Trackers on the Min River

Title: Trackers on the Min River
Caption: Trackers-boat-to-Omei
Identifier: WFC_004
Description: This photograph, taken from the boat, shows the group of "trackers," men and boys who pull the boat up river. This group consists of half a dozen men scantily clothed pulling a thick rope that is attached to the boat (although that is not shown in the photo). The fortunate ones among them are wearing broad bamboo hats that shield them from rain and sun. The shoreline has a well-trodden path where the trackers have walked and sang all day every day for thousands of years.
Date Created: 1932-1939
Location: Min River
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/13100534/min-jiang.html
Event: 1930s Willmott Family Mt. Omei Journeys
Original Format: Black and White Print
Provenance: Passed down from K & E Willmott to Don Willmott, and then to Cory Willmott. Digitized in 2008 by Elizabeth Willmott.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2024-10-10
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image