Houseboats Moored Along the Yangtze River Shoreline

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Title: Houseboats Moored Along the Yangtze River Shoreline See all items with this value
Caption: Unidentified Houseboats See all items with this value
Identifier: SEFA_069
Alternative Identifier: Simpson Album p15
Description: Taken from the "Marguerite" houseboat, a group of houseboats are shown moored near the shoreline with two smaller boats at far left. Their sails are down as they await departure. There is a rocky shoreline with rolling hills in the background. See all items with this value
Commentary: The convoy of four houseboats that EKS journeyed with between Yichang and Wanxian. See all items with this value
Creator: E. Kyle Simpson
Date Created: Between 1913-03-10 and 1913-03-22
Location: Yangtze Gorges See all items with this value
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/6354946/three-gorges-dam.html
Event: 1913 Dr. E. Kyle Simpson's First Yangtze River Voyage
Original Format: Photographic print
Relation: Marguerite, a Yangtze River Houseboat with Sail
Is Part Of: Simpson-Estabrook Photo Album
Source: Courtesy of Kyle Jolliffe
Provenance: Curated by Alice Estabrook Simpson - captions written by her. In the care of Kyle Jolliffe. See all items with this value
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2026-10-19
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
References: "This boat we call the 'Marguerite." It is about one hundred feet over all, and ten or twelve feet wide, with a platform down either side. The first thirty-five feet is uncovered, and it is here that the men work the oars and eat their rice. The rest of the deck is covered and made into cabins for the passengers, and in the stern is the Captian's (Louhan's) cabin and the rudder room. The holds are about five feet deep, and in these we have bestowed all the goods. The bow is turned up after the fashion of the old Roman ships we used to see pictured in our ancient history, and it is from here that the pilot (tigone) directs the ship. No matter what may be the danger or disaster in the rapid or on the rocky shore, he always stands with that calm look and attitude so characteristic of the Asiatic. The East never hurries."; 1913 Letter from Dr. E. Kyle Simpson, Chungking, West China

Media: SEFA_069_Simpson Album p15 Unidentified Houseboats.jpg

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