This amazing collection of old photos of China was discovered by motohakone who bought at a flea market in Cannes, France in 1982. The photos were taken by a French who made a trip to China, and visited Shanghai, Suzhou, and Beijing in October 1921.
Here are the vintage photographs that capture the everyday life of China in 1921:
Rickshaw man drinking tea
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Songjiang Square Pagoda (near Shanghai)
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Spinning wheel
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Street barber
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Street circus artists
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Sword swallower
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Three Chinese women
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Travelling food seller
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Travelling monks
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Twin Pagodas, Suzhou
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Umbrella mender
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Wheelbarrow man, Shanghai
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Women weaving
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Yu Garden in Shanghai
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Beggar
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Buddhist monk
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Calligrapher
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Carrying geese to Shanghai Market
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Child in front of the yard
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Chinese children
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Cormorant fisherman
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Countryman selling sugar cane
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Countrymen in winter dresses
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Craftsman drilling a hole
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Curing an ear, Peking
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Heckling of flax
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Junks on the sea
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Large dolls on wheels
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Man in traditional dress
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Man with chopsticks
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Men playing chess
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Method of warming hand and feet with charcoal stoves
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Native cooks
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Native girl in Peking
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Old man with (opium)? pipe
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Outside nursery garden, Suzhou
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Pagoda by the sea
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Pavillon by the water
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Peep show box
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Portrait of a Chinese family
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Portrait of a monk
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Portrait of an old man
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