Printed paper street collector, Peking (Beijing), China
One of the City Guard, Peking (Beijing)'. So great is the veneration of the Chinese for letters, that men such as our old friend here are employed to collect scraps of printed paper, which are afterwards burned before some shrine
Picture No
11939088
Media ID
46076893
Size
2489px x 2911px
(1.7MB)
Credit
© The John Meek Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only
Source
From Illustrations of China and its People' by J Thomson, published by Sampson Low, 1874. Photograph: John Meek
Date
1874
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