Photography Medical Department of the Austro-Hungarian Naval Detachment
Photography Medical Department of the Austro-Hungarian Naval Detachment
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A black-and-white photograph showing the medical section of the Austro-Hungarian naval command in Beijing. Next to the two members of the command, Chinese porters and two stretchers can be seen. On one of them lies a wounded man.
The presence of the Austro-Hungarian army in China was related to the trade agreement signed between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Beijing court in 1869. Shortly thereafter, the Viennese government opened its representative office in Beijing in a small mansion, which was converted into an embassy in 1896. Since Austria-Hungary was involved in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion, it received so-called concessions in the city of Tianjin from China in 1902 for the damages suffered.
The photograph is the 35th of 449 photographs of Beijing and its surroundings in the album of Ivan Skušek Jr., purchased during his stay in Beijing (1914–1920). In the handwritten inventory of the album, the photograph is referred to as Sanitäts-Abteilung des ... more
A black-and-white photograph showing the medical section of the Austro-Hungarian naval command in Beijing. Next to the two members of the command, Chinese porters and two stretchers can be seen. On one of them lies a wounded man.
The presence of the Austro-Hungarian army in China was related to the trade agreement signed between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Beijing court in 1869. Shortly thereafter, the Viennese government opened its representative office in Beijing in a small mansion, which was converted into an embassy in 1896. Since Austria-Hungary was involved in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion, it received so-called concessions in the city of Tianjin from China in 1902 for the damages suffered.
The photograph is the 35th of 449 photographs of Beijing and its surroundings in the album of Ivan Skušek Jr., purchased during his stay in Beijing (1914–1920). In the handwritten inventory of the album, the photograph is referred to as Sanitäts-Abteilung des oest. ung. Marine-Detachements. (DZ)
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