Chinese Ceremonial Music Orchestra, c. 1930s
From the personal photo collection of missionary sisters Alice and Mabel Huggins, who first went to China around 1913, leaving around 1951. They served primarily in North China, in the Tungchow, Tunghsien, Techow and Peking area
Taiwanese Performer playing Musical Instrument, 1890s.
「長生樂」
Photograph of Taiwanese traditional music group members, 1890s.
Chinese girl with an accordion, Northern China, c. 1937-1942.
“Formosa the Beautiful”, National Geographic, March 1920.
by Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff.
An Orchestra of Chinese “Sing-Song” Girls.
This is the Formosan version of the “jazz band”. The youthful musicians provide the entertainment for tea-house habitues.
John Thomson, Chinese Musician, 1870s.
“Chinese Female Blind Musicians, Hong Kong.”
“ The Wandering Minstrel stops here on his daily round.“
George Uvedale Price, Amoy, c. 1893.
Werner Bischof,Musician, Tokyo, Japan, 1951.
