These found photos from motohakone who bought at a flea market in Cannes, France in 1982. Photos were taken by a French speaking person when he made a trip to China (Shanghai, Suzhou, and Beijing) in October 1921.
Take a look.
Take a look.
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Rickshaw man drinking tea |
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Songjiang Square Pagoda (near Shanghai) |
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Spinning wheel |
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Street barber |
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Street circus artists |
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Sword swallower |
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Three Chinese women |
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Travelling food seller |
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Travelling monks |
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Twin Pagodas, Suzhou |
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Umbrella mender |
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Wheelbarrow man, Shanghai |
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Women weaving |
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Yu Garden in Shanghai |
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Beggar |
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Buddhist monk |
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Calligrapher |
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Carrying geese to Shanghai Market |
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Child in front of the yard |
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Chinese children |
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Cormorant fisherman |
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Countryman selling sugar cane |
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Countrymen in winter dresses |
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Craftsman drilling a hole |
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Curing an ear, Peking |
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Heckling of flax |
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Junks on the sea |
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Large dolls on wheels |
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Man in traditional dress |
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Man with chopsticks |
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Men playing chess |
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Method of warming hand and feet with charcoal stoves |
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Native cooks |
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Native girl in Peking |
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Old man with (opium)? pipe |
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Outside nursery garden, Suzhou |
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Pagoda by the sea |
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Pavillon by the water |
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Peep show box |
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Portrait of a Chinese family |
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Portrait of a monk |
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Portrait of an old man |