Days Gone By

Jul 6 2012
4:10 pm

Beijing, China, 1930s.

Posted 10 months ago
#1930s #beijing #china #vintage #history

20 notes

Jun 26 2012
7:34 am

James Ricalton, Wealthy Chinese women with bound feet, Beijing, China, 1900.

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #beijing #bound feet #china #chinese history #history #james ricalton #peking #portrait #vintage #wealth #lily feet #foot binding

12 notes

Jun 22 2012
5:08 am

Empress Wanrong in Beijing, China, 1900s.

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #vintage #portrait #history #china #chinese history #wanrong #empress wanrong #empress #beijing #peking

23 notes

Jun 21 2012
1:25 am

Underwood & Underwood,9th U.S. Infantry Regiment lined before the Meridian Gate, in honor of Count Waldersee - American Minister Edwin H. Conger and family in foreground, Forbidden City, Peking, China, ca. 1901.

Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #vintage #history #forbidden city #beijing #china #peking #northern china #underwood and underwood

24 notes

Jun 15 2012
11:01 pm

E.V. Salzmann, Funeral procession in Beijing, China, 1900.

Source: Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive)

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #beijing #china #peking #e.v. salzmann #funeral #procession #mourning #vintage #history

4 notes

Jun 9 2012
1:07 pm

Herbert Ponting, The Great Wall of China, 1907.

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #herbert ponting #great wall of china #vintage #history #china #beijing

40 notes

Apr 3 2012
10:42 am

Empress Dowager Cixi sitting on her throne inside her bedroom chamber, the Hall of Happiness and Longevity of the Summer Palace. Beijing, China, 19th century.

Posted 1 year ago
#19th century #beijing #china #vintage #portrait #history #empress dowager #ci xi

25 notes

Feb 6 2012
1:46 am

Dmitri Kessel, Beijing, China, 1946.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #beijing #peking #china #dmitri kessel #vintage #aerial view #silhouette

104 notes