A photograph entitled 'Coolies', taken by John Thomson, c. 1871. The photograph shows two labourers, or 'coolies', carrying jars or bundles of cloth on poles over their shoulders, the traditional way to carry goods in China.
A photograph entitled 'Coolies', taken by John Thomson, c. 1871.
The photograph shows two labourers, or 'coolies', carrying jars or bundles of cloth on poles over their shoulders, the traditional way to carry goods in China.
This photograph was published in the book, 'Foochow and the River Min' (1873), made by Thomson to document his travels up the River Min by boat from Fuzhou to Nanping, a distance of about 160 miles.
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- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1992-5063/49
- type:
- photograph
- taxonomy:
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- visual and verbal communication
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
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