Baggs, Ernest Collection

Ernest Frederick Baggs joined the army (Royal Army Medical Corps) in the First World War and later became a career soldier. He was born on 26 March 1898 and died on 2 March 1968. His wife Catherine Buckingham Baggs, née Leyshon (31 August 1889-17 December 1969) was a theatre nurse. Ernest and Catherine met on a ship to Shanghai and married on 1 July 1926. The Baggs family lived in Tianjin (Tientsin) from September 1932 to January 1936; and then in Hong Kong until March 1936. Only a selection of the Ernest Baggs Collection is currently online – more to come. HPC refs: EB-s.

Bell presented to Viceroy Li Hongzhang, at Wanghai Temple, Tianjin
'PEACE AND GOODWILL', Christmas tree and lights, Victoria Park, Tianjin
Carpet weaving, Tianjin
Making a carpet, Tianjin
Carpet making, Tianjin
A main street, looking towards the South Gate, Shanhaiguan
Trolleys on the narrow gauge railway line, Shanhaiguan
The Burlington Hotel, Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai
St. Joseph Cathedral (Xikai Church), French Concession, Tianjin
Race Course Road, Tianjin
The International Bridge (Wanguo Bridge), Tianjin, with shipments of cotton
Electric trams in Tianjin
Aerial view of Gordon Hall and Victoria Park, British Concession, Tianjin
Aerial view of east part of French Concession, Tianjin - with Japanese aeroplanes
Aerial view of the French Park, French Concession, Tianjin
Aerial view of the Japanese Concession, Tianjin
Aerial view of Yamato Park, Japanese Concession, Tianjin
Aerial view of ex-Russian Concession, Tianjin
Aerial view of Jintang Bridge (Chin Tang Bridge), canal and rivers, Tianjin
A main street, looking towards the South Gate, Shanhaiguan

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Baggs, Ernest Collection