Benjamin West Kilburn, Rich Merchants Dining With Singing Girls, Pekin, China, c. 1901. (restored)

Benjamin West Kilburn was an American photographer and stereoscopic view publisher primarily of US and Canadian landscape. However, his company also produced a significant amount of far international images, including the far east and China. Many of the images credited to his company were actually taken by "work for hire" free lance photographers.

(Source: ralph repo)