Crew Members Eating Lunch on a Houseboat

Title: Crew Members Eating Lunch on a Houseboat
Caption: Group of Trackers on a Houseboat
Identifier: SEFA_131
Alternative Identifier: Simpson Album p39
Description: Looking toward the bow of a houseboat, we see a large group of crew members eating lunch in rice bowls. The men wear turbans. One of them has his clothing strapped to his back with his belt.
Commentary: Crew members carry baggage, row, manage the sails and other tasks in addition to tracking when needed. At difficult stretches of the Yangtze, additional trackers are hired who are specialized in just that portion of the route.
Date Created: 1910-1911
Location: Yangtze River
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1815696/yangtze-river.html
Event: 1910-1911 Alice Estabrook’s First Yangtze River Journey
Original Format: Photographic print
Is Part Of: Simpson-Estabrook Photo Album
Source: Courtesy of Kyle Jolliffe
Provenance: Curated by Alice Estabrook Simpson - captions written by Kyle Jolliffe.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2025-04-02
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image