In 1918, the main source of the picture was the American photographer Gambaugh, and the other part came from the Library of Congress.
The streets of Shanghai
Near the Hongkou Vegetable Market in 1918, at the corner of the street stood an Indian patrol wrapped in a red scarf, walking on the road with well-dressed foreigners and walking by the side of the street, busy Chinese people.
Blind entertainer
A blind man holding an instrument and selling art along the street hoped to get a little subsistence through his own efforts. In the old days, there were many blind people who struggled to survive on such skills.
Littlefoot woman
A woman is walking on the road with a small child, the woman's small feet are very small, and she has to try to maintain the balance of the body while walking, giving people the feeling of being struggling. Although the woman was only middle-aged, the small child next to her was likely to be her grandson.
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Two little girls walked down the street with their shoulders on their shoulders, wearing pointed cloth shoes that seemed to show signs of wrapping their little feet. In the old days, girls were usually wrapped from the age of five, which was a very inhumane habit that lasted for more than a thousand years, and fortunately girls now do not have to suffer such suffering anymore.
Health outreach
When summer comes, the streets of Shanghai are plastered with cholera prevention posters, and young people from the Red Cross Society of China are specially designed to popularize prevention knowledge to pedestrians. Life was difficult at that time, and many people lacked the necessary health knowledge, so such publicity was very important.
Garbage sorting
Youth from the Red Cross Society of China are handing out hygiene brochures to pedestrians passing by and urging that the city's garbage bins be cleaned up in a timely manner.
Opium incineration sites
A tall incinerator was erected on the bank of the Huangpu River, and boxes of opium were transported to the furnace for destruction. In order to prevent accidents, the scene was full of police officers who maintained order.
Burning of opium
Opium was thrown into an incinerator, and in front of the stove stood a row of policemen armed with live ammunition. Opium originated in Western Asia and was first introduced to china as a medicine, with very limited imports. From the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729), the number of opium imports increased greatly, and by the eve of the Opium War (1840), more than 40,000 boxes of opium were imported every year, about 4 million catties. At this time, opium had become a drug that spread throughout the country, and there were many addicts.
Carry cotton
Young men in duck-tongue hats carried two large bags of cotton to the buying site, each containing about 100 pounds of cotton, or about 90.8 pounds.
Lay the foundation
Several young and strong men are working together to build a new house. The tool they used in their hands was called the rammed wooden, which was to tie a rope to a piece of log, and then everyone lifted the rammed it high and fell by pulling the rope to tame the foundation.
Unicycle
A wheelbarrow parked outside the yard ready to pick up the work. This kind of large wooden wheeled wheeled wheeled wheeled wheeled seemed bulky, but it was the most practical and cheapest means of transport on the beach at that time, which could sit people and transport goods.
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The young mother sits on a wheelbarrow with her child in her arms, with a jumble of daily necessities on the other side. At that time, there were many foreigners who came to Shanghai to seek a living, and it was common to move frequently.
Bund rickshaw
The Bund is one of the liveliest places in Shanghai, with people coming and going, rickshaw pullers and guests to trot all the way. At this time, the wheels have been replaced by inflatable rubber tires, which are much lighter than the previous large wooden wheels.
Dockside
A small sampan was moving along the breakwater, and a policeman stood majestically in front of the cabin. For Gong Gong, this business may be difficult to make money.