Featured image: “old photographs of china furniture-makers at work in a workshop” by German photographer Hedda Morrison (1908-1991). Image taken approx. 1933-1946. Slideshow images below also Hedda Morrison. These images are from the Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard University.
Old Photos of China & Japan #
This page contains a formatted list of resources and database which contain old images of China and Japan. The list was compiled for myself to aid in conducting research. I am sharing it here so that it may aid others. Note that there may be mistakes.
| Historical Photographs of China (hpcbristol.net) | University of Bristol |
| UWM Libraries Digital Collections | University of Milwaulkee |
| Chinese Studies: Digital Archives, Multi-Format Collections, Images | Large collection of linked resources |
| Sidney D. Gamble Photographs Collection | Sidney D. Gamble (1890-1968), an avid amateur photographer, began taking pictures in China during his first trip to the country with his family in 1908. |
| Virtual cities | Old images of Beijing. main page also has shanghai and suzhou |
| Photography of China | annotated profiles of digital archives of China photographs. Large resource of links. Archive version is here: https://archive.is/F4sSI |
| Queens University Belfast China Collections | A few smaller collections |
| Berkeley Library: Chinese studies (pre- 1949): Digital special collections | Huge list of resources. Not just old images but stone rubbings, old books etc. |
| NORTH CHINA TRAFFIC ARCHIVE | Japanese archives from Manchuko (in japapese) |
| University of Toronto: Collections and Resources on China | Links to all kinds of records – not just photos |
| University of London – A Russian’s view of China, 1861-1864 – Special Collections, SOAS Library | Collection of old photos |
| Digital Collections at the Harvard-Yenching Library | Old photos, old books etc |
| https://any-wei.com/krbphotos/ | |
| Loewentheil China Photography Collection | |
| Chinese Photography (Northwestern University, Chicago, USA) | 5000 results |
| East Asia Image Collections (Lafayette College Library, USA) | The East Asia Image Collection (EAIC) is an open-access archive of digitized photographs, negatives, postcards, rare books and slide. China and Japan (Japan focused) |
| SHACKFORD COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHINA | |
| NY Public Library; Asia and the Eastern Pacific Rim in Early Prints and Photographs | Not just photos.. Other items as well |
