6a	Mr. Stockwell in Sir Robert's garden rockery Written on page: 1st Lieut. Wel Fusiliers, became youngest British General in 1st world war.	1902
2/4	C6b	Effie Ragsdale in Sir Robert's garden rockery	1902
2/4	C6c	Gertrude McLeish in Sir Robert's garden rockery	1902
2/4	C6d	Sir Robert Hart, Inspector General,Chinese Customs & Postal Service	1902
2/4	C7a	People at Peking races	1902
2/4	C7b	Lieutenant Severola	circa 1902
2/4	C7c	Esme Simpson, Elsa & Lucy Drew, Lieut. Severola at the races	1902
2/4	C7d	Group of people on steps Written on page: Tiffie party at the Shui Yuan mess (Customs mess).	circa 1902
2/4	C8a,b	People on steps Written on page: Tiffie party given by bachelor members of Chinese Customs foreign staff. A farewell party because I was soon to leave for boarding school in Switzerland.People identified: Mr. Fergeson, Lucy Drew, Esme Simpson, Elsa Drew, Mr. DeLuca, Mr. Konovaloff, Prince Rospigliosi, Mr. Wilger, Mr. Straight.	circa 1902
2/4	C9a	Miss Campbell, Mrs. Conger, Elsa Drew, Mr. Colige, Mr. Loudon, Lucy Drew, looking at the Yellow Temple	1902
2/4	C9b	The Yellow Temple Written on page: Picnic given by Mrs. Conger, wife of American Minister to Peking.	1902
2/4	C9c,d	Gertrude McLeish at Yellow Temple	1902
2/4	C10a	Mrs. Wilbouree, Lucy Drew, Mr. Campbell, Lieut. Severola at picnic Written on page: Italian picnic given by Lieutenant Severola at the Yellow Temple.	circa 1902
2/4	C10b	Lieut. Hersch, Esme Simpson, Mr. Sabiona, Elsa Drew	circa 1902
2/4	C10c	People on lawn	circa 1902
2/4	C10d	Effie with Glyall, Prince Rospigliosi's horse	circa 1902
2/4	C11a	Effie	circa 1902
2/4	C11b	Prince Rospigliosi	circa 1902
2/4	C11c	Lieutenant Hersch	circa 1902
2/4	C11d	Effie on Glyall, Prince Rospigliosi's horse	circa 1902
2/4	C12a	Jeannie Campbell, Gertrude, McLeish, Mr. Grey, Mr. McCleverly Written on page: Spring house party at Sir Robert's, photos taken in his garden.	1903
2/4	C12b	People in garden	1903
2/4	C12c	Mr. Grey, Gracie Campbell, Mr. McCleverly in garden	1903
2/4	C12d	People in garden	1903
2/5	C13a,b	People sitting in Sir Robert's garden	1903
2/5	C13c	Summer house pagoda in Sir Robert's garden	1903
2/5	C13d	Walking in garden Written on page: Walk in Sir Robert's garden where we strolled with him after tea.	1903
2/5	C14a,b	Mr. Van Halfteu, Gracie Campbell, Gertrude McLeish, Mr. Platt Written on page: Two visiting young men seeing the world had introductions to Sir Robert.	1903
2/5	C14c	Mr. Van Halfteu, Gertrude, Jeannie Campbell	1903
2/5	C14d	Gertrude, Jeannie Campbell	1903
2/5	C15a-c	Gertrude at Summer house	1903
2/5	C15d	People on steps in Peking	1903
2/5	C15e	Chinese man riding small donkey	1903
2/5	C16a	Two women on hammock at Shui Yuan mess Written on page: Just because she made these goo goo eyes.	1903
2/5	C16b	Mr. Wilger on horse named Dandy Dick	1903
2/5	C16c	Mr. Wilger on horse named Lil	1903
2/5	C17	Lunch party at Mr. Jamieson's, Peking. C.D.J., Mr. Hallowell, Mr. Witzer, Pauline Brush, Gertie, Effie Written on page: As usual we were visiting Sir Robert.	1906
2/5	C18a	Effie and Gertie in sleds on frozen canal in Tientsin Written on page: Paidza party-wonderful place for holding hands under fur rugs. Sleds on runners pushed with pole from behind back boards.	circa 1902
2/5	C18b	Skating rink in Tientsin	circa 1902
2/5	C18c	Woman on sled	circa 1902
2/5	C18d	Sleds moving across ice	circa 1902
2/5	C19a	Mary Brewster with horse in Western Hills, Peking	circa 1903
2/5	C19b	Girl sitting in chair Written on page: Taken Tientisn May 27th, 1903-my 16th birthday.	1903
2/5	C20a	Effie with dog in front of Mr. Jamieson's house	1902
2/5	C20b	Peking pug in front of Mr. Jamieson's house	1902
2/5	C20c	Effie wearing a maid's outfit Written on page: Dressed for part in a play-"Box and Cox." Tientsin, winter of 1902.	1902
2/5	C21a	Mr. Wilzer, Gertie, Mr. Jamieson, Effie, Mr. Freeman Written on page: Peking railway station, after my return from Switzerland, we went to Peking to attend a dance given to open the new Russo-Asiatic Bank.	1905
2/5	C21b	Mr. Wilzer, Mr. Jamieson, Gertie, Mr. Holowell	1905
2/5	C21c	Mr. Wilzer, Mr. Holowell, Mr. Jamieson, Effie	1905
2/5	C21d	Mr. Holowell, Mr. Freeman	1905
2/5	C22a	Mary Brewster Written on page: Daughter of commanding officer, American Legation Guard.	1903
2/5	C22b	Sculpture of lion Written on page: Western Hills where I spent 2 weeks with Brewsters at their temple outside Imperial City wall Peking.	1903
2/5	C22c	Temple in Western Hills	1903

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This album contains images of diplomats and military officers and their families.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
2/6	D1a	Clifton Inglis Stockwell in front of building	1902
2/6	D1b	Dog named Susan sitting on bricks	1902
2/6	D2a	Probably Effie on Clifton Inglis Stockwell's horse	1902
2/6	D2b	Commander Stockwell on Coronation Day	August 9, 1902
2/6	D3a	Major White and his Paidza sled on the ice	1902
2/6	D3b	Major White, Captain Pielson, and Captain Woods on sled	1902
2/6	D4a	Major White's Paidza sled Written on page: Major White's Paidza sled on ice pushed from behind, generally by Chinese coolie.	1902
2/6	D4b	Mr. Manby, Major White, Colonel G. Conner Written on page: Royal Medical Corp. British Army.	circa 1902
2/6	D5a,b	Gertie and Effie	1902
2/6	D6a	Effie in Tientsin	1902
2/6	D6b	Clifton Inglis Stockwell, Royal Welsh Fusiliers	1902
2/6	D7a	Probably Gertie and Effie sitting on rocks Written on page: In the Gullie.	1902
2/6	D7b	Probably Gertie or Effie practicing archery	1902
2/6	D8a	Gertrude at Pei Tai Ho	1902
2/6	D8b	Mules and carriage in front of house Written on page: Aunt Nina's (?) girlhood home in background, rented to British general. Indian Hill carriage drawn by mules.	1902
2/6	D9a,b	Effie	1902
2/6	D10a,b	Effie and Clifton Inglis Stockwell Written on page: "We" and "Us".	1902
2/6	D11a	Mr. Manby, Major Rigby, Major Gordon Cummings; Sherwood Foresters	circa 1902
2/6	D11b	Major Gordon Cummings and his dog	circa 1902
2/6	D12a,b	Major Gordon Cummings and Major Rigby playing cards	circa 1902
2/6	D13a	Probably Effie at rock gateway in Peking Hills	1902
2/6	D13b	Rock gateway in Peking Hills	1902
2/6	D14a	Mary Brewster at Peking Hills Written on page: Major Brewster was Commander of American Legation guard in Peking. Rented Temple in Western Hills where I visited them summer of 1902.	1902
2/6	D14b	Mary Brewster practicing archery	1902
2/6	D15a	Captain Young Written on page: A.D.E. to Gen. Cragh.	1903
2/6	D15b	Bobbie; Lieutenant Ridgeway 1st Punjab Infantry	1903
2/6	D16a	Mr. Doveton, 1st Punjab Infantry, and his horse	circa 1903
2/6	D16b	Mr. Doveton's horse with Indian groom Written on page: I rode this horse on trip to Great Wall, Indian syce came along on foot.	circa 1903
2/7	D17a	Mr. Doveton and Effie on horses	circa 1903
2/7	D17b	Bobbie, Dorie, and Mr. Webster	circa 1903
2/7	D18a,b	Mr. Webb of Sherwood Foresters	circa 1903
2/7	D19a,b	Group in front of Officers Mess, Lutai Fort Written on page: Lieut. Herlsher, Mr. Doveton, Mother, Alice Young, Mr. Ridgeway, Miss Young, Ruby Fabris, Mr. McCleverty, Capt. Kaye, Mr. Graham, Miss Fabris, Capt. Beaunish.	1903
2/7	D20a,b	Different views of group in front of Officers Mess, Lutai Fort	1903
2/7	D21a,b	Colonel O'Sullivan, Chief of Staff, British Army	1902
2/7	D22a	James W.Ragsdale and G.D. Jameson on verandah of American consulate	1902
2/7	D22b	Effie on verandah of American consulate	1902
2/7	D23a,b	Group of people at entrance to fort at Lutai Written on page: British garrison at Lutai to guard railway. Station halfway to Tongshan, big coal mines were at Tongshan.	circa 1903
2/7	D24a	Group in front of Officer's Mess	circa 1903
2/7	D24b	Group in front of hospital	circa 1903
2/7	D25a	General Creagh's house on Coronation Day Written on page: Commanding General of British forces sent to China after Boxer Rebellion.	August 9, 1902
2/7	D25b	Effie and Gertie	1902
2/7	D26a	Mrs. Young Written on page: Sadie-first husband was Bertrand Ragsdale, my first brother-married Gen. Creagh's A.D.C. in Tientsin.Left for India Feb. 1903. Capt. Young was officer in Gurkha regiment, killed in action in France 1915.	October 26, 1902
2/7	D26b	Mr. Jameson and Mrs. Young Written on page: Mr. Jameson, American friend of family; engineer employed by Chinese government.	October 26, 1902
2/7	D27a,b	Group in front of Officer's Mess, Lutai	1903
2/7	D27c	Indian officers in Lutai	circa 1903
2/7	D28a,b	Gertrude McLeish at Duncans Bay, Rocky Point, Pei Tai Ho	1903
2/7	D29a	Officers of British Army Medical Corps	1903
2/7	D29b	Consul General and Mrs. Ragsdale in rickshaws Written on page: Off to pay calls, Mother's rubber-tired rickshaw was a great luxury.	circa 1903
2/7	D30a	Miss Young, Alice Young, Ruby Fabris, Miss Fabris, Effie, Mrs. Ragsdale, chaperon Written on page: House party at Lutai.	1903
2/7	D30b	Mr. Ridgeway in Lutai	1903

