Coolie Collection

To Bombay and China on a P&O Steamship, 1886. Creator: Unknown. To Bombay and China on a P&O Steamship, 1886
To Bombay and China on a P&O Steamship, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Street View in San Francisco, from a sketch by a correspondent, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Street View in San Francisco, from a sketch by a correspondent, 1850. The California Gold Rush brought a flood of "forty-niners" to San Francisco

The Chin-Lushai Expedition--The Meean Mir Coolie Corps at Calcutta Waiting to be Shipped, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Chin-Lushai Expedition--The Meean Mir Coolie Corps at Calcutta Waiting to be Shipped, 1890

Foochow Coolies; A Foochow Detective; The Chief of Thieves; Beggars Living in a Tour, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl

Cooly Woman. Creator: Unknown
Cooly Woman. Barefoot Indian woman with basket, shot in a photographic studio. Postcard

Greetings from Jamaica. Coolies washing, 1905. Creator: Unknown
Greetings from Jamaica. Coolies washing, 1905. People washing clothes in a river. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term coolie usually referred to an indentured labourer from South Asia

Greetings from Jamaica. Coolies, early 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Greetings from Jamaica. Coolies, early 20th century. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term coolie usually referred to an indentured labourer from South Asia, South East Asia or China

Japanese ladies in rickshaws drawn by coolies, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Middle-aged coolie hurriedly seated himself on the bank to pass us in review, c1900, (1921). From Mysterious Japan, by Julian Street. [Doubleday, Page & Company, New York & Toronto, 1921]

Rickshaw Coolie, c1890, (1910). Artist: Alfred William Amandus Plate
Rickshaw Coolie, c1890, (1910). From The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon. [Plate Ltd, Colombo, Kandy & Nuwara Eliya, 1910]

Coolies Reading a Proclamation, Macao, c1840. Artist: George Chinnery
Coolies Reading a Proclamation, Macao, c1840. From The Studio Volume 94. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1927]

Wheelbarrow transportation at the boat landing, Tientsin (Tianjin), China, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Wheelbarrow transportation at the boat landing, Tientsin (Tianjin), China, 1901. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Group of Indian coolies, South Africa, c1890. From a series of lantern slides on the South African diamond and gold mines

Picturesque Chinese joss house, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Picturesque Chinese joss house, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. A joss house is a temple for the worship of shen, deities, saints, ancestors and supernatural beings in Chinese folk religion

The much used carrier of Burma, Rangoon, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
The much used carrier of Burma, Rangoon, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Coolies at Hong Kong, in wet weather, c1875

Progress of civilisation in Japan, 1875. Several Japanese people wearing Western dress, while others are dressed in traditional costume

Main street up the steep side of Mount Haruna at a famous village of hot springs, Ikao, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Coolies, street scene in Tokyo, 1896. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Coolies, street scene in Tokyo, 1896. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Coolies at worship, Jamaica, c1905. Artist: Adolphe Duperly & Son
Coolies at worship, Jamaica, c1905. Group portrait of Indian immigrants who came to the island as indentured workers. Illustration from Picturesque Jamaica, by Adolphe Duperly & Son, (England, c1905)

Coolie in winter dress, Japan, 1882. Artist: Felice Beato
Coolie in winter dress, Japan, 1882. A photograph from Labor and Porcelain in Japan, by the United States Consul-General, Yokohama, 1882

Caucasian Race, Hindus, 1800-1900. Artist: A Portier
Caucasian Race, Hindus, 1800-1900. Hindus can be referred to as the successors of Vedic Aryans and other tribes of India. Most of the Hindus today live in India

Chinese workers, Cuba, 19th century. Artist: Pelcoq
Chinese workers, Cuba, 19th century. Chinese coolies were used as cheap labour. Here they are cutting sugar cane

A coolie in the stocks, Hong Kong, 1908. Postcard

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