Alternate Title
Category
Images
Institution
University of Bristol
Access
open access
URL
https://hpcbristol.net/
Description
Historical Photographs of China (HPC) is a free online database hosted by the University of Bristol containing over 21,000 images from 98 collections, primarily held in the UK, Europe, and private hands outside China. The resource was produced by a 2006–2021 project based in the Department of History at the University of Bristol that located, digitized, archived, and published photographs of modern China spanning the late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries. The collection covers urban and rural life, architecture, landscapes, cultural practices, political events, foreign settlements, and missionary activities, with each collection accompanied by detailed introductions and keyword tagging. The site remains accessible and actively maintained despite the original project's conclusion.
Source List
ACLS Open Database Resource Guide
Tags
Missionaries Colonialism Late Imperial (1368–1912) Republican era (1912–1949)
Last Modified
5/13/2026 9:36pm