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This is a toy that Walter Whitman brought back from his journey and it represents transportation in China. The main way of transportation at the time was the carriage. Usually big enough to carry two people comfortably. The horse driver is called "Ma…

By the ports, there would be numerous American and European posts. As Whitman noticed, "the only thing to suggest China [was] the ever-present Chinese coolie and the signs in Chinese characters. Except for these two things we might have thought it an…

"This is one of a set of four lacquer nesting tables depicting Canton, Macau, Bocca Tigris, and Whampoa, ca. 1830 to 1845. The American garden with its large fence is in the center. Like porcelain, the production of high-quality lacquer was a…

World War 2 Japanese currency saved by Service Member Christos Eliopoulos