a group of 12 original press photographs relating to the Sino-Japanese War and the immediate postwar period in China, most issued by ACME News Pictures and ROTO, with printed captions, manuscript notes, or agency stamps on reverse. The images depict a wide range of wartime and reconstruction scenes including Chinese soldiers in action, city ruins, and civilian portraits.

holding in 8 album pages, showing beautiful girls and movie stars of different time, especially during cultural revolution period. Totally about 120 photos. Very interesting.

including views of Peking streets, the Flowery Pagoda at Canton, hillside residences in Hong Kong, Shanghai market scenes, the Temple of Heaven, Boxer-related images, and portrait subjects including “Chinese Queen” and “Chinese Empress,” some with explanatory English text on geography, customs and trade; also including six photographs of Peking architecture and street scenes, showing traditional rooflines, courtyard-style official and educational buildings, the Peking railway station clock tower and urban views, reflecting Chinese city life and architectural development from the late Ching and Republican periods to the early PRC, generally fine condition.

covering Chinese military and political developments from the warlord period through the Sino-Japanese War and post-war years, including troop movements, wartime scenes, reconstruction subjects, a marching group of uniformed Chinese Girl Scouts, and Chinese students arriving on the S.S. Taiyo Maru before beginning a motor journey across the United States, mostly with news or documentary interest, mixed condition, F-VF.

including Yong Chang Fu, Vu Chang Fu, and Whang Cheu Fu, with hand-colored details and river systems. A decorative and historical cartographic item illustrating European geographical knowledge of China during the Ching dynasty period.