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c.1920 Dragon boat racing off North Point (?)

Submitted by David on Tue, 2010-12-14 09:00

What: It's dragon boat racing time of year, and the focus of the photo is the two dragon boats in the foreground.

Who: Foreign dragon-boat teams are a recent invention, so the people in these dragon boats are Chinese. Unfortunately the photo isn't sharp enough to show whether or not the rowers still wear their hair in the queue style. That would have helped pinpoint the date.

If you look carefully, about half-way along each boat is a man standing up, dressed in white. They're the

1950s Dragon Boat Race at Aberdeen

Submitted by David on Wed, 2010-06-02 11:06

Today's dragon boat races include mixed-race and mixed-sex teams. But I wonder when the first foreigner took part, or the first woman? Certainly no sign of them in this photo.

We can see the Chinese Permanent Cemetery at Aberdeen in the background. That puts the photographer on Aberdeen Harbour, roughly level with today's Aberdeen Centre, or the Aberdeen Dockyard as it was then.

The junks in the background appear to be flying large, dark-coloured banners. Look closely though, and you'll see they're actually the junks' fishing nets, hanging up to dry.

1920s Aberdeen Bay

Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 2010-01-19 19:55
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1920
Places shown in this photo: 
Aberdeen Harbour [????- ]

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