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Island or Peninsula with Foreign Buildings Location is unknown, but it appears to be an island or peninsula with a cluster of foreign style buildings on its peak. A wall surrounds the buildings above the shoreline.
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Chinese Marketplace on the Yangtze River Large crowds of Chinese are standing on a rocky beach on the banks of the Yangtze River. In the foreground one can see produce for sale in large baskets. Up a small hill there are several small buildings. A single small boat is out on the river the right background.
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Yangtze River Boatman Banging a Gong Rev. Robert Ewan stands on the deck of a Yangtze River houseboat with three crewmen, one of whom is beating a large gong, and another is playing a round drum. In the background can be seen some small houses standing before a large hill on the bank of the Yangtze River banks.
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Ocean Liner Coaling in Japan Scene taken from the deck of a large ocean liner depicting workers in small boats near the shore hauling buckets of coal into portals in the side of the boat.
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A Young Man Fluffing Cotton A young man is squatting before a pile of raw cotton, which he is fluffing with a large woonen or bamboo paddle-like device. He is wearing a large white turban with a Manchu jacket, trousers and cottong shoes. Behind him is a bamboo fence made with a diagonal weave.
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A Chinese Tinsmith at Work A Chinese tinsmith is seated in front of his travelling smithshop, which consists of a wooden bench. His furnace is in the left foreground. He wears a protective apron over a fur-lined Manchu jacket.
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Chinese Traveling Restaurant A street vendor's portable "restaurant" consists of two units - one with a large wok over a conical stove; the other a table over what is probably some kind of heating unit with hot food for sale. The latter has an umbrella over it. The vendor serves a large woman with bound feet.
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Chinese Meat Market Open storefront with sides of port hanging from metal hooks. The storeowner cuts a slice of meat off of one of them. In the background one can see a storefront restaurant.
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Portrait of a Multigenerational Chinese Family Seventeen members of a multigenerational family pose in front of a building with a table as a centerpiece. The women wear headwraps, some of which have metal fringes over the forehead.
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Portrait of a Fu Hai Juin and His Wife Fu Hai Juin and his wife are seated on wicker chairs in front of bushes. Fu wears a center-closing jacket over a white changshan. He wears glasses and holds a fan in his lap. His wife wears a Western hairstyle with a white changshan.
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The New East Gate of Chengdu An arched gate in a large brick wall with a sign over it and posters plastered to the bricks. People are seen passing in and out of the gate. In the foreground there are tables set up for vendors.
