Two-Boomed Houseboat in the Gorges

Title: Two-Boomed Houseboat in the Gorges
Caption: Two-Boomed Houseboat
Identifier: SEFA_054
Alternative Identifier: Simpson Album p11
Description: A houseboat on the Yangtze River has a large rectangular sail on a vertical mast, and a triangular sail on a boom extended from the bottom of the vertical sail. Houseboats are distinguished by their wooden cabins through their middle and back ends. The rocky cliffs of the Yangzi Gorges are in the background.
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