A Group of 1950s Photographs Relating to Commercial Fishing in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong. 1952- 1953. Stock ID #217444 A collection of original photographs (1952-3), documenting commercial fishing in Hong Kong from the collection of Thomas Wilkinson Burdon (1918-1988) who served as Deputy Director of Fisheries in Singapore and Malaysia from 1949-1954. The photographs are captioned and dated in Burdon’s hand and include montages relating to the Aberdeen, Kowloon and Tai-Po fish markets, as well as images of fishing boats and net repair in Sai Kung in the New Territories. When referring to this item please quote stockid 217444.
63 black and white photographs, mounted on folding stiff foolscap leaves (bifolium, the leaves a little bowed) captioned in T. W. Burdon's hand, (two loose), ranging in size from: half page 13.5 x 18.5cms; three to a page 8.5 x 13cms; or smaller (5 or 6 to a page) 6 x 8.2cms, as well, 14 strips of thumbnail photographs (Kodak panchromatic film) mounted on three leaves, together with an extensive album of negatives in cellophane envelopes, the red-bound album 15.5 x 30cms with stud closure, the photographs unfaded and crisp in very good condition.
The quality of the photographs speak to Burdon’s skill as a gifted amateur photographer: the photographs are not only of technical interest, but have considerable visual appeal, particularly the studies of sampans in Hong Kong Harbour.
Price: $6,250.00 AU