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Tag Archives: porter
The Song of the River
Porters would carry heavy loads and full pails up from the river into the city of Chungking, scaling long flights of steps, as in this photograph taken by Warren Swire: Steps in Taiping Men, Chungking, 1920. See also Sw19-067, below. … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition, Image Annotation, Photograph of the day
Tagged Chongqing, Chungking, exhibition, Maugham, porter, river, song, steps, Swire, work
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