[Chinese street scene.]

Photographer

Dobson, William Hervie, 1870-1965

Date

• ca. 1897-ca. 1940

Summary

• A woman with bound feet (lotus feet) walking on a street holding a cloth wrapper. There are stores on both sides of the street. Their banners read "Raw and Cooked Medicine from Different Provinces at Zheng Hall" 鄭堂各省生熟藥材 on the left and "Happiness, Peace and Harmonization Clocks" 福泰和鈡 on the right. The two characters in the lower right corner are "yanghuo" (imported goods) 洋貨. These also appear on the banner in the sky. Imported goods were a much-coveted luxury item at the time.