Listening to a gramophone record, c.1910
Collection
Identifier
Su01-58
Copyright
© 2010 John Sullivan
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Su01-58. The gramophone record is being played on the SMP (Shanghai Municipal Police) houseboat 'Kathleen'. The European man is probably Police Constable Kay, SMP. The dog is attending to the music in a similar way to the dog 'Nipper' in the His Master's Voice (HMV) painting, advertisements and branding. Nipper was bought as a puppy in Bristol in 1884 (Detective Sub-Inspector John Sullivan was born in Bristol on 7 Oct 1885). The HMV imagery would have been familiar to Sullivan and his SMP colleagues, who were touring from Shanghai in the SMP houseboat 'Kathleen'.
Caption in album or on mount
A Crowd of Chinese listening to the Gramaphone
Estimated Date
1910
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
