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Title: | Men laden with tea [Title from label in photograph album.] Alternate Title: