Carrier with Load Packed for Omei

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Title: Carrier with Load Packed for Omei See all items with this value
Caption: The way our bedding and food go on trips in the mountains. He carries eighty pounds. See all items with this value
Identifier: WFC_005
Description: From Emeishan City, travelers to Mt. Omei summer cottages must engage "carriers" to manually convey their belongings up the steep mountain. These men are accustomed to carrying heavy and bulky loads like this one containing bedding and food. This carrier appears to be a middle aged man wearing loose cotton clothing and straw sandals recommended for grip on the steep and slippery mountain paths. He holds a cross-stick used to rest the load during relatively frequent breaks on the trail. See all items with this value
Commentary: Katharine Willmott compiled at least two photo albums with blue brocade covers with similar images and captions. These ended up with Don and Dick, though we believe K made them for her mother and others "back home" sometime in the 1930s. See all items with this value
Date Created: 1932-1939
Location: Emeishan City, Leshan, Sichuan See all items with this value
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/13100535/emeishan-city.html
Event: 1930s Willmott Family Mt. Omei Journeys
Original Format: Black and White Print
Is Part Of: Donald Earl Willmott's Blue Brocade Album
Provenance: Passed down from K & E Willmott to Don Willmott, and then to Cory Willmott. Digitized in 2008 by Elizabeth Willmott. See all items with this value
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2024-10-10
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image

Media: WFC_005_p33_Bedding-food-toOmei.bmp

Resource class: Image