Zhang Bolin’s Chinese Photography Collection in 1909 (9) Jiujiang

On January 4, 1909, an American geologist, Zhang Bolin, and his son, Luo Lin, set out from Chicago and arrived in Shanghai on February 2 of the same year. During his stay in China, Zhang Bolun and his son successively visited 13 provinces including Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Henan, Zhili, Shanxi, and took more than 600 photos recording the social life of the late Qing Dynasty, which were later summarized into a photo album in 1909=“ http://www.laozhaopian5.com/jingdian/1891.html “target=”_ Blank “>Zhang Bolin’s Collection of Chinese Photography 。

All the old photos are previewed by time line and region. See: http://www.laozhaopian5.com/jingdian/1891.html

The following photos are taken by the delegation fromThe section of the Yangtze River in Suzhou, Wuhu and Anqingpassed through Jiujiang and headed for Wuhan (March 2, 1909). During this period,

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九江以东的一处长江岸边，由于侵蚀严重，出现了一些沙山，阶梯状的江畔，依稀可见几个人站着。

九江段长江的美丽风光，水面辽阔，碧波荡漾，前方的几艘木帆船在其间行进，好似一副古代中国山水画卷。远处的岸边，一座宝塔高耸，有可能是锁江楼塔。

此时的九江的看上去城墙完整，依江岸而建，众多民宅亦建在城墙外侧，几艘木船停泊，船帆不见，只余如林的桅杆。

3月2日时的气温应该不高，所以人们大多穿厚衣，图中的男人都是长辫子，一位老妇挑着担卖着什么东西。老宅的墙上竟然贴着“牙粉”的广告，看来通商之后的九江，商业气息很浓厚，老百姓对罗林的拍摄好像见怪不怪，并没有围拢着看热闹。

前图相反的位置，岸边有个小食摊，大树后右侧的建筑，门匾上可见“寿圣宫龙王庙”的字样，树下走来两个扛包的苦力，两个挑水的中青年男子坐着休息笑容可掬的看着罗林。

关于九江的这个寿圣宫龙王庙，没有查到多少信息，可能已不存。

考察团3月2日在九江拜会了英国领事，离开九江后于3月3日下午抵达汉口。