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This book deals with the transformation of ancient into modern China as seen through women's eyes, and includes biographies of outstanding women who have hlped to bring about this change and who are typical of the old and new in China.--Provided by publisher.
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Image of a boy watching a steamer ship come into Avalon Bay as seen from the second pier on Santa Catalina Island, California.
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Sign on house says "Old Curio Shop." A Spanish bell and porte cochere can be seen on the side of the house.
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Image of an African American boy standing in front of a group of people on the front porch of the Santa Monica Hotel on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California. A sign for the hotel that reads "Santa Monica Hotel" can be seen on the south side of the front building facing Railroad Avenue (present day Colorado Boulevard.).
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Image of construction workers working on a walkway and staircases of the Lighthouse Bathhouse on the beach in Pacific Palisades, California, with a small part of the remains of the Long Wharf at far right. A sign for the Huntington Palisades general sales office can be seen on a cliff above.
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The 282 photographic prints in this collection document voyages of the United States Revenue Cutters "Bear," "Corwin," and "Richard Rush" to Alaska and the Arctic Ocean in the 1880s and 1890s. The images depict the boats, Captain Michael A. Healy, Frank A. Healy (Healy's son), the crewmen of the afore-mentioned revenue cutters; Alaskan natives and their homes; and various views of the Alaskan wilderness and towns. The collection provides insight into the people and events the "Bear" and "Corwin" encountered on their voyages while under the command of Healy. The collection also depicts Alaskan native graves; missionaries; whaling ships; ice fields in the Arctic Ocean; J.B. Vincent, a survivor of the shipwrecked "Napoleon"; Francis "Frank" Fuller, murderer of Archbishop Charles John Seghers; Alaskan native umiaks and various artifacts; and reindeer stations. Photographers who contributed to this collection include H.W. Bradley, Edward DeGroff, Lt. C.D. Kennedy of the USRC Maine, Geoff Knight, William H. Rulofson, and I.W. Taber. See also photCL 97 for related photographs concerning the "Corwin". The photographs were originally part of the Huntington's Manuscripts collection for Papers of Michael A. Healy, 1881-1900, call number mssHM 47577-47618.
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