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This album contains images of Shanghai, Peking (Beijing), and Tientsin, China.

Written on inside front cover: Robert Henry Chandless came from New York to Shanghai, China in 1903, joining Poole Lauder Co. an exporting firm (British) as wool and [illegible] expert [?].Later came to Tientsin for same firm. Firm failed in 1906-next year he joined with Mr. Batouieff, a Russian, in establishing Chandless Batouieff and Co. After Mr. Batouieff's death, the firm became Chandless and Co. and continued to do business under that name until 1939.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
3	E1a	Comprador of British firm of Poole Lauder in Shanghai Written on page: Specialized in pigs bristles, tung oil and other products from South.	circa 1903-1906
3	E1b	Farewell party for Robert Chandless at Bachelor's Mess Written on page: First home leave post, Roland Bandinel.	1906
3	E2a	Pagoda in Shanghai	1904
3	E2b,d	Boat on canal, Shanghai	1903-1904
3	E2c	Robert Chandless with friends and bicycle built for four	1904
3	E2e	Man under Chinese arch	1904
3	E2f	Gathering of people on field	1904
3	E3a,e	Dragon Festival boats, Shanghai	1904
3	E3b	Robert Chandless and friends on bicycle built for four	1904
3	E3c	Chinese New Year Festival, Shanghai	1904
3	E3d	Country Temple, Shanghai	1904
3	E4a	Robert Chandless on horse	1904
3	E4b	Shanghai canal and houseboats	1904
3	E4c	Robert Chandless and friend on horses	1904
3	E4d	Horse racing course, Shanghai	1904
3	E4e	Robert Chandless in front of Pagoda in Shanghai	1904
3	E4f	Shanghai Baseball Club members in uniform	1904
3	E5a	Robert Chandless and another man on horses Written on page: Tientsin Volunteer Mounted Corps.	1905
3	E5b,c	Staff of Poole Lauder and Co.	1905
3	E5d	Robert Chandless and Mary Perkins, daughter of H.S. Senator Perkins	1905
3	E5e	Mrs. Ragsdale in cart Written on page: Dog cart and Mafoo standing outside consulate, Batouieff house in background.	1905
3	E5f	Mrs. Allen	1905
3	E6a	Ruins in French concession after Boxer Rebellion	circa1905
3	E6b,e	French concession, 14th July fete (Bastille Day) on Rue de France	circa 1905
3	E6c	British gun boat on river in Tientsin	circa 1905
3	E6d	Miss Ivy on horse	circa 1905
3	E7a	Sorting goat skins at Poole Lauder yard, Tientsin	1905
3	E7b,e	Wool and hides being cleaned at Chandless & Co. Tientsin	1905
3	E7c	Company building	1905
3	E7d	Staff with hides in foreground	1905
3	E8a	Cargo carts in Tientsin	1905
3	E8b	Chinese pulling carts Written on page: Coolies pulling heavy cargo carts.	1905
3	E8c	Robert Chandless and Poate aiming guns at camera Written on page: Tientsin Volunteers, Mounted Infantry, Summer uniforms.	1905
3	E8d	Robert Chandless on horse	1905
3	E8e	Robert Chandless and Miss Ivy on horses, Meadow Road	1905
3	E9a	J.W. Ragsdale, American Consul and C.D.J., American engineer on horses	1905
3	E9b	Chinese jugglers	1905
3	E9c	Mrs. Ragsdale with rickshaw and driver	1905
3	E9d	May Perkins in rickshaw Written on page: Spent winter at consulate as guest.	1905
3	E9e	Country landscape outside of Tientsin	1905
3	E10a,b,d	Scenes of Pei Ho River and boats, Tientsin	circa1905
3	E10c	Chinese pulling cargo cart	circa 1905
3	E10e	Chinese pushing cargo boat against tide	circa 1905
3	E11a	Pei Tai Ho beach	1905
3	E11b	Carving on temple wall, Peking	1905
3	E11c,d,e	Scenes of pumping water from canals to fields using windmills	1905
3	E12a	Ice-skating rink in Tientsin under mat shed	1905
3	E12b	Tientsin dust storm Written on page: Dust storm comes every year in March. Lasts from one to three days.	1905
3	E12c	Carriage of Chinese Viceroy Yuen-Shi Kai Written on page: Viceroy paying a call at consulate.	1905
3	E12d	Poate, volunteer fireman	1905
3	E12e	Tientsin Municipal (British) swimming pool	1905
3	E13a	Small crowd at concert at Victoria Park, Tientsin	1905
3	E13b	Mrs. Ragsdale and grandchild Doris	1905
3	E13c	Chinese planting seeds	1905
3	E13d	Robert Chandless and Poate with horse	1905
3	E13e	Robert Chandless on consulate verandah	1905
3	E14a,c,d	British troops at King's birthday parade, Recreation ground, Tientsin	1905
3	E14b	Mr. and Mrs. Ragsdale on consulate verandah	1905
3	E14e	Mrs. Ragsdale and grandchild Doris	1905
3	E15a,b,c,e	Tientsin Race course scenes	1905
3	E15d	Poole Lauder office building	1905
3	E16a	Doris on chair	1905
3	E16b	Boat on river	circa 1905
3	E16c	Probably Robert Chandless on horse	circa 1905
3	E16d	Men at Tientsin rifle range	circa 1905
3	E16e	Chinese with dragon kite	circa 1905
3	E16f	Doris with banjo	circa 1905
3	E17a,c	Indian troops at rifle range Written on page: R.H.C. won medal at this contest.	1905
3	E17d	Group of volunteers, Robert Chandless in photo	1905
3	E17b,e	Guide for Robert Chandless' trip to Manchuria for Poole Lauder	1905
3	E18a	Robert Chandless standing in front of house	1905
3	E18b,d,e	Chinese station guards for Chinese Manchurian Railway	1905
3	E18c	Guide for Robert Chandless' trip to Manchuria for Poole Lauder	1905
3	E19a,b,e	People waiting outside of train	1905
3	E19c	Cargo carts	1905
3	E19d	People loading/unloading train	1905
3	E20a	Manchurian village	1905
3	E20b,e	Cargo carts in Manchuria	1905
3	E20c	Robert Chandless and Poate in rickshaws	1905
3	E20d	Trading station, Manchuria	1905
3	E20f	Cargo covered by mats	1905
3	E21a	Camels with cargo	1905
3	E21b	American Legation, Peking	1905
3	E21c	Yellow Temple courtyard outside Peking	1905
3	E21d	Men on horseback	1905
3	E21e	Pagoda seen on way to visit temple	1905
3	E21f	1st Secretary of American Legation, May Perkins	1905
3	E22a	Lama Temple, Peking	1905
3	E22b	Confucian Temple, Peking	1905
3	E22c	Throne in Lama Temple	1905
3	E22d	Mrs. Allen at Tientsin race course	1905
3	E22e	Dagoba Yellow Temple	1905
3	E23a	Indian troops at Tientsin race course	1905
3	E23b	View of fields	1905
3	E23c	People riding donkeys Written on page: Donkey ride to visit Shi Kee University in country outside Tientsin.	1905
3	E23d	Temple of Heaven Park, Peking	1905
3	E23e	Mud houses outside of Peking walls	1905
3	E24a	Robert Chandless on horse in Tientsin	circa 1905
3	E24b	Examination halls, Peking Written on page: Destroyed after China became a republic.	circa 1905
3	E24c	Probably Robert Chandless in office	circa 1905
3	E24d	French Municipal building in Tientsin	circa 1905
3	E24e	Robert Chandless on horse in winter uniform, Volunteer Corp	circa 1905
3	E24f	Railway outside Peking wall	circa 1905
3	E25a	Mrs. Ragsdale and Effie Ragsdale	1906
3	E25b	Dr. Jimmy(?), Robert Chandless, Effie, Mrs. Ragsdale	1906
3	E25c	Railroad tracks and houses	1906
3	E25d	Men in rickshaws	1906
3	E25e	Dr. Jimmy (?), Mrs. Ragsdale, Effie, J.W. Ragsdale	1906
3	E25f	Robert Chandless and Effie on horses	1906
3	E26	View from Temple in Western Hills (Coal Hill) of Peking	circa 1906

Album FReturn to Top

Written on cover of album: Old China photos, scenes & people. This album was sent to me [probably Effie Ragsdale] while I was at school in Lausanne.

