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IG is the Inspector General, Robert Hart, of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service (IMCS). Because it's hard work at the IMCS in China, Hart provided recreations for his staff, e.g. invite them home to play tennis and have lawn party. Hart was also in charge of Tung Wen Kuan 同文館, which was created to train Ching officials in western knowledge, such as mathematics, chemistry, and European languages etc. Tung Wen Kuan later evolved into Peking University. This should be part of the album originally owned by Henry Somerset Saunderson, who was a staff at the IMCS at the time. Later Saunderson married the ex-wife, Claire, of Walter Caine Hillier KCMG CB and he was the cause of their divorce. Walter was born in Hong Kong, so a Hong Konger in modern term. There is a street in Hong Kong named after his father. For Robert Hart see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Robert_Hart,_1st_Baronet For Saunderson see: www.wikitree.com/wiki/Saunderson-56 For Clare St George (Ord) Saunderson see: www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ord-98 For Walter Caine Hillier see: www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hillier-245

Eastern Car established a factory at LaGarenne, near Paris, France, in August 1916 to fill an order for one thousand 20 ton box cars from the French government railway. These were built to the famous French design capable of holding 40 men or eight horses. Five Eastern Car employees supervised the work in the factory. Later an assembly yard was established at Tours. Material for the cars was shipped from the Eastern Car Trenton factory and assembled at these two locations by prisoners of war. ----- 1915 bestellte die Französische Staatsbahn (ETAT) bei der kanadischen Eastern Car Company 1000 gedeckte Güterwagen. Dafür richtete die Eastern Car Company extra eine eigene Werkstatt in La Garenne in der Nähe von Paris ein, später folgte eine zweite in Tours. Die Einzelteile der Wagen wurde aus Kanada dorthin verschifft und die Wagen wurden in Frankreich von Kriegsgefangenen fertig zusammengebaut. Fünf kanadische Mitarbeiter überwachten vor Ort den Zusammenbau.