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CHINA: FUZHOU, c1880. The foreign settlement in Fuzhou, China. Photograph, c1880

CHINA: CANTON WATERFRONT. View of foreign factories on the waterfront at Canton, China. Oil painting, mid 19th century

PEKING: FORBIDDEN CITY. Two mounted British soldiers on the approach to the main gate of the Forbidden City in Peking, China. Stereograph, c1901

GREAT WALL OF CHINA, c1915. Two western women visiting the pagoda at the eastern end of the Great Wall of China, at Shan Hai Kwan. Photographed by Frank G. Carpenter, c1915

CHINA: RACECOURSE, c1880. Scene at the Race Club in Shanghai, China. Photographed by Thomas Child, c1880

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Members of the Ninth U.S. Infantry in camp in the courtyard of the Forbidden City in Peking, China, after taking part in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion, 1900

MEXICAN REVOLUTION, c1911. A group of American volunteers, serving with rebel forces in Mexico, photographed with a cannon and guns during the Mexican Revolution, c1911

JAPAN: PORTUGUESE TRADERS. Portuguese merchants arriving in Japan. Detail from an early 17th century screen by Kano Naizen

KOREA: TOURISTS, 1920. A western family posing in front of the Pusan Station Hotel, the first western-style hotel in Seoul

JAPAN: FOREIGN SOLDIERS. Foreign soldiers (probably Russian) in Japan. Woodblock print, middle 19th century

JAPAN: FOREIGN VISITORS. Western visitors arrive in the black ships at Yokohama harbor. Woodblock print, 1861

JAPAN: FIRST RAILWAY, 1872. Foreign residents present an address to the Emperor of Japan at Yokohama, on the occasion of the opening of the first railway in Japan

Foreign Office
circa 1875: The Foreign Office, near St James Park, London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

DEPORTATION, 1920. Suspected communists and other radical foreign citizens boarding a steamer to await deportation proceedings at Ellis Island. Photograph, 1920

WHISKEY ACT, 1794. American Treasury broadside, 19 June 1794, announcing a modification of the Whiskey Act of 1791, imposing duty on foreign and domestic alcohol, tea, snuff and sugar

Man carrying baskets
INDIA - CIRCA 1930s: Man carrying enormous pile of baskets, Bombay. (Photo by Charles Phelps Cushing/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Ship in dock
PHILIPPINES - CIRCA 1920s: Ship arriving in dock, Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Charles Phelps Cushing/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Bon voyage
JAPAN - CIRCA 1930s: Two Japanese women wearing kimonos, bidding an American cruise ship liner bon voyage, Yokohama. (Photo by Charles Phelps Cushing/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Stone cross silhouette
MEXICO - CIRCA 1950s: Silhouette of stone cross near Church of Los Remidos, Mexico City. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Great Pyramids
EGYPT - CIRCA 1930s: Scenic view of Great Pyramids at Giza seen from farming field. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Paper flower vendor
CHINA - CIRCA 1920s: Female paper flower vendor carrying two large baskets of artificial flowers, Hong Kong. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

China - Chinese Farmers (one v. old) from the Ningpo District
China - Chinese Farmers (one v.old) from the Ningpo District. Card produced by the United Methodist Free Churches: Home and Foreign Missions. Date: 1905

Two Female Missionaries in China and local converts, both young and old(er). Possibly from the S.P.G. (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts). Date: 1913

China - Christian Clergyman Rev. John Kao (Shantung Diocese)
China - A superb portrait of Clergyman Rev. John Kao (Shantung Diocese). The S.P.G. (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts) sent its first missionary to China in 1863 Date

Labouchere, Healy and Gibson Bowles covered in black ink
The Story of the Wicked Wags (cont.). Radical MP Henry Du Pre Labby Labouchere (1831-1912), Timothy Michael Healy (1855-1931)

Ashmead-Bartlett, Labouchere, Gibson Bowles and Healy
The Story of the Wicked Wags. Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (18491902) - an American born British Conservative politician, Radical MP Henry Du Pre Labby Labouchere (1831-1912)

Entrance to the Legation Quarter - Beijing, China. Date: circa 1907

British Legation - Beijing, China
Russian Legation - Beijing, China Date: circa 1910s

China, Jilin City - Foreign Affairs Delegation Building Date: circa 1910

S. P. G. Christian Graduates at Kobe, Japan
S.P.G. (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts) Christian Graduates at Kobe, Japan Date: 1910s

South Korea - Ganghwa Island - The S. P. G. Mission House
South Korea - The S.P.G. (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts) Mission House at Ganghwa (Kang Hoa) Island, Korea. Date: circa 1910s

King George V and Queen Mary visit Paris - Spring, 1914. Here they leave the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Date: 1914

Turkish Coin Card, illustrating various small denominations of coin with their foreign exchange rates. Date: 1910

The Turin Exposition of 1911 - Pavilion of Colonial Italians Date: 1911

Boxer Rebllion, China - British Troops at Battle of Tientsin, July 13th 14th, 1900. A multinational military force, representing the Eight-Nation Alliance

Turkish houses and German and Italian Embassies, Istanbul
Turkish houses crowd the hillside below the German and Italian Embassies - Constantinople, Turkey. Date: circa 1902

Sir Edward Grey - British Foreign Minister
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (18621933) - British Liberal statesman. Served as Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916. Date: circa 1914

China unhappy with European and Japanese forign policy
Upright Europe (represented by the woman (as Europa) on left) to a youthful and confident Japan (the central figure): " Your old neighbour (an unflatteringly-depicted China on right)

Memorial to Fallen English Soldiers - Mount Urgull, Spain
Memorial to Fallen English Soldiers of the Spanish Foreign Legion - Mount Urgul, San Sebastian Spain. In 1836 during the First Carlist War, a force of 10

Sydney Salutes The Queen Six Thousand People form a huge UNion Jack at a Coronation Pageant at Sydney Showground on Coronation Day 2 June 1953

The Governor General takes the salute as New Zealand servicemen march by Parliament House June 1953

Queen Elizabeth II cool and unruffled in spite of the heat stands with the Duke of Edinburgh in an open car to inspect camel

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh greeted by a welcome dance performed by natives of the Cocos Islands with Mr and Mrs Clunies Rose April 1954

USA; Georgia; Savannah; Fabrics on display by Tibetan monks

USA; Georgia; Savannah; Copper utensils used by Tibetan Monks

Europe, Italy, Pienza, Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, church, painting, cathedral
Italy, Pienza, Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, vaulted ceiling architectural detail. Credit as: Dennis Flaherty / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Europe, Italy, Venice. Vegetables for sale in a market. Credit as: Wendy Kaveney
Italy, Venice. Vegetables for sale in a market. Credit as: Wendy Kaveney / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Cruise river boat taken from hill overlooking Chain Bridge Danube River and Parliament in Budapest Hungary

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