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Hongkong: Chinese bookkeepers checking accounts

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58714264


Item data

Title

Hongkong: Chinese bookkeepers checking accounts

Collection

Pacific pursuits : Postcards
Hong Kong -- Life

Names

Hongkong Pictorial Postcard Co. (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1901 - 1907 (Approximate)
Place: Hong Kong
Publisher: The Hongkong Pictorial Postcard Co.

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC POC HONG-Lif

Subjects

Hong Kong (China)
Accounting
Abaci
Chinese
Water pipes (Smoking)

Genres

Postcards
Portraits

Physical Description

Collotypes
Extent: 9 x 14 cm

Identifiers

Barcode: 333333175547229
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8de21970-7236-013a-2660-0242ac110004

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1901

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Hongkong: Chinese bookkeepers checking accounts" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1901 - 1907. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8de21970-7236-013a-2660-0242ac110004

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1901 - 1907). Hongkong: Chinese bookkeepers checking accounts Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8de21970-7236-013a-2660-0242ac110004

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Hongkong: Chinese bookkeepers checking accounts" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8de21970-7236-013a-2660-0242ac110004

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