[Taiwan] Missionary photograph album documenting Christian evangelical and educational work in Taiwan in 1950s and 1960s, created during the first post Civil War decade of Kuomintang rule on the island and reflecting the consolidation of the Republic of China government after 1949. Produced in the early Cold War context, when.....
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Reception and Entertainment of the Chinese Embassy, by the City of Boston (1868) records his formal address delivered during the visit of the Chinese diplomatic mission to Boston and documents a significant episode in early United States–China relations during Reconstruction. Published the same year as the Burlingame.....
Primary-source photograph album documenting United States Navy service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including operations associated with the aircraft carrier USS Princeton and the presence of American personnel in China and Japan. The album supports research into naval aviation, carrier-based operations, and the lived experience of servicemen.....
Boxer Rebellion photographs dating from the turn of the twentieth century document the military intervention of the Eight Nation Alliance during the uprising known in Western sources as the Boxer Rebellion. The conflict developed between 1899 and 1901 when the Chinese Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists mobilized against foreign.....
Chinese textile salvage and export labor photographs, circa 1890s-1900s, document rag sorting and export trade labor in Late Qing dynasty to early Republican China. The images display laborers involved in the collection, sorting, disinfection, grading, and bundling of textile waste at a moment when recycled cloth served as a critical.....
[Post-Revolution China][Communism] PRC Cultural Revolution propaganda set of 10 small-format lianhuanhua (graphic novel) booklets issued by the PRC propaganda press system between 1970 and 1976, carrying Mao quotations, war narratives, and model heroes for mass circulation during the Cultural Revolution. Cover titles include Landmine Warfare, Great Victory on Highway No.....
[Post-Revolution China][Communism] PRC Cultural Revolution propaganda set of 10 lianhuanhua (graphic novel) booklets issued by the PRC propaganda press system between 1963 and 1984, centered on the culture revolution, model soldiers, anti-Japanese resistance, and child heroism. The covers name campaigns and exemplary figures through titles including Chicken Feather Letter, Surprise.....
Chinese prisoner execution photo archive from Japanese-occupied Manchuria, circa 1940s, recording the custody, restraint, killing, and aftermath of Chinese prisoners under Japanese military control. Japan’s occupation of Manchuria followed the Mukden Incident of September 18, 1931, when Japanese forces used an explosion along the South Manchurian Railway as the pretext.....
China family photograph album. 1930s–1960s. This album documents family life across major political transitions in twentieth-century China, including the Republican period, the years of Japanese occupation, and the early decades of the People’s Republic. The photographs record everyday experience across multiple regions, showing movement between northern, southern, and northeastern cities.....
Unidentified press photographers, Mao Zedong photograph archive, 1949–1972, documents Chinese Communist Party leadership and international diplomatic engagement during the consolidation and global positioning of the People’s Republic of China, supporting research into Cold War political culture, state media practices, and representations of authority. The group includes images spanning from the.....
Archive of original photographs documenting the Chapei Incident, also known as the January 28 Incident, fought in Shanghai between Japanese Imperial forces and the Chinese 19th Route Army in 1932, showing combat operations, urban destruction, military infrastructure, and battlefield aftermath during one of the earliest major armed confrontations of Japanese.....
[Post-Revolution China][Communism] PRC Cultural Revolution propaganda set of 11 small-format lianhuanhua (graphic novel) booklets, demonstrating how revolutionary identity, patriotic duty, and class consciousness were disseminated throughout Maoist China through inexpensive illustrated print. Across the set, heroic soldiers, children, and working class martyrs appear as story protagonists and political models, with.....
[Photo Archive] Mao Zedong. Chinese communist revolutionary Leader. 3 original Gelatin silver print black and white press photos of various sizes from 5 x 6.5 in. to 8 x 10 in. Images date from 1966-1977. Including a photograph of US President Richard Nixon on his historic 1972 state visit to.....
Two Cultural Revolution broadsides trace Mao Zedong’s visual elevation from Red Guard mass mobilization in 1967 to centralized leadership worship in 1971. “祖国山河一片红” / “The Motherland’s Mountains and Rivers Are All Red” places Mao above crowds carrying Little Red Books, drums, and banners reading “敬祝毛主席万寿无疆” / “Respectfully wishing Chairman Mao.....
Chinese American newspaper issue, The Chinese Journal (美洲日報), published in New York on April 20, 1957, offering a rich portrait of midcentury Chinese American life, diasporic politics, and community organizing during the Cold War era. Issued by the Chinese American World Publishing Corporation and described as “the most progressive, intelligent.....
Chinese Women's Communist Revolution Archive of 2 item . "Women hold up half the sky" is the famous quote by Mao Zedong proclaiming the importance of women's role in upholding Chinese society. One of the primary goals of the People's Republic of China was to create a stronger nation which.....
[Hong Kong] [Radical Activism] [Anti China Zines] Hong Kong's largest demonstrations against extradition to China protest zine archive. A powerful and visually arresting archive of 5 protest zines published at the height of the 2019 Hong Kong demonstrations created by USC students Rebecca Zhang and Natalie Ng with close personal.....
Chinese Communist propaganda poster of Mao Tse Tung with the slogan "Dare to Teach". Measures 30" x 21". Printed in China with text in Mandarin. An image of Mao in his characteristic military suit and cap with a red star. Mao has a lit cigar, smiling approvingly upon a large.....
[World War II, Pacific Theater] Archive of 11 silver gelatin photos of U.S military in the China Burma India Theater during World War II including photos of local landscapes and civilians. Photos measure 5 x 7 inches. The China Burma India Theater was the designation given by U.S military during.....
Original Map Asia: China, Korea, Thailand , India, Taiwan, Malaisia, Kuwait, Arabia 1873, With The Title "Asia" in the left corner. Origin of the Map is from the "Stieler's Hand-Atlas...", continent-based upon von Stulpnagel, published in Gotha by Justus Perthes. Germany. Beautifully Hand Colored. Date of issue: 1873. Size: The.....
China Notes Newsletter Archive of 3 issues: Vol. XI Nos. 1, 2, and 4. New York: East Asia Office – Division of Overseas Ministries NCC/USA (The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA), 1972–1973. Archive of three issues of China Notes, a critical educational publication distributed by.....
[China] Steel engraving of city view of Beijing by Jakob van der Schley. 18th century. From a rendering done by Johan Nieuhof, the Dutch traveler who famously crossed from Canton to Peking in 1655-1657. Measures 8 x 6.5 inches. Illustration shows a canal on the edge of the city's walls.....
[Asia], [Women Employment] Women Workers of the Orient, Margaret E. Burton. New York: Underwood and Underwood, 1918. First edition soft cover with eighteen photographs of female laborers throughout Asia; It provides a detailed account of the various roles that women played in various societies, and the challenges they faced in.....
[China] Original Map of China Great Wall -circa 1750. Original engraving from: Prevost: Histoire gernerale des Voyages... Published circa 1750. This fine, original copper-plate engraved antique map a plans of parts of the Great Wall of China was published in Antoine François Prevosts Histoire Generale des Voyages written by Prevost.....
[China][ WOMEN] October League (Marxist-Leninist). Chicago: October League, [1976]. 16 pages. 5.5" x 8.5", illustrated with black and white photos of Women's Day marches, the woman are all performing tasks at work on the image. The Liberation of Women in China. Printed by Highland Park: Internationals Socialists, n.d. 49 pages.....