This album contains images of a trip to Jehol, Mongolia and the Great Wall of China as well as scenes from Tientsin.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
2/1	F1a	Cart in Peking Written on page: Peking cart, means of travel in early days. Back-breaking for passengers who sat or lay on hard floor inside, driver sat on shaft in front.	circa 1905
2/1	F1b	Single-wheel cart Written on page: Town transportation-have often seen as many as eight passengers or a man on one side and a pig being taken to market on other side-pig squealing in protest. Load had to be perfectly balanced or barrow would topple over.	circa 1905
2/1	F2a	Clipping of explanation of a Chinese character Written on page: Mr. C.B. Jaimeson, an American engineer who worked as a coal mining engineer for the Chinese gov. and made many trips to the interior of China. He later lived in Peking and built modern buildings for the Chinese.	circa 1905
2/1	F2b	Children and adult outdoors Written on page: An----- grandma[?] and grandson.	circa 1905
2/1	F3	Lama Temple Potala in Jehol, Mongolia	circa 1905
2/1	F4	Lama Temple Potola in Jehol, Mongolia There is also an undated newspaper clipping about travel to Jehol by Claude Russell.	circa 1905
2/1	F5	The grounds of the Potola	circa 1905
2/1	F6	Altar in Potola	circa 1905
2/1	F7	Temple of the Golden Roof in Jehol, Mongolia	circa 1905
2/1	F8	Temple of the Great Buddha Written on album page: The Buddha is 60 feet high and 18 arms on a side.	circa 1905
2/1	F9	Rest house on the way from Peking to Jehol Written on album page: Rest house half way up the pass Peking to Jehol, Mongolia.	circa 1905
2/1	F10	Golden roof of temple-copper tiles plated with gold leaf	circa 1905
2/1	F11, 12	Views of Jehol	circa 1905
2/1	F13	Luan Ho River, Mongolia	circa 1905
2/1	F14	Donkeys and people standing on road Written on page: On the road to Jehol.	circa 1905
2/1	F15, 16	Boats on the Luan River	circa 1905
2/1	F17, 18	Sampling at Chang Tze Kau gold mine	circa 1905
2/1	F19	Columbia Yard, Chang Tze Kau gold mine	circa 1905
2/1	F20	People and carts on the road to Jehol	circa 1905
2/1	F21	People, horses, carts at top of the pass to Jehol	circa 1905
2/1	F22	Two men indoors Written on album page: Resting after tiffin.	circa 1905
2/1	F23	Man holding a plant	circa 1905
2/1	F24	Four men and a child Written on album page: The Boss of the Chang Tze Kau gold mine in the center.	circa 1905
2/1	F25	Local man with group of children Written on album page: The No. 2 boy and country children.	circa 1905
2/1	F26	Group of children with man in background Written on album page: China's only hope.	circa 1905
2/1	F27	Group of children Written on album page: More hope.	circa 1905
2/1	F28	Local man with group of children	circa 1905
2/1	F29, 30	Lieutenant Governor General of Jehol	circa 1905
2/1	F31	Four men standing outdoors Written on album page: Raise your chin and look pleased.	circa 1905
2/1	F32	Mongolian goat herder with gun	circa 1905
2/1	F33	Carts and horses coming down the pass	circa 1905
2/1	F34	Mountain road Written on album page: Half way up.	circa 1905
2/1	F35	People on road near Great Wall Written on album page:Through the Great Wall at Ku Pei Kou	circa 1905
2/1	F36	People and horse on mountain pass in Mongolia	circa 1905
2/1	F37	People on road near Great Wall Written on album page: Through the Great Wall at Ku Pei Kou.	circa 1905
2/1	F38	Pagoda in the Palace grounds, Jehol	circa 1905
2/1	F39	Small building	circa 1905
2/1	F40	Grounds of the Temple of the Golden Roof	circa 1905
2/1	F41	Cart and horse on road Written on album page:Through the Great Wall at Ku Pei Kou	circa 1905
2/1	F42	Roof of Temple Written on album page: The Golden Roof.	circa 1905
2/1	F43	Sculpture of elephant Written on album page: In the courtyard of the Pu-Ta-La.	circa 1905
2/1	F44	Monk standing outdoors Written on album page: The classic dress of the dirty priest.	circa 1905
2/1	F45	People setting cart upright Written on album page: And the cart upset.	circa 1905
2/1	F46	Front of house Written on album page: My camp in Peking, China 10-4-05.	1905
2/1	F47	Painting and sculpture indoors Written on album page: Chinese thumbnail sketch.	circa 1905
2/1	F48	Entrance to a Kung Kwan (official guest house) in Shantung	circa 1905
2/1	F49	Temple of Confucius at Kiu Fu Shantung	circa 1905
2/1	F50	Carved marble pillars of the temple of Confucius	circa 1905
2/1	F51	The altar in the temple with image of Confucius and writing table of Confucius	circa 1905
2/1	F52	Closer view of image of Confucius	circa 1905
2/1	F53	Kung Yeh, the 76th Hereditary Duke of Confucius Written on album page: Direct lineal descendent from the year 500 B.C. The only Chinese Hereditary Duke. Kiu Fu, December 1904. There is also a newspaper clipping dated Feb. 16, 1930, about Confucius' estate facing seizure.	1904
2/1	F54	Confucian cemetery	circa 1905
2/1	F55,56	Path approaching grave of Confucius	circa 1905
2/1	F57	The grave marker of Confucius Written on album page: The "Great Teacher" 478 B.C. The inscription reads: The great and perfect 'one',completely enlightened one. The ruler whose virtues Deffuses [?] transforming doctrine.	circa 1905
2/1	F58	Porcelain Arch, Temple of Confucius in Peking	circa 1905
2/1	F59	Writing about Empress Dowager Written on page: Tei-Hsi. Yehonala (the family name) The Holy Mother and the present Empress Dowager. The Compassionate Benefactor-The Immaculate Protector-The Long-lived and Reposeful-The Ever Prepared-The Sedate and Sincere-The Aged and to be Revered-The Reverent in Sacrifices-The Noble and the Prosperous of the Great Pure Kingdom (China). (Ta Ch'ing Kue Tang Ching) Tze-Hsi, Tuan Yu, K'ang-Y, Chao-Yu, Chuan-Cheng, Shou-Kung, Ch'in-Hsein, Ch'ung-Hsi (Shen Mu Huang) T'ai Hou.	circa 1905
2/1	F60	Empress Dowager Written on page: The Empress Dowager of China-69 years old. Born Peking-1836. Concubine to Emperor Hsieu-Feng at 16 years. Second consort and mother of Tung Chi 1856. Regent 1861. Tung Chi died 1874. Empress Dowager adopted her sister's child and made him the present Emperor Kuang Hsu. She has ruled China since 1861.	circa 1905
2/1	F61	Chinese family Written on page: Well to do family in provincial town. Woman and little girl with bound feet (called Lilly feet).	circa 1905
2/1	F62	Two Chinese men by stone tablet Written on album page: A Jewish tablet at Kai Feng in the province of Henan. Erected to commemorate an ancient and extinct Jewish colony. The people still show Jewish features. Tradition says this was one of the lost tribes.	circa 1905
2/1	F63	People and carts on road Written on album page: Old road from foreign concession to Tientsin native city. Sign in Chinese characters says "No furious driving allowed."	circa 1905
2/1	F64	Men working on road Written on album page: Method of tamping down dykes, roads, or house foundations. Head man sang a song with chorus to time this operation.	circa 1905
2/1	F65	Chinese fort at Taku	circa 1905
2/1	F66	French concession after Chinese shelling	circa 1905
2/1	F67a	British Club and Gordon Hall This is part of a postcard.	before 1900
2/1	F67b	Gate of Tientsin This is part of a postcard.	before 1900
2/1	F68a	Astor House hotel on Victoria Road, Tientsin	before 1900
2/1	F68b	French concession, Tientsin	before 1900
2/1	F69	Sir Robert Hart Written on album page: Inspector General Chinese Imperial Customs & Postal Services.	circa 1905
2/1	F70, 71	Confucian Temple, Peking	circa 1905
2/1	F72	Ladysmith gun brought to Tientsin by British	1900
2/1	F73	U.S. Marine Captain McCalla and Consul Ragsdale Written on album page: Leaving for visit to Yuan-Shi-Kai Gov. of Shansi for information regarding Boxer activities and fate of missionaries in interior. Capt McCalla was wounded in unsuccessful Seymour expedition-first attempt to relieve Peking.	circa 1900
2/1	F75	Cathedral destroyed by Boxers Written on album page: Cathedral in same spot, was destroyed in 1860 and graves of nuns dug up, one of the reasons for British-French expedition to Peking and destruction of first Imperial Summer Palace.	1900
2/1	F76	Viceroy's fort Written on album page: Tientsin native city in 1900. From this fort shells were fired on the foreign settlement.	1900
2/1	F77	U.S. Consulate Written on album page: U.S. Consulate left empty during siege except for defenders firing at Boxers from upstairs windows.	circa 1900
2/1	F78	Gordon Hall Written on album page: Inside Gordon Hall where 300 foreigners took refuge for three weeks during the Boxer uprising. The men doing guard duty came to be fed, no cooked food could be had.	1900
2/1	F79a	Russian troops at railway station	circa 1900
2/1	F79b	Railway station Written on album page: The usual crowd at the railway station seeing some official arriving.	circa 1900
2/1	F80	Launch party given by Colonel O'Sullivan at Tientsin	1901
2/1	F81a	Dr. Mary Walker This is a newspaper clipping reading: "The famous advocate of men's clothing for women, who at a democratic convention in Western New York announced herself a candidate for Congress, but received only her own vote."	undated
2/1	F81b	View of houses Written on photo card: Count Van Waldesas headquarters 1900. Meadows Road from Consulate. Corner of Batouieff house and yard.	circa 1900
2/1	F82	Children in park Written on album page: Foreign children with Chinese Awaks in Victoria Park Tientsin. Effie on bench holding baby.	circa 1900

Album G - Postcard AlbumReturn to Top

This album contains postcards of various Chinese scenes as well as postcards from Russia.

