1876 Old Photographs of Ningbo Style and Features of Ningbo, Jiangnan Watertown in the Late Qing Dynasty (I)

This is a group of old photos of Ningbo around 1876. Let’s have a look at the real scene of Ningbo, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River in the late Qing Dynasty

The photographer (collector) of this group of photos is Edward· Bondru. Edward· Bonsdoro (1843-1924), an Englishman, graduated from Harvard University and was appointed by Robert Middleot, the tax department of the General Administration of Customs and Excise in the late Qing Dynasty; At the invitation of Hurd, he worked in China from 1868 to 1908 and served as the customs directors of Fuzhou and Ningbo. During his stay in China, Eduardo Bonsdru collected and took a large number of photos. The Yanjing Library of Harvard University in the United States kept more than 560 of his photos, which were purchased from his wife in 1949. The photos have a wide range of contents, involving the society, scenery, humanities, etc. of the late Qing Dynasty. They are clear and of good quality, and many of them are classics

This group was taken for him when he was working in Ningbo Customs. The shooting time was around 1877. There are many photos. The editor will publish them several times

ps: The note below the photo is a simple translation of the English note. The main shooting locations are Tiantong Temple, Jin’e Temple and urban landscape

宁波附近的寺庙 金峨寺·大雄宝殿

金峨禅寺位于宁波南郊金峨山之麓，距宁波城35公里，即鄞州区横溪镇金峨村山岙内，创建于唐朝大历元年（766），已有1200多年的悠久历史。

宁波市新教教会

宁波天童寺（天童寺）松林大道

宁波天童寺

天童寺，位于浙江省宁波市东25公里的太白山麓，始建于西晋永康元年（300年），佛教禅宗五大名刹之一，号称“东南佛国”。

金峨寺

在去金峨寺的路上休息

包括爱德华·邦斯（Edward Bangs）和安娜·戴维斯·德鲁（Anna Davis Drew）在内的外交人员及其妻子的集体肖像

宁波沿江洋房

坐人力车的一位妇女（这张照片怎么混进来的 根本就是是日本人啊）

宁波 金峨寺

宁波附近的金峨山瀑布

宁波金峨寺附近

冬天 宁波的城墙

宁波外国人之家

华生少校在宁波训练的清军新式士兵

宁波女子

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