【新唐人北京时间2020年05月26日讯】一位毕业于常青藤名校的美国人,第一次来中国时就被东方这个神秘而古老的国度吸引住了,他之后,二十多年间三次前往中国,拍摄了5000幅左右的黑白照片,为中国清末、民国时期留下了珍贵的影像档案和历史记录。
西德尼·戴维·甘博(Sidney D. Gamble,1890-1968)出生在美国的俄亥俄州,其祖父詹姆斯·甘博(James Gamble,1803-1891)是宝洁公司的创始人之一。1908年,少年甘博与父母旅行时第一次来到杭州旅行,就喜欢上了这个有着深厚文化底蕴的国度,随后他又分别在1917—1919年、1924年—1927年以及1931年—1932年寻访中国。他用镜头记录了中国各地社会风俗、不同阶层老百姓日常生活的方方面面。
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/1-221-600x400.jpg)
1984年,甘博去世十五年以后,他的女儿凯瑟琳·科伦夫人,机缘巧合在家里的阁楼里发现了这些保存完整的照片。被重新发现的甘博的这些照片只有底片,存放在漂亮的紫檀木箱子里。底片是那种高度易燃的硝酸胶片。科伦夫人雇佣了一名专业的档案管理员将这些底片从箱子里取出,装进专门的档案袋里,并将甘博手写的有关每幅照片的信息,打印整齐贴在每个档案袋上。1989年,这些相片首次在北美19个城市及中国13个城市巡回展出。目前杜克大学图书馆永久保存着这些相片的底片,并对公众开放。
甘博曾以自愿者的身份,先后任北京基督教青年会和中国平民教育运动的社会调查干事,并就职燕京大学基金会。 甘博在1921年出版的《北京的社会调查》和1926出版的《二十五年来北京之物价工资及生活程度》等,最早用社会调查的方法对北京社会生活各方面进行了梳理,至今仍然是研究那个时期北京社会的重要参考资料。
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/2-72-600x766.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/3-47-600x469.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/4-37-600x465.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/5-29-600x464.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/6-30-600x468.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/7-21-600x763.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/8-16-600x468.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/9-14-600x439.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/10-14-600x433.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/11-14-600x433.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/12-10-600x867.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/13-6-600x759.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/14-8-600x485.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/15-7-600x458.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/16-4-600x465.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/17-4-600x437.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/18-3-600x410.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/19-2-600x468.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/20-2-600x486.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/21-4-600x472.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/22-3-600x474.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/23-4-600x740.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/24-1-600x465.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/25-2-600x837.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/26-2-600x468.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/27-2-600x427.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/28-1-600x450.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/29-2-600x745.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/30-2-600x468.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/31-3-600x474.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/32-2-600x442.jpg)
![](https://i.ntdtv.com/assets/uploads/2020/05/33-2-600x468.jpg)
相关文章:
5000张清末民国老照片 曾藏身在一个美国家庭的阁楼里(下)
(转自《希望之声》/责任编辑:王彦)