There are photocopies of the original postcards in the album; the originals are in folders 8 and 9 in the same box.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
2/2	G1	Chinese little person	undated
2/2	G2	Chinese man in chair	undated
2/2	G3	Chinese man holding a cane	undated
2/2	G4	Chinese man smoking a pipe	undated
2/2	G5	Chinese musicians in street	undated
2/2	G6	Chinese musician	undated
2/2	G7	Chinese man with donkey carrying cargo	undated
2/2	G8	Two men herding pigs	undated
2/2	G9	Man pulling Kaoliang roots in Peitaiho	undated
2/2	G10	Blind musician	undated
2/2	G11	Man riding donkey	undated
2/2	G12	Donkeys pulling cart	undated
2/2	G13	Man drawing water from well	undated
2/2	G14	Chinese boats on Soochow Creek, Shanghai Written on card: Love and all good wishes to you and Effie for 1910! We are lingering here en route to England. Shai. Dec. 1909. L... (Addressed to Mrs. Ragsdale, 205 Pleasant St. Halifax, Nova Scotia).	1909
2/2	G15	Temple of Heaven, Circular Mound Altar Written on card: Christmas Greetings from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gailey, Peking. (Addressed to: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ragsdale, Tientsin).	1907
2/2	G16	Temple of Heaven, Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests Written on card: Merry Xmas! and a Happy New Year! from C.H. Holwill. (Addressed to: Miss Ragsdale, c/o U.S. Consulate General, Tientsin).	1906
2/2	G17	City gate of Tientsin or Peking	undated
2/2	G18	U.S. Consulate in Tsingtao Written on verso: These Kodak pictures were taken in December when the trees were bare and plants taken inside.	1914
2/2	G19	Sculpture of camel Written on card: On the road to Ming tombs.	undated
2/2	G20	U.S. consulate in Tientsin Written on verso: our love and greetings to you and the Ragsdales and best wishes for the New Year. Gertrude & Frank Shaw. Tientsin Dec. 1910.	1910
2/2	G21	Viking ship on display in Norway Written on card: Viking ship excavated from around Oseberg-Skibet in northern Norway. The burial casket of a king.	1907
2/2	G22	Man wearing a kilt dancing Written on card: Scotchman in kilt doing a sword dance. Queen Victoria's birthday celebration, Tientsin, 1898.	1898
2/2	G23	U.S. consulate in Tientsin	undated
2/2	G24	Chinese man with ice sled	undated
2/2	G25	Rail line through the Urals, Russia	undated
2/2	G26	Rock formations in the Urals	undated
2/2	G27-28	Rail line through the Urals	undated
2/2	G29	Rail line through the Urals with city in background	undated
2/2	G30	Rock formations in the Urals with people on top	undated
2/2	G31	Rail line through the Urals with trestle	undated
2/2	G32	Train moving through the Urals Written on verso: We all send you and Mr. Ragsdale and Effie best wishes and kind regards from St. Manjuria. Yours very sincerely, M. Batouieff. (Addressed to: Mrs. Ragsdale).	1908
2/2	G33	Family in front of windmill in Omsk, Russia	undated
2/2	G34	Bridge on the Irtich River, Omsk	undated
2/2	G35	Rail line alongside water, possibly Lake Baikal Written on card: Dear Mrs. Ragsdale, We are here since 2 o'clock yesterday and will probably leave this afternoon at 3. We had to stay here so long because our train started by the old timetable and the one we will go in is going by the new timetable. They let us sleep in the car and we are quite comfortable. Yesterday we went so fast around Baikal that I was nearly carsick-it was terrible. Don't go by the W--- L---[?] they say it is still more shaky[?] We were glad to have a rest here. We saw Irkutsk yesterday. It is very dirty because of the snow and rain. With love to all, Virna [?] (Addressed to: Mrs. Ragsdale, Tientsin).	1908
2/2	G36	Boat in Irtich River, Omsk	undated
2/2	G37	Village on Lake Baikal	undated
2/2	G38	Dock and boat on Lake Baikal	undated
2/2	G39	Island of Caltiguey in Lake Baikal	undated
2/2	G40	Boats near shore of Lake Baikal	undated
2/2	G41	Train on Trans-Baikal railway Written on verso: 29 Nov. Nearing Baikal. Getting on well-got 2 berths 2nd class coupe, tight, not by ourselves.Good train and food. Lelyn well and good, she keeps us busy-your doll --- comfort of our lives. Thanks so many for N. Only produces small --- besides as long days are ahead-not very cold and quite fine. We change at Irkutsk middle of tonight. Much love, Gale[?] (Addressed to: Mrs. Ragsdale c/o E.P. Allen, Esq. 12 Council Road, Tientsin, China.	1913
2/2	G42	Tyumen, Russia	undated
2/2	G43	Large building in Perm, Russia	undated
2/2	G44	Tyumen, Russia	undated
2/2	G45	View of Kremlin, Moscow Written on card: My dear Mrs. Ragsdale, Received --- so much for your kind letter to --- a couple of days ago. I shall write Conger as soon as I can.We are busy at present getting ready to go to the country for the summer. We will leave on Monday, but it is quite near from Moscow. We were disappointed to hear that you are not coming here. Kind regards from all. Sincerely yours, N. W. Campbels. (Addressed to Mrs. J.W. Ragsdale, St. Petersburg).	1908
2/2	G46	Port with boats at Sibirskaya, Lake Baikal	undated
2/2	G47	Kremlin in Moscow	undated

Album H: Effie's bookReturn to Top

Written on cover: Effie's book, Tientsin photos 1898-1900-1903.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
2/3	H1a-b	Effie's mother, Mrs. Ragsdale	circa 1904
2/3	H2	No photo; Written on page: A Christmas greeting from your mother with the kind assistance of Mrs. Hedgeland and ... Tientsin, 1904	1904
2/3	H3	Meadows Road, Tientsin	1904
2/3	H4	View of marsh from the marsh wall, Tientsin	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H5	Boats on Pei Ho River near International Bridge	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H6	Boats on shore, Tientsin	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H7	View of Pei Ho River from Austrian Bridge	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H8	Buildings on Pei Ho River near Austrian Bridge	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H9-10	Great Wall, Shan Hai Kuan	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H11	Men on rail cart being pulled by donkey Identified in photo: Mr. Wallace, Mr. Bisset, Mr. Browne (?), Mr. Graham.	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H12	Boat on beach at Shan Hai Kuan	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H13	Building at Shan Hai Kuan	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H14	The Lama Temple, Peking	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H15	Temple of Heaven, Peking	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H16	Gateway to Victoria Park, Tientsin	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H17-19	Views of Victoria Park	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H20	Man with bicycle on Racecourse Road	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H21	View near Racecourse Road Written on page: At spring races, Tientsin, 1898.	1898
2/3	H22	Group of men outdoors Written on page: Peking, Sept. 1904, "Tennis".	1904
2/3	H23	R.T.C. Hedgeland sitting outdoors	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H24	Victoria Road, Tientsin	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H25	Man with camera standing in cornfield Written on page: Kaoliang.	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H26	Men hauling materials through field with large house in background Written on page: The Detring house.	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H27	Oxen hauling plow Written on page: Chinese harrow.	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H28	View of Racecourse Road	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H29	Marsh near Racecourse Road	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H30	Mae Perkins in field of flowers Written on page: In Japan.	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H31	Western tombs Written on page: The present dynasty.	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H32	Road leading to Western tombs	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H33	Group in front of elephant sculpture Written on page: "Swing the elephant" Mr. and Mrs. Tenway, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Ragsdale, and Chinese official.	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H34	Western tomb sculptures	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H35	Western tomb monument	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H36	Road through Western tombs	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H37-38	Palace grounds with pond, Pau Ting Fu	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H39	Fields on the road to Pau Ting Fu	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H40	Boats in waterway Written on page: "Peiho" The head of navigation, Pau Ting Fu.	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H41	Camels loaded with cargo Written on page: At Fengtai, Camels with tea for Russia.	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H42	Interior of Memorial Hall at Western Tombs Written on page: Hangings of yellow satin. They cover the golden doors. These are the spirit chairs of the Emperor and Empress who rest in the tomb.	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H43-44	Views of Tientsin sunset over river	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H45	Wedding of Sadie Ragsdale to Major Young, Tientsin	1903
2/3	H46	Building and recreation ground	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H47	Indian Sikh policeman on Victoria Road	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H48	Mr. McLeish and Mr. Thorn with tennis racquets	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H49	Building on Meadows Road	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H50	English Club building	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H51	German Club building	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H52	Buildings and people on Victoria Road	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H53	Boats in the water at Peiho	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H54	Bridge over river between Tientsin and railway station Written on page: New iron bridge.	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H55	Mission church in Pau Ting Fu	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H56	River near Pau Ting Fu	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H57	Mine from Sino-Japanese war washed ashore at Pau Ting Fu	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H58	All Saints Church in Tientsin	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H59	Funeral procession of Chinese official in Tientsin	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H60a	Chinese officials gathered around a table Written on page: Chinese mandarins and servants or magistrates hearing cases and collecting taxes in Chinese village.	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H60b	Two women, one is probably Effie Ragsdale	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H61	Chinese barbers cutting hair outdoors Written on page: Street barbers before men cut off queues.	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H62	People on cart pushed by a man Written on page: Wheelbarrow transportation-load had to be perfectly balanced.	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H63a	Street scene in Peking Written on page: Peking before motor cars.	1898
2/3	H63b	Effie on bicycle	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H64	Earl in sailor hat, Lilly Foley, Tom Watts, Effie, Foley boys	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H65	Effie in garden	1900
2/3	H66a	Gertie, Effie, Mr. Anderson	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H66b	Gertie, Effie, Mr. Cousins	circa 1898-1904
2/3	H66c	Effie with bicycle	circa 1898-1904

