1909 Old Hankou Photo by Zhang Bolin

A group of old photos of Hankou, Hubei, in March 1909 were shared with you by Luo Lin· Zhang Bolin

At the beginning of January 1909, the delegation led by the Oriental Education Investigation Committee of the University of Chicago of the United States set out from Chicago and began a trip to China for nearly half a year. The delegation consists of four people in total, Ernest· Dr. Burton served as the head of the delegation, and the members included the famous geologist Thomas Middleton, a 66 year old professor at the University of Chicago at that time; Zhang Bolin, the only son of Zhang Bolin, Luo Lin&middot, works as a daily liaison, living and photographer; Zhang Bolin and a young Chinese translator, Mr. Wang (YT Wang). Rowling· Zhang Bolin carries two Kodak cameras with him. One is a camera that takes six rolls of large negative films (about 7X5 inches), and the other is a camera that takes 12 rolls of smaller negative films (about 4.5X3.5 inches). From the photos, Luo Lin is mainly responsible for taking photos, and Wang Yi is also taking photos sometimes

美国芝加哥大学东方教育调查委员会考察团成员：欧内斯特·伯顿博士（上左图）、汤玛斯·张柏林教授（上右图）、罗林·张柏林（下左图）、翻译王先生（下右图）。

事后，张柏林将这批照片捐赠给了伯洛伊特学院，目前通过查询得知伯洛伊特学院典藏的归属汤玛斯·张柏林教授名下的老照片共计726张，除去途经夏威夷、日本、俄罗斯、瑞典、挪威等国家的80余张，在中国拍摄的照片计640余张。

整理了部分考察团一行在行经汉口时拍摄的老照片，欢迎大家阅览。

汉口，英租界码头。英租界设立于1861年，是甲午战争前武汉唯一的租界。

汉口，俄租界码头

汉口，俄租界

汉口江边

汉口郊外的菜地。

贫民的房屋。

汉口郊外农村景象。

汉口，城墙外的破旧民居

汉口，低洼湿地

汉口，水塔

汉阳，江边的寺庙。

汉口，长江上的小帆船。

英国教士住所后的景色。

汉阳铁厂