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Mid-day meal at a street food kitchen, Peking, 1915-1920
The Historical Photographs of China project was recently kindly given a copy of ‘The Pageant of Peking’. Published in Shanghai in 1920 and bound in exquisite gold blocked turquoise silk, this coffee (or tea) table book is introduced by Putnam … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral, advertisement, Ballard, Beijing, carrier, cook, eat, food, lunch, Mennie, pedlar, Peking, people, photogravure, pictorialism, steam
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Moving a block of ice over frozen water
Ice was cut during the winter in North China from ponds and rivers, and then stored in ice houses for cooling uses over the summer months. This photo (Ru02-34), with its curiously stagey composition (note that man peeping from behind … Continue reading