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This album contains images of a trip to the Western Tombs, the Summer Palace, and the Great Wall. There are also images of domestic and recreational life of the diplomats and their families in Tientsin.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
4	I1	Marble arch at Ming Tombs	circa 1905-1908
4	I2a	Great Wall at Shan Hai Kuan	circa 1905-1908
4	I2b,c,d	City walls at Shan Hai Kuan	circa 1905-1908
4	I3a	Mountains near Shan Hai Kuan	circa 1905-1908
4	I3b	Village street in Shan Hai Kuan	circa 1905-1908
4	I3c	The Empress Dowager Written on page: The Holy Mother and present Empress Dowager. The compassionate benfactor-the immaculate protector-the long-lived and reposeful-the ever prepared-the sedate and sincere-the aged and to be revered-the reverant in sacrifices-the noble and prosperous of the great pure Kingdom China. The Empress Dowager of China, 69 years old. Born Peking 1836-concubine to Emperor Xian Feng at 16 years. Second consort and mother of Tung Chi 1856-Regent 1861. Tung Chi died 1874. Empress Dowager adopted her sister's child and made him the present Emperor Kuang Hsu. She has ruled China since 1861.	circa 1905-1908
4	I4a	Great Wall at Shan Hai Kuan	circa 1905-1908
4	I4b	Railway station at Shan Hai Kuan	circa 1905-1908
4	I4c	Band playing at British General's house in Tientsin for King's birthday reception	circa 1905-1908
4	I5a	Departure of German General at Tientsin station with Japanese honor guard	circa 1905-1908
4	I5b	Sikh honor guard	circa 1905-1908
4	I5c	French General and wife with Russian honor guard	circa 1905-1908
4	I5d	British gun boat Stepney	circa 1905-1908
4	I5e	Robert Chandless on horse	circa 1905-1908
4	I5f	River with Chinese boat in foreground, Stepney in background	circa 1905-1908
4	I6a	Mr. Peters and trap pony	circa 1905-1908
4	I6b	Mr. Peters on horse, Billy	circa 1905-1908
4	I6c	Horses and ox with brick cart	circa 1905-1908
4	I6d	Dining room of Bachelors's Mess in Tientsin	circa 1905-1908
4	I6e	Chinese vendor selling fried grasshoppers	circa 1905-1908
4	I7a	Group at Tientsin races Mrs. Ragsdale, Mrs. Allen, Miss Young, Effie Ragsdale, Mary Clarkson Allen, Roland Bandinel.	1906
4	I7b	Chinese street food vendor	circa 1905-1908
4	I7c	Chinese workers Written on page: Coolies bringing coal.	circa 1905-1908
4	I7d,f	Kathrine, the consulate cat	circa 1905-1908
4	I7e	People sitting in tree at Ming tombs	circa 1905-1908
4	I8a-e	Views of duck hunting at French Marsh	circa 1905-1908
4	I9a	Street in Peking with foreign guards Written on page: Trip to the Western Tombs, June 1905. R.H.C. went with party, Mrs. Mackintosh, Capt. Paget, Miss Hillier (later Mrs. Irwin).	1905
4	I9b	Train at station	1905
4	I9c	Mules and people at start of trip	1905
4	I9d	Robert Chandless on horse	1905
4	I9e	Chinese carrying palanquin	1905
4	I10a-e	Carts and people in route to Western Tombs	1905
4	I11a-e	Landscape views on way to Western Tombs	1905
4	I11f	Temple at Western Tombs	1905
4	I12a,d	Temple at Tombs	1905
4	I12b	Entrance to tomb	1905
4	I12c	Pathway from temple to tomb	1905
4	I12e	Marble temple	1905
4	I13a	Entrance to first tomb	1905
4	I13b	Tall stone carving at Sacred Way, Ming Tombs	1905
4	I13c	View of tomb	1905
4	I13d	Marble Bridge	1905
4	I13e	Second tomb	1905
4	I14a	Marble arches and animals at Western Tombs	1905
4	I14b	Entrance gate to tomb with marble animals	1905
4	I14c	Avenue of marble animals	1905
4	I14d	Sculpture at Tombs	1905
4	I14e	Buildings on hillside	1905
4	I15a,c-f	Group on donkeys at Chinese inn Written on page: All had to ride donkeys to Great Wall from Nankow as road was too steep and rough for horses and chairs. Trip to the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs (north of Peking) September, 1905.	1905
4	I15b	People sitting at inn	1905
4	I15g	Group on horses and donkeys near Nankow	1905
4	I16a	Animals carrying fruit to market	1905
4	I16b	Chinese outdoor theater performance	1905
4	I16c	Caravan of camels and donkeys at water hole	1905
4	I16d	Travelers at inn yard	1905
4	I16e	Old stone bridge on way to Nankow	1905
4	I17a-f	Views from road to the Great Wall	1905
4	I18a-f	Views of the Great Wall	1905
4	I19a-c	Views of the Great Wall	1905
4	I19d	Travelers having lunch under the Great Wall	1905
4	I19e	Travelers at inn	1905
4	I19f	Road in mountains that is caravan route to Kalgan	1905
4	I20a	View of Ming Tombs in distance	1906
4	I20b	Marble arches at entrance to Avenue of Animals	1905
4	I20c	Temple seen on the way to tomb	1905
4	I20d	View from top of a tomb	1905
4	I20e	Entrance to principal tomb	1905
4	I20f	Marble arches	1905
4	I21a,c	Avenue of marble animals	1905
4	I21b,e	People sitting on marble camels	1905
4	I21d	Hot spring bath at Little Tong Shan at old Imperial Park	1905
4	I22a,b,c	Myron Peck and Robert Chandless on beach at Pei Tai Ho	1905
4	I22d,e	Men diving in water, probably Myron Peck and Robert Chandless	1905
4	I23a	47th Sikh Honor Guard Written on page: Departure of British General.	circa 1905
4	I23b	Farmers drawing water from canal	circa 1905
4	I23c,d	Workers constructing a mat awning for building Written on page: Coolies building a mat awning.	circa 1905
4	I24a	Cargo cart that is pulled by workers Written on page: Chinese method of transportation.	circa 1905
4	I24b	Horse and cart on street	circa 1905
4	I24c	Mr. Pontius on horse named Olympia	circa 1905
4	I24d	Robert Chandless and another man in horse-drawn cart Written on page: R.H.C. and his dog cart.	circa 1905
4	I24e	Mr. Peters and Chinese man on horses	circa 1905
4	I24f	Mr. Peters and Mr. Pontius on horseback	circa 1905
4	I25a	Pei Ho River in Tientsin	circa 1905
4	I25b	Group of people under awning Written on page: Hsikee University.	circa 1905
4	I25c	Warehouse with furs Written on page: Furs from the interior stored in godown.	circa 1905
4	I25d	Bridge over river with boats, Tientsin	circa 1905
4	I25e	People gathered on sports field Written on page: Chinese University sports.	circa 1905
4	I25f	Group of children at Hsikee	circa 1905
4	I26a	Victoria Park and Gordon Hall, Tientsin	circa 1905
4	I26b,c,f	Tientsin horse races	1906
4	I26d	Robert Chandless, Mary and Myron Peck at Pei Tai Ho	1905
4	I26e	Victoria Road in Tientsin	circa 1905
4	I27a	Sikh men fighting while wearing sacks Written on page: Sports given by the 49th Sikhs, Tientsin, June 1906.	1906
4	I27b,e	Captain Fellowes and Effie Ragsdale in guest tent	1906
4	I27c	Sikh men throwing object once used as a weapon	1906
4	I27d	Men on top of hill in obstacle race	1906
4	I27e	Sikhs competing in Veteran's race	1906
4	I28a	Race Course Road in Tientsin with snow on ground	circa 1906
4	I28b	Viceroys Bridge in Tientsin	circa 1906
4	I28c	Victoria Road in Tientsin with snow Astor House Hotel and Tientsin Club are in view.	circa 1906
4	I28d	Sikhs doing gymnastics drill	1906
4	I28e	Donkey and Peking cart Written on page: Back breaking means of travel, passengers sat or lay inside on hard wooden floor, driver on shaft in front. No springs, iron studded wheels.	circa 1906
4	I28f	People in Victoria Park, Tientsin	circa 1906
4	I29a,b,c	Chinese funeral procession	circa 1905
4	I29d	Military marching band returning from parade	circa 1905
4	I29e	Victoria Road in Tientsin	circa 1905
4	I30a	German officer and May Perkins on horses	1905
4	I30b	Robert Chandless sitting on Mess verandah	1905
4	I30c	People on horses	1905
4	I30d	People playing tennis at Tientsin Tennis Club	1905
4	I30e	Robert Chandless wearing hockey gear	1905
4	I30f	View of buildings, probably Tientsin	1905
4	I31a	Meadows Road with Consulate in background	circa 1905
4	I31b	Men running foot race Written on page: King's birthday sports. R.H.C. won 100 yard dash.	1906
4	I31c	Office building of Poole Lauder in French concession	circa 1906
4	I31d,f	Crowd of Chinese people	circa 1906
4	I31e	Robert Chandless winning foot race Written on page: Won prize presented by Mrs.Ventris, British General's wife-a silver tray.	1906
4	I32a	Marble Dagoba, Peking	circa 1905
4	I32b	Temple of Heaven, Peking	circa 1905
4	I32c	Canal at the Summer Palace, Peking	circa 1905
4	I32d	Ruins of Summer Palace	circa 1905
4	I32e	Buildings near water Written on page: Buildings in South China city called Chinese Venice because of many canals.	circa 1905
4	I32f	Chinese soldiers on horseback riding through village	circa 1905
4	I32g	Bronze lions at the Summer Palace	circa 1905
4	I33a	James W. Ragsdale, U.S.Consulate General, Tientsin	1904
4	I33b,g	Mr. and Mrs. Ragsdale	1904
4	I33c,d	Mrs. Ragsdale	1904
4	I33e	Robert Chandless	1904
4	I33f	Mr. Ragsdale and grandchild Doris	1904
4	I34a	Compradors for Poole Lauder & Co.	circa 1905
4	I34b	Kitchen for comprador staff	circa 1905
4	I34c	Chinese junk on Pei Ho River	circa 1905
4	I34d,e	Brass teapots and decorative items	circa 1905
4	I34f	Victoria Park with Gordon Hall in background	circa 1905
4	I34g	Robert Chandless in Peking cart	circa 1905
4	I34h	American Consulate in Tientsin Written on page: Not one square room in this house.	circa 1905
4	I35a	Musicians playing outdoors Written on page: Russian strolling musicians playing in courtyard of Allen's Pei Tai Ho house.	circa 1905
4	I35b	Windmills in field	circa 1905
4	I35c,f	Ruby Fabris and sister wearing fancy clothes	circa 1905
4	I35d	Field of crops, Pei Tai Ho	circa 1905
4	I35e	Water wheel in field	circa 1905
4	I36a	Carts at railway station	circa 1905
4	I36b	Altar table in Chinese Temple	circa 1905
4	I36c,f	Robert Chandless and Effie Ragsdale in fancy clothing	circa 1905
4	I36d	Camels with cargo in Peking Written on page: Bringing wool down from Mongolia.	circa 1905
4	I36e	Judges at Tientsin tennis tournament	circa 1905
4	I37a	Man ice-fishing	circa 1905
4	I37b	Ensemble from theater show, "Floradora" Written on page: Back row: Freeman, Wallace, Harold, Lanning, Buchau. Mrs. Allen, Gertrude McLeish, Mrs. Blaud, Effie, ?.	circa 1905
4	I37c	Tientsin River with city wall in background	circa 1905
4	I37d,e,f	Robert Chandless and Effie in Victorian clothing Written on page: Fancy dress for ball opening of new Tientsin British Club.	circa 1905
4	I38a,c	Effie in Victorian clothing	circa 1905
4	I38b	Pauline Brush in rickshaw	circa 1905
4	I38c	Football team from Shanghai	circa 1905
4	I38e	Paidzas (sleds) on frozen canal, Tientsin Written on page: Used for winter traveling and bringing things to market. Sled on runners pushed by man on two bits of wood at back.	circa 1905
4	I38f	Capt. Bernard Howard; 47th Sikhs, on horse	circa 1905
4	I39a-d	Horse races, Tientsin	1907
4	I39e	May Young, Mr. Ralston, Alice Young, Effie, Mrs. Ragsdale at races	1907
4	I39f	Dan Wallace, Robert Chandless, James Baudinel	1907
4	I39g	Men beating the dust from pillows Written on page: House cleaning before party at Bachelor's Mess.	undated
4	I40a,b	Maimie Stewart and Miss Palmer Written on page: Bridesmaids at wedding of Miss Hillier to Dr. Brown.	undated
4	I40c,d	Edna and David Brown	undated
4	I41a	Robert Chandless on beach at Pei Tai Ho	1906
4	I41b	Effie Ragsdale on beach at Pei Tai Ho	1906
4	I41c	Sir Robert Hart at Pei Tai Ho	1906
4	I41d	Effie on donkey at Pei Tai Ho	1906
4	I41e	Mr. McLeish, Gertrude, Effie on beach at Pei Tai Ho	1906
4	I41f	People with donkey at Pei Tai Ho station	1906
4	I42a	Close-up of mens fancy socks at party Written on page: Fancy headdress(for women) and socks (for men) party.	1907
4	I42b	Group of men and women at party	1907
4	I42c	D. Wallace, Robert Chandless, Roland showing their socks Written on page: Roland won 1st prize with embroidered Chinese stockings.	1907
4	I42d,e	Group of men and women at party Written on page: Party at Bachelor's Mess after housecleaning. Roland Bandinel, Robert Chandless, Alden Ames, Dave Wallace, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Ragsdale, Pauline Brush, Effie Ragsdale.	1907
4	I43a,c	Men boxing indoors Written on page: Bachelors relaxing.	undated
4	I43b	Robert Chandless, Roland Bandinel, Alden Ames playing cards	undated
4	I43d	Robert Chandless and D. Wallace relaxing on chairs	undated
4	I43e	Alden Ames, D. Wallace, Robert Chandless	undated
4	I44a,c	Effie, Roland, Alden, Robert Chandless, Pauline Brush Written on page: Tea party at Bachelor's Mess, New Years Day.	1908
4	I44b	Roland Bandinel	circa 1908
4	I44d	Chinese garden near Tientsin	undated
4	I44e	Robert Chandless, R. Bandinel, D. Wallace in parlor	undated
4	I44f	Lotus blossoms in Peking	undated
4	I45	Group on theater stage; identified: Capt. Swift, Effie, Col. Holland, Mrs. Blaud Written on page: Amateur Theatricals, Gordon Hall , Tientsin.	undated
4	I46a	Robert Chandless and compradors Written on page: R.H.C. departure on leave and Chinese compradors to see him off.	undated
4	I46b	General Ventris and family	undated
4	I46c	Mrs. Blaud with her Pekingese dogs	undated
4	I46d	C.D.J., Gertrude, Effie	undated
4	I46e	Man and two compradors	undated
4	I46f	People at picnic in Lotus Hills of Pei Tai Ho	undated
4	I46g	People including Robert Hart and Pauline Brush on beach at Pei Tai Ho	undated
4	I47a	Mrs. Ragsdale and Mrs. Merrill at train station Written on page: Departure of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill, Helen Merrill, and Roland Bandinel from Tientsin station for Europe via Siberia, and friends to see them off.	1908
4	I47b	Group of men with train in background Written on page: Bachelors.	1908
4	I47c	Mrs. Ragsdale and Roland	1908
4	I47d	Effie in crowd of people	1908
4	I47e	Roland and Helen Merrill	1908
4	I47f	Two men facing each other at train station	1908
4	I48a	Mrs. Ragsdale, Effie, Roland at train station	1908
4	I48b	Group of people at train station Written on page: Departure of Mr. and Mrs. Batouieff, Nina Batouieff, and Earl Ragsdale from Tientsin for Russia and Berlin, and friends to see them off.	undated
4	I48c	Mrs. Ragsdale next to train	undated
4	I48d	Group of people, probably at train station Written on page: Gertrude, Earl, Nina, Mrs. B., Effie, Pauline, Mr and Mrs. Ragsdale.	undated
4	I49a-d	Mr and Mrs. Ragsdale and Effie at train station Written on page: Departure of Mr. and Mrs. Ragsdale and Effie for St. Petersburg, Russia via Siberia, and friends to see them off.	June, 1908
4	I50a	Ragsdale party getting ready to board train	1908
4	I50b	Effie and other people at train station	1908
4	I50c	Alice Roosevelt on train Written on page: Alice Roosevelt arriving in Tientsin with the Gov. Taft party from the Philippines. Met by Chinese officials and consular officials. Yuen Shi-Kai, then Governor of Chili province, gave reception for them in his yamen in Tientsin City.	undated
4	I50d	Gertrude McLeish, Effie, Frank Shaw, Robert Chandless at the Tientsin races	1908

