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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > Chinese > (9) L.683 - Display on stilts |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548830 |
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| Description | Chinese celebration, France, during World War I. This photograph shows four men on stilts entertaining a crowd. One of the men has a stick, another is dressed as an old man with a long grey beard and whiskers, and a third is dressed in a long robe. A band is playing in the background near the watching crowd. It is probable that this display is part of a Chinese New Year celebration put on by members of the Chinese Labour Corps. The crowd is very mixed and includes children. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. A dragon day celebrated by the Chinese in France. A display on stilts.'] |
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| Description | Photographs of Chinese visitors and the Chinese Labour Corps. |
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| Description | Photographs of various nationalities allied to the British. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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