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HOPIC 2 Fig 30.jpg

HOPIC 2 Fig 30.jpg

This image previously appeared in Terry Bennett's "History of Photography in China: Western Photographers 1861–1879", published by Bernard Quaritch in 2010, with the caption:

Fig. 1.30. Hongkong Photographic Company. ‘The Pacific Mail Steam-Ship Company’s Steamer Alaska Cast Ashore.’ Wood-engraving after a photograph, from the Illustrated London News, 21st November 1874. Author’s Collection.

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It is reproduced here with the permission of the author and publisher.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Saturday, November 21, 1874

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