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Chongqing 1920 重庆老照片
Chongqing, capital of Sichuan province is in the news at present. This photograph of a crowded narrow street there was taken in 1920 by British businessman Warren Swire. Many of our photographs of the city focus on the stunning, steep … Continue reading
Posted in Photograph of the day
Tagged Chongqing, gate, signs, street
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C is for Changsha
A snapshot of a busy thoroughfare in Changsha, capital of Hunan province. The men are not sporting the ‘queue’, so this is a post-1911 shot, and the flat cap on the left dates it perhaps to the 1920s at least. … Continue reading
Posted in Alphabet China, Digitisation, Photograph of the day
Tagged hats, peddler, rickshaw, signs
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