Jul 6 2012
8:47 pm
 C.H. Graves, The so-called “Lily feet” (right) contrasted with the natural feet of Chinese women in Canton (now Guangzhou), China, ca. 1902. Source: Library of Congress

 C.H. Graves, The so-called “Lily feet” (right) contrasted with the natural feet of Chinese women in Canton (now Guangzhou), China, ca. 1902.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #c.h. graves #lily feet #vintage #canton #guangzhou #china #foot binding
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Jul 6 2012
8:05 pm
Jiujiang Road, Shanghai, China, 1920s.

Jiujiang Road, Shanghai, China, 1920s.

Posted 11 months ago
#1920s #shanghai #china #vintage #old shanghai #history
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Jul 6 2012
5:01 pm
Buck Clayton performing at the Canidrome, Shanghai, China, 1930s. Source: University of Missouri Archive

Buck Clayton performing at the Canidrome, Shanghai, China, 1930s.

Source: University of Missouri Archive

Posted 11 months ago
#1930s #buck clayton #china #dancing #old shanghai #shanghai #vintage #history #jazz
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Jul 6 2012
4:10 pm
Beijing, China, 1930s.

Beijing, China, 1930s.

Posted 11 months ago
#1930s #beijing #china #vintage #history
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Jul 6 2012
1:51 pm
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, 1955.

Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, 1955.

Posted 11 months ago
#1950s #causeway bay #hong kong #china #vintage #history
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Jul 6 2012
11:30 am
Underwood & Underwood, A high caste lady’s dainty “lily feet”, China, 1911.

Underwood & Underwood, A high caste lady’s dainty “lily feet”, China, 1911.

Posted 11 months ago
#1910s #china #lily feet #bound feet #scary #vintage #portrait #history #underwood and underwood #wealth
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Jul 6 2012
1:28 am
X-ray of bound feet, China, 1890-1923. Source: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, Library of Congress

X-ray of bound feet, China, 1890-1923.

Source: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, Library of Congress

Posted 11 months ago
#1890s #1900s #1910s #1920s #vintage #x-ray #bound feet #feet #skeleton #bones #creepy #china
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Jul 4 2012
8:06 pm
A street in the Jewish ghetto of Shanghai, China, 1943.

A street in the Jewish ghetto of Shanghai, China, 1943.

Posted 11 months ago
#1940s #jewish ghetto #shanghai #china #vintage #history #wwII #world war II
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Jul 2 2012
3:46 am
A coolie laborer in  Zhenjiang, China, ca. 1900.

A coolie laborer in  Zhenjiang, China, ca. 1900.

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #zhenjiang #china #vintage #portrait #history #coolie #laborer
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Jun 30 2012
12:59 pm
Qing Dynasty government official Shen Baozhen, China, ca. 1870.

Qing Dynasty government official Shen Baozhen, China, ca. 1870.

Posted 11 months ago
#1870s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #china #shen baozhen #qing #qing dynasty #chinese history
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