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This album contains images of travel to Russia, New York, Canada, Berlin, and Peking (Beijing).

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
5	J1a	Flat-bottomed riverboat Written on page: Departing from Tientsin en route to Darien. In foreground cargo to be loaded on lighter.	1905
5	J1b	Cargo on dock Written on page: Tientsin bound. Cargo covered with waterproof matting. Boards in foreground serve as pallets for cargo.	1905
5	J1c,d	Scenes of dock and ship Written on page: Departure from Tientsin by riverboat of Consul General Ragsdale and Robert Chandless on first lap of journey to New York via Siberia soon after Russ-Japanese war.	1905
5	J2a,b	Group on board ship Written on page: Consular staff and friends came to say good-bye.	1905
5	J2c	Mr. Peters and compradors	1905
5	J2d	Robert Chandless and compradors	1905
5	J3a	View of river from boat Written on page: Scenes of torn up railway and bridges in Manchuria. Japanese Army provided transportation and coolies to carry luggage over trestles.	1905
5	J3b	Chinese in small boats, probably next to large ship	1905
5	J3c	People on hand-powered rail cart	1905
5	J3d	Chinese man crossing damaged trestle	1905
5	J4a	View of train	1905
5	J4b	View of bridge from train	1905
5	J4c	Russian station guards at border between Siberia and Manchuria	1905
5	J5a	Men in fields	1905
5	J5b	Japanese men carrying Mr. Ragsdale across river	1905
5	J5c	Railroad tracks in Siberia	1905
5	J5d	Large church building in Siberia	1905
5	J6a	Railroad tracks in Siberia Written on page: Russian train and scenes in Siberia and Manchuria (Manchuria), 10 following pages.	1905
5	J6b,d	Russian train in Siberia	1905
5	J6c	Large building in Siberia	1905
5	J7a	Damaged railway bridge in Siberia or Manchuria	1905
5	J7b	Building in Siberia	1905
5	J7c	Cliffside in Siberia	1905
5	J7d	Damaged railroad bridge	1905
5	J8a,b	People on railroad handcart	1905
5	J8ac	Train in Siberia	1905
5	J8d	Town in Siberia	1905
5	J9a	Possibly train station in Siberia	1905
5	J9b	Churches in Siberia	1905
5	J9c	Six-car train in Siberia	1905
5	J9d	Russian station guards	1905
5	J10a,b	Russian station guards	1905
5	J10c,d	Horse-drawn carts in Siberian town	1905
5	J11a	Boats on the water	1905
5	J11b	View of railroad bridge from train	1905
5	J11c	People carrying cargo on land	1905
5	J11d	People carrying cargo through shallow river or swamp	1905
5	J12a,b	Siberian village	1905
5	J12c	Railroad tracks	1905
5	J12d	Church in Siberia	1905
5	J13a,c	Church buildings in Siberia Written on page: Stopped at Irkutsk, Tomsk, and Omsk.	1905
5	J13b	Horse-drawn carts in Siberian village	1905
5	J13d	Railroad tracks	1905
5	J14a	Man carrying a person across water	1905
5	J14b	People on railroad handcart	1905
5	J14c	Horse-drawn carts in Siberian village	1905
5	J14d	View of railroad tracks from hillside	1905
5	J15a	View of train from side	1905
5	J15b	Church in Siberia	1905
5	J15c	Horse-drawn carts in Siberian village	1905
5	J15d	Kremlin Clock tower, Moscow	1905
5	J16a	Large cannon inside the Kremlin	1905
5	J16b	Statue of Peter the Great	1905
5	J16c	Part of the Kremlin complex Written on page: Sightseeing in Moscow, 9 pages.	1905
5	J17a	Outside view of the Kremlin	1905
5	J17b	Tower of the Kremlin	1905
5	J17c	The Assumption Cathedral, Moscow	1905
5	J17d	View of Kremlin on the river	1905
5	J18a-d	Views of the Kremlin and Moscow	1905
5	J19a	The Assumption Cathedral, Moscow	1905
5	J19b,c	Views of the Moscow River and Moscow	1905
5	J19d	View of Moscow	1905
5	J20a-d	Views of the Kremlin and Moscow River	1905
5	J21a	View of the Kremlin from the river	1905
5	J21b	View of St. Basil's Cathedral and Clock tower	1905
5	J21c	View of Moscow buildings from river	1905
5	J21d	View of Moscow buildings, possibly from Red Square	1905
5	J22a-c	Views of the Kremlin	1905
5	J23a,b	View of Moscow rooftops	1905
5	J23c,d	Views from Red Square	1905
5	J24a	The Tsar Bell on Red Square	1905
5	J24b,c	Rooftops and onion domes of Moscow	1905
5	J25a	Buildings in Moscow near square	1905
5	J25b	Bell tower of the Kremlin from river	1905
5	J25c	Cathedral near Kremlin	1905
5	J25d	View of roof spires	1905
5	J26a	Possible train station building	1905
5	J26b	Cathedral spires	1905
5	J26c	Boats on the water	1905
5	J26d	Large house with cart in foreground Written on page: This might be a nobleman's residence.	1905
5	J27a	Large building in Moscow	1905
5	J27b	Building near water	1905
5	J27c	St. Isaac's Cathedral in Moscow	1905
5	J28a	Distant shoreline, possibly Lake Baikal	1905
5	J28b	Horse and cart, probably with James Ragsdale as passenger Written on page: Russian taxicab.	1905
5	J28c	Forested shoreline	1905
5	J28d	Boats on water, possibly Lake Baikal	1905
5	J29a,b	Shoreline of lake	1905
5	J29c,d	Two men and a woman standing near lakeshore Written on page: Seeing Berlin with Earl and friend. Earl was at school there, 2 pages.	circa 1905
5	J30a	Berlin street	circa 1905
5	J30b	People in car in Berlin	circa 1905
5	J30c	Palace of Frederick the Great	circa 1905
5	J30d	Kaiser's Palace in Berlin	1905
5	J31a-c	Chandless home in Foresthills, New York	undated
5	J32a	Steamship Doris at dock	undated
5	J32b-d	Views of lake and island, possibly Lake George, New York	undated
5	J33a,c,d	Lake George scenes Written on page: Scenes around Lake George, New York. Robert spent part of holiday here. 12 pages.	undated
5	J33b	Steamship and dock	undated
5	J34a-c	Views of water and shoreline, Lake George	undated
5	J35a	View of road near lake	undated
5	J35b	Waterfall	undated
5	J35c	View of lake	undated
5	J35d	Woman standing in road in forest	undated
5	J36a-c	Forest and river scenes	undated
5	J37a-c	River running through narrow gorge	undated
5	J38a-d	Lakeshore scenes, including boats at dock	undated
5	J39a	River running through gorge	undated
5	J39b	View of lakeshore from boat	undated
5	J39c	Waterfalls	undated
5	J40a-c	River running through gorge	undated
5	J41	Mountain with glacier	undated
5	J42	Snowy mountain scene	undated
5	J43	View of river, mountains, and forest from top of building	undated
5	J44	Buffalo resting with mountains in background	undated
5	J45a	Group of men with race cars, Long Island, New York The cars were possibly used in the Vanderbilt Cup race.	1905
5	J45b	Race car in front of Ye Anchorage Inn	1905
5	J46a	Race cars on road	1905
5	J46b,c	Train and tracks with snow Written on page: Trip back to Tientsin via Canadian Pacific Railway and Empress of Russia steamship.	1907
5	J47a	Buildings with horses and carts in snow	1907
5	J47b	Snow covered trees	1907
5	J47c	Train and station in Canada	1907
5	J47d	Group on Canadian Pacific steamship Empress of Russia	1907
5	J48a	Effie Ragsdale in "dog cart" pulled by horse or donkey	undated
5	J48b	People and sleds on frozen flooded land	undated
5	J48c	Skating rink in shed covered by mats	undated
5	J48d	Robert Chandless reading next to table	undated
5	J49a	Robert Chandless playing tennis	undated
5	J49b	Probably Robert Chandless with puppies	undated
5	J49c	Wedding party of May Young and E.E. Young, Tientsin	1905
5	J50a	Effie Ragsdale and Robert Chandless Dressed for fancy dress ball at Tientsin Club	1905
5	J50b	Mary Clarkson Allen in fancy dress	1905
5	J50c	Effie Ragsdale Written on page: Dressed as the doll in Pantomime.	1905
5	J51a,b	Wedding party Written on page: Wedding of Florence Hillier to Dr. J. O'Medley Irwin. Bridesmaid above is Violet Brown.	1905
5	J51c	Wallace and Bandinel in Bachelor's Mess	1905
5	J51d	Bachelor's Mess, Gordon Terrace, Tientsin	1905
5	J52a	Boat pulled up to shore Written on page: River picnic given by Bachelor's Mess. Bandinel, Wallace, Ames.	1905
5	J52b-d	People having picnic near trees Written on page: Picnic under the trees at Chinese graveyard, the only place with shade.	1905
5	J53a	Robert Chandless sitting on steps	1908
5	J53b	Robert Chandless holding ice skates Written in album: Captain of ice hockey team.	1908
5	J54a	Nina Batouieff at Tientsin Races	1905
5	J54b,c	Duck hunting near Tientsin	circa 1905
5	J55a-c	Roland Bandinel, Dave Wallace duck hunting on boat	circa 1905
5	J55d	Sunset over the water	undated
5	J56a-c	Effie Ragsdale and Gertrude McLeish riding donkeys sidesaddle	1906
5	J56d-f	Probably Effie Ragsdale in alpaca bathing costume	1906
5	J57a	Sir Robert Hart in Pei Tai Ho	1906
5	J57b	Effie and friends	1906
5	J57c	Effie at beach	1906
5	J57d	Mr. Howard and Effie	1906
5	J57e	Effie on donkey	1906
5	J58a	Men at train station	1907
