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 |










































