National Anthropological Archives

Photograph of Chinese men using a treadmill pump, circa 1900

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.91-7
Creators:
Meyer, Frank Nicholas
Dates:
circa 1900
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
1 Print
silver gelatin
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Image of four men working a pumping apparatus, probably in Central China, for irrigation or draining purposes. According to the original catalog card, the apparatus "consists of an endless chain of paddles moving over two axles and forcing water along a trough in the cuds of which the axles are placed. The power is by treadmill or crank moved by men."

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Frank Nicholas Meyer was an agricultural explorer in China for the US Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry. He received a model of a pumping machine from Dr. S. P. Barchet of Shanghai.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
The photograph originally accompanied a model of the pumping apparatus. It was transferred from the Department of Agriculture in 1908 in accession 49469. It was transferred from the Department of Anthropology collections by Chang-su Houchins in September 1985.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 91-7, Photograph of Chinese men using a treadmill pump, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Meyer's model of a pumping apparatus is held in the Department of Anthropology in accession 49469.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 91-7
,
USNM ACC 49469


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Chinese Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pumping machinery Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

National Anthropological Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
naa@si.edu