A Team of Trackers on a Yangzi River Bank

Title: A Team of Trackers on a Yangzi River Bank
Caption: Tracking Up a Rapids
Identifier: SEFA_053
Alternative Identifier: Simpson Album p11
Description: A large team of trackers seen from a boat on the river pulling an unseen boat on the river behind the camera. The team is divided into three fan groups, consisting of about thirty-eight men. Amidst large boulders on the shore behind, there are makeshift houses of bamboo mats that will be dismantled when the water is high.
Creator: E. Kyle Simpson
Date Created: 1913
Location: Yangtze Gorges
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
Is Part Of: Simpson-Estabrook Photo Album
Source: Courtesy of Kyle Jolliffe
Provenance: E. Kyle Simpson photos curated by Alice Estabrook Simpson - captions written by her. In the care of Kyle Jolliffe.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2026-09-29
Contributor: Cory Willmott; Kyle Jolliffe
Type: Still Image