A close race between two "dragon boats", China, ca. 1900-1919

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Title: A close race between two "dragon boats", China, ca. 1900-1919
Published / Created: 1900-1919
Publication Place: China, Asia
Description: A close race between 2 of the dragon boats" which used to hold races, I believe in the fall. We could watch them from the rooftop of our house just a block from the river. These slim racing shells could go very fast, and there was always great excitement among the spectators who crowded the bank of the river. I was told that these races were to commemorate the suicide by drowning of an official of the Manchu regime, his protest against some action which he did not approve."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Captions for this set of lantern slides from the papers of Oliver and Jennie Logan, American Presbyterian missionaries in Hunan, were provided by their daughter Elsa.

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