IMAGO International History, Archive, China, Boxer Uprising 1899-1901

Sep 8, 2025

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RECORD DATE NOT STATED Boxer rebel wearing a prisoner yoke during the The Boxer Rebellion Boxer rebel wearing a prisoner yoke during the The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty.. Copyright: 917_05_wha_167_0849
RECORD DATE NOT STATED China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British soldier who took part of the supression of the uprising - captured Chinese ship Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13458634
RECORD DATE NOT STATED China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British soldier who took part of the supression of the uprising - British India troops in China - sikh officers Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13458633
RECORD DATE NOT STATED China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British soldier who took part of the supression of the uprising - British India troops in China - Rajputs Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13458632
RECORD DATE NOT STATED China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British soldier who took part of the supression of the uprising - British India troops in China - Rajputs Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13458631
RECORD DATE NOT STATED China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British soldier who took part of the supression of the uprising - British India troops in China Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13458630
RECORD DATE NOT STATED Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British soldier who took part of the supression of the uprising - Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13458620
RECORD DATE NOT STATED China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British soldier who took part of the supression of the uprising - British troops in Peking Beijing Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13458618
RECORD DATE NOT STATED China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British soldier who took part of the supression of the uprising - damage cause by bombardment Tientsin Tianjin Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13458612
RECORD DATE NOT STATED China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British soldier who took part of the supression of the uprising - bombed house Tientsin Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13458610
RECORD DATE NOT STATED China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British soldier who took part of the supression of the uprising - capture of the Taku forts Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13458608
RECORD DATE NOT STATED China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British soldier who took part of the supression of the uprising - capture of the Taku forts Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13458606
RECORD DATE NOT STATED China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British soldier who took part of the supression of the uprising - capute of the Taku forts Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13458605
RECORD DATE NOT STATED German soldiers, Peking, Beijing, Boxer rebellion c.1900 vintage photograph: German soldiers, Peking, Beijing, Boxer rebellion Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13456473
RECORD DATE NOT STATED c.1900 China - fortress walls with soldiers c.1900 China - fortress walls with soldiers. Possibly German soldiers at Taku, Dagu? Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13455219
RECORD DATE NOT STATED Boxer rebellion, Taku forts, Peiho River, China, 1900 Boxer rebellion, Taku forts, Peiho River, China, 1900 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13452334
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Boxer soldiers posed with rifles, possibly among those who opposed British Admiral Edward Seymour s expedition to Beijing. Photograph, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0640863
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION, 1900. Uniformed students posing outside of the Imperial University of Tianjin during the Boxer Rebellion. Photograph, 1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0640854
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. A Chinese soldier photographed in ceremonial costume, during the Boxer Rebellion, 1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0623299
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Eleven Chinese soldiers with a cannon. Photographed during the Boxer Rebellion, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0623298
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. German soldiers lined up for review during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Stereograph, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622205
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Chinese Christians leaving Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Stereograph, c1902. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622233
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Russian artillery guarding the city wall of Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Stereograph, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622232
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. The 9th U.S. Infantry Gatling gun detachment in the Forbidden City in Beijing, during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Stereograph, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622231
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. U.S. soldiers sending messages via heliograph from the top of the Tartar City wall at Beijing, in China, during the Boxer Rebellion. Stereograph published by Carleton H. Graves, c1902. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622229
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. The Bengal Lancers returning from the reception of Count Alfred von Waldersee, approaching the Qianmen Gate at Beijing, during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622228
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. A detachment of German Infantry in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Stereograph published by Carleton H. Graves, c1902. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622227
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Indian soldiers and two Chinese men at the Forbidden City, Beijing, during the Boxer Rebellion. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622226
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Chinese Christian refugees gathered by Father Quilloux into the Apostolic Mission during the bombardment of Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622210
BOXER PROTOCOL, 1901. The signing of the Boxer Protocol between the Qing Emperor of China and members of the Eight-Nation Alliance, which helped put down the Boxer Rebellion, 7 September 1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0353538
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Two Japanese doctors attending to a wounded man after the Battle of Tientsin, China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0325871
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. A captured Boxer rebel kneeling before his executioner at Canton, China, condemned to beheading on the orders of viceroy Li Hung Chang, 28 June 1900. Stereograph. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0121158
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Five wooden crates containing the heads of pirates hanging over the wall at Honam, China, displayed by Li Hung Chang as a reminder to the lawless. Stereograph, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0118189
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. German troops lined up on the dock at Tonggu awaiting transportation to Tientsin, China, during the Boxer Rebellion. Stereograph, 1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0118184
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. French soldiers in a camp near Round House, Tientsin, China, during the Boxer Rebellion. Stereograph, 1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0118183
CHINA: BOXER TRIAL, c1900. Boxers on trial before the High Court in China. Stereograph, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0117516
CHINA: BEIJING, c1902. The aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion: a break in the outer wall and destruction of the temporary railway for bringing supplies into the city, with five children in the water in the foreground and an Indian soldier standing guard on the railroad tracks in the background. Stereograph, c1902. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116787
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. A portrait of Prince Su, who gave his palace for use by the native Christians during the siege, Beijing, China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116770
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Chinese soldiers firing a volley from the shelter of bank, Tientsin, China. Stereograph, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116729
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Bodies of the Chinese being burned outside the wall at South Gate after the capture of the city, Tientsin, China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116728
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. The top of the South Gate destroyed by the bombardment, Beijing, China. Stereograph, c1902. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116718
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Russian soldiers destroying Tonggu by tearing down the mud houses which might shelter the Boxers , Tonggu, China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116714
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Chinese Christian refugees gathered by Father Quilloux into the Apostolic Mission during the bombardment of Tientsin, China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116710
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Railroad cars destroyed by fire at the station during the battle at Tientsin, China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116707
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Buildings at the railway station destroyed by shells during the bombardment, Tientsin, China. Photograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116705
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. An American soldier giving water to a wounded Japanese soldier after the Battle of Tientsin, China. Photograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116701
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. The 6th U.S. Cavalry honoring Count Waldersee on his arrival, between the Chien-men and Ta-ching-men Gates, Beijing, China. Photograph c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116698
CHINA: ANCIENT WALL, c1901. A section of an ancient wall, west of the Hatamen Gate at Beijing, China, which was the scene of a battle during the Boxer Siege of Beijing, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116558
CHINA: BEIJING, c1902. The Great Southern Gate at Beijing, China, through which the Allied Forces entered the city during the Boxer Rebellion, with people on the street. Stereograph, c1902. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116548
CHINA: TIENTSIN, c1901. The arrival of horses of the 1st Bengal Lancers, a unit of the British Indian Army, at the station in Tientsin, China, during the Boxer Rebellion. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116518