5	J58b	Indian soldiers near boat boarding ramp Written on page: Departure of 47th Sikhs for India from Tientsin.	1907
5	J58c	Indian soldiers marching Written on page: Departure of 47th Sikhs for India from Tientsin.	1907
5	J59a	Indian soldiers	1907
5	J59b-d	Scottish soldiers Written on page: Departure of Gordon Highlanders from Tientsin.	1907
5	J60a	Scottish soldiers Written on page: Gordon Highlanders at King's birthday celebration, Tientsin.	undated
5	J60b,c	Scottish soldiers dancing	undated
5	J60d	American Consulate residence, Meadows Road, Tientsin	1897-1908
5	J61a,c	Landscape with people in the distance	undated
5	J61b	Bridge across river Written on page: Floating bridge of boats from Russian concession to British side.	undated
5	J61d	Stairway to building	undated
5	J61e	Chinese sculpture	undated
5	J62a	Roland Bandinel on donkey in Pei Tai Ho	undated
5	J62b	Robert Chandless on donkey in Pei Tai Ho	undated
5	J63a,b	Manchu women and children, Peking Written on page: Note Manchu headdress. Typical lanes were dirt paved.	undated
5	J63c	Stone paved road leading to Forbidden City, Peking	undated
5	J63d	Palace wall with yellow-tiled pavilion behind it, moat with lotus plants in front	undated
5	J64a	Sir Robert Hart boarding train Written on page: Robert Hart leaving China after a lifetime of work as Inspector General of Customs	circa 1908
5	J64b,c	Wedding party Written on page: Wedding of Evi Detring to Major Nathan	undated
5	J65a	C. D. Jamieson Written on page: American engineer, ready for reception at new Chinese government building which he designed.	undated
5	J65b	Mrs. Cockel and Robert Chandless Written on page: Watching funeral procession of Empress Dowager, Peking.	1909
5	J65c	Bales of wool from interior arriving at Chandless & Co. compound	undated
5	J66	Group at Fourth of July reception at American Consulate, Tientsin Written on page: Consul: E.J. Williams.	1908
5	J67a,b,d	Trains and station Written on page: Trip to America of Robert Chandless, winter of 1909, via Siberia.	1909
5	J67c	Probably Robert Chandless at train station	1909
5	J68a	Train at station in snow	1909
5	J68b-d	Houses and buildings in the snow	1909
5	J69a-b	Horse-drawn sleds in Siberia	1909
5	J69c-d	Group of people at train station Written on page: On way to Halifax, Nova Scotia to be married. Robert Chandless, Florence and Harry Wrieters[?]	1910
5	J70a	People in cart and rickshaw outside of house Written on page: Lunch party leaving Shaws for Tientsin races. R.H.C, E.W.C., Nellie McLeish, Sir Robert Bredon.	undated
5	J70b	Lunch party standing outside	undated
5	J70c	Lunch party at race course	undated
5	J70d-e	Frank and Julie Shaw with Primrose and Awah	undated
5	J71a-b	Lunch party group at McLeishes	1912
5	J71c-d	Group of people on lawn in front of house Written on page: Party at Allen's, Pei Tai Ho. Mr. and Mrs. Allen, Mary Clarkson, E.M.C. friends, cats, and servants.	1911
5	J72a	Man in well house at Allen's house	1911
5	J72b,d	Girl in hammock in Allen's garden	1911
5	J72c	People playing tennis at Allen's house	1911
5	J73a-d	Interior views of Chandless home in Russian concession, Tientsin	circa 1912-1920
5	J74a-b	Primrose and grandfather McLeish	undated
5	J74c	Effie M. Chandless and Mr. Southett in costume	undated
5	J74d	American consulate, Tsingtao	undated
5	J75a	Family in front of house	undated
5	J75b	Mr and Mrs. Cockell	undated
5	J75c	Temple at Western Hills	undated
5	J75d	Mr. and Mrs. Ragsdale, Halifax	1911
5	J75e	Mr. Batouieff, Mr. McLeish, Mr.Shaw, Gertie McLeish, Mrs. Batouieff, Nina next to train Written on page: Leaving Tientsin for Russia and England.	undated
5	J76a-b	Mr. Allen's house, Peking	1918
5	J76c	Pagoda and Pavilion at Summer Palace, Peking	undated
5	J77a	Panoramic view of Temple of Heaven, Peking	undated
5	J77b	Panoramic view of Camel Back Bridge and lake at Summer Palace, Peking	undated
5	J78a-c	Views of Old Palace and grounds, Seoul, Korea Written on page: Trip home via Korea and Japan.	1927
5	J78d	Women weeding lawn at Yamato Hotel, Seoul	1927
5	J79a-c	Views of Old Palace and grounds, Seoul, Korea	1927
5	J79d	Woman being carried on palanquin Written on page: Going over mountain from Miyanoshita to view of Fuji	1927
5	J80a	Robert Chandless' home in Tientsin damaged from cyclone	undated
5	J80b	Doris and Ilouise having tea	undated
5	J80c	Woman and girl on donkeys, probably Doris and Ilouise	undated
5	J80d	Damaged house Written on page: Our house where Bobbie nearly blew off upstairs verandah where he was sleeping.	undated
5	J81a	House on Tyne Road	1922
5	J81b	Group of servants identified as: Cook, 2 house boys, 2 coolies, chauffeur, makie learn cook	undated
5	J81c,d	Houses damaged by hurricane, Pei Tai Ho	1922
5	J81e,f	Man and woman with cat	circa 1922-1925
5	J82	Drawing room in flat over office, Taku Road, Tientsin	1920-1925
5	J83	Dining room in flat over office, Taku Road, Tientsin	1920-1925
5	J84	Drawing room in Tyne Road house	1922-1925
5	J85	Dining room in Tyne Road house	1922-1925
5	J86a	Watchtower on top of Peking city wall	undated
5	J86b	Marble terrace overlooking lake at Summer Palace, Peking	undated
5	J86c	Watchtower on city wall viewed from below	undated
5	J86d	Temple of Heaven Park	undated
5	J86e	Street scene in Peking	undated
5	J87a	The Great Wall from Nankow Pass	undated
5	J87b	Archway on Great Wall	undated
5	J87c	Dagoba with monk standing outside	undated
5	J87d	Pagoda outside Peking	undated
5	J87e	Palace grounds, Peking	undated
5	J88a	Waterway in Jade Fountain Park	undated
5	J88b	Pagoda fountain	undated
5	J88c	Camel caravan in Peking	undated
5	J88d	British Club in Tientsin	undated
5	J89a,b	Views of Jade Fountain Park	undated
5	J89c	Victoria Park and Astor House Hotel in Tientsin	undated
5	J89d	Pavilion in Peking Palace Park Written on page: Where Emperor was confined after conspiring against Empress Dowager.	undated
5	J90a	View of rooftops and trees, Peking	1915
5	J90b,c	Palace building in Peking	1915
5	J90d,e	Palace building and grounds, Peking	1915
5	J90f	Two people in front of lion sculpture, Peking	1915
5	J90g	Three people in front of palace building, Peking	1915
5	J91a-c	People sitting on camel sculpture Written on page: Peking palaces and trip to Ming Tombs with Cockells, 1915.	1915
5	J91d	People on bridge	1915
5	J91e	View of rooftops and trees	1915
5	J91f	People resting in the shade	1915
5	J92a	Dragon Temple, South China Written on page: Prof. Jenks of Cornell University came to China at invitation of Chinese gov. to revise monetary system. Toured China by camels and houseboats provided by government. Alfred Tee, later ambassador to United States, then just returned from Harvard, was interpreter. Mrs. Goodnow, American consul's wife and Mrs.Ragsdale, consul's wife from Tientsin were invited to go on this tour. Alfred Tee said if he fell overboard not to rescue him by his queue as it was a false one attached to his hat. He had cut off his queue while in America. Queues were only abolished after China became a republic.	undated
5	J92b	Dragon Pagoda	undated
5	J92c	Houseboats on canal	undated
5	J92d	Interior of houseboat	undated
5	J92e,f	Boats on canal	undated
5	J93a	Spirit chairs in Imperial Ancestral Temple with silk rugs on wall	undated
5	J93b	Large carving on floor Written on page: Only spirit chairs could be carried over this carved ramp. Stairways on either side for humans.	undated
5	J93c,d,g	Exterior views of temple	undated
5	J93e	Bronze elephant	undated
5	J93f	People in front of large Buddha carving	undated
5	J93h	Exterior view of temple and grounds	undated
5	J93i	Temple wall	undated
5	J93j,k	Detail of carvings on walls	undated
5	J93l	Carved exterior balustrade	undated
5	J94a	Men pulling large loaded cart on street	undated
5	J94b	Building on lake	undated
5	J94c	Four men rowing boat while standing	undated
5	J94d-h,k	Exterior views of temple and grounds	undated
5	J94i	Man in front of building	undated
5	J94j,l	People eating a meal	undated
5	J95a-e	Exterior views of temple and grounds	undated
5	J95f	View of water through trees	undated
5	J95g	Person standing in front of rocky wall	undated
5	J95h	View of buildings across water	undated
5	J95i	Bridge to/from temple	undated
5	J95j	Balustrade and carvings outside of temple	undated
5	J96a-c	People dressed in costumes	undated
5	J97a	Woman with two dogs outdoors	undated
5	J97b	People sitting outdoors, probably at event	undated
5	J97c	Women in horse-drawn carriage in front of house	undated
5	J97d	Man and woman on steps	undated

