Underwood & Underwood, A high caste lady’s dainty “lily feet”, China, 1911.
Posted 10 months ago
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Underwood & Underwood,A Man and Woman of Ramallah (Ancient Ramah), Palestine, 1890.
Posted 10 months ago
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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
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Underwood & Underwood, A woman returns when the Germans retreat from her district and finds her home in ruins, France, 1917.
Source: Library of Congress
Posted 1 year ago
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Underwood & Underwood, Immigrants just arrived from Foreign Countries—Immigrant Building, Ellis Island, New York Harbor, 1904.
Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Posted 1 year ago
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