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RECORD DATE NOT STATED German soldiers, Peking, Beijing, Boxer rebellion c.1900 vintage photograph: German soldiers, Peking, Beijing, Boxer rebellion Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13456473

RECORD DATE NOT STATED c.1900 China - fortress walls with soldiers c.1900 China - fortress walls with soldiers. Possibly German soldiers at Taku, Dagu? Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13455219

RECORD DATE NOT STATED Boxer rebellion, Taku forts, Peiho River, China, 1900 Boxer rebellion, Taku forts, Peiho River, China, 1900 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13452334

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Boxer soldiers posed with rifles, possibly among those who opposed British Admiral Edward Seymour s expedition to Beijing. Photograph, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0640863

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION, 1900. Uniformed students posing outside of the Imperial University of Tianjin during the Boxer Rebellion. Photograph, 1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0640854

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. A Chinese soldier photographed in ceremonial costume, during the Boxer Rebellion, 1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0623299

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Eleven Chinese soldiers with a cannon. Photographed during the Boxer Rebellion, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0623298

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. German soldiers lined up for review during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Stereograph, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622205

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Chinese Christians leaving Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Stereograph, c1902. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622233

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Russian artillery guarding the city wall of Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Stereograph, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622232

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. The 9th U.S. Infantry Gatling gun detachment in the Forbidden City in Beijing, during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Stereograph, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622231

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. U.S. soldiers sending messages via heliograph from the top of the Tartar City wall at Beijing, in China, during the Boxer Rebellion. Stereograph published by Carleton H. Graves, c1902. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622229

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. The Bengal Lancers returning from the reception of Count Alfred von Waldersee, approaching the Qianmen Gate at Beijing, during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622228

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. A detachment of German Infantry in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Stereograph published by Carleton H. Graves, c1902. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622227

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Indian soldiers and two Chinese men at the Forbidden City, Beijing, during the Boxer Rebellion. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622226

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Chinese Christian refugees gathered by Father Quilloux into the Apostolic Mission during the bombardment of Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622210

BOXER PROTOCOL, 1901. The signing of the Boxer Protocol between the Qing Emperor of China and members of the Eight-Nation Alliance, which helped put down the Boxer Rebellion, 7 September 1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0353538

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Two Japanese doctors attending to a wounded man after the Battle of Tientsin, China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0325871

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. A captured Boxer rebel kneeling before his executioner at Canton, China, condemned to beheading on the orders of viceroy Li Hung Chang, 28 June 1900. Stereograph. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0121158

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Five wooden crates containing the heads of pirates hanging over the wall at Honam, China, displayed by Li Hung Chang as a reminder to the lawless. Stereograph, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0118189

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. German troops lined up on the dock at Tonggu awaiting transportation to Tientsin, China, during the Boxer Rebellion. Stereograph, 1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0118184

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. French soldiers in a camp near Round House, Tientsin, China, during the Boxer Rebellion. Stereograph, 1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0118183

CHINA: BOXER TRIAL, c1900. Boxers on trial before the High Court in China. Stereograph, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0117516

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. A portrait of Prince Su, who gave his palace for use by the native Christians during the siege, Beijing, China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116770

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Chinese soldiers firing a volley from the shelter of bank, Tientsin, China. Stereograph, c1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116729

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Bodies of the Chinese being burned outside the wall at South Gate after the capture of the city, Tientsin, China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116728

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. The top of the South Gate destroyed by the bombardment, Beijing, China. Stereograph, c1902. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116718

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Russian soldiers destroying Tonggu by tearing down the mud houses which might shelter the Boxers , Tonggu, China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116714

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Chinese Christian refugees gathered by Father Quilloux into the Apostolic Mission during the bombardment of Tientsin, China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116710

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Railroad cars destroyed by fire at the station during the battle at Tientsin, China. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116707

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. Buildings at the railway station destroyed by shells during the bombardment, Tientsin, China. Photograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116705

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. An American soldier giving water to a wounded Japanese soldier after the Battle of Tientsin, China. Photograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116701

CHINA: BOXER REBELLION. The 6th U.S. Cavalry honoring Count Waldersee on his arrival, between the Chien-men and Ta-ching-men Gates, Beijing, China. Photograph c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116698

CHINA: ANCIENT WALL, c1901. A section of an ancient wall, west of the Hatamen Gate at Beijing, China, which was the scene of a battle during the Boxer Siege of Beijing, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116558

CHINA: BEIJING, c1902. The Great Southern Gate at Beijing, China, through which the Allied Forces entered the city during the Boxer Rebellion, with people on the street. Stereograph, c1902. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116548

CHINA: TIENTSIN, c1901. The arrival of horses of the 1st Bengal Lancers, a unit of the British Indian Army, at the station in Tientsin, China, during the Boxer Rebellion. Stereograph, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0116518