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This album documents a trip to the Ming Tombs and Great Wall of China in March of 1903.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	item
8	K1	Group sitting on steps at the Ming Tombs Written on page: Mrs. Ragsdale, Effie Ragsdale, May Young, Alice Young, Mrs. Jameson, Mrs. Straight, Mrs. Ridgeway, Mrs. Webb.	March 1903
8	K2-K3	People sitting under and on large tree at Ming Tombs	March 1903
8	K4	People sitting under and on large tree at Ming Tombs Written on page: Lunch under ancient tree at Ming Tombs.	March 1903
8	K5	Gateway to Changling Tomb at Ming Tombs	March 1903
8	K6	Changling Tomb gate tower	March 1903
8	K7	Probably a silk-burning stove at the Ming Tombs	March 1903
8	K8	Building at Ming Tombs	March 1903
8	K9	Walkway to building at Ming Tombs	March 1903
8	K10	Interior of building at Ming Tombs	March 1903
8	K11	Courtyard between buildings at Ming Tombs	March 1903
8	K12	Effie sitting on stone camel	March 1903
8	K13	Man sitting on stone camel	March 1903
8	K14	People attaching litter to mule	March 1903
8	K15	Litter attached to two teams of mules Written on page: Mule litter in which I went to see the Great Wall of China.	March 1903
8	K16	Mules, horses, and people gathered near base of mountain	March 1903
8	K17	People and horses near building	March 1903
8	K18	Effie on horseback	March 1903
8	K19	Chinese people on walkway to building	March 1903

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- Chandless, Robert Henry, 1880-1951 (creator)
Corporate Names
- University of Washington. Libraries. Digital Initiatives Program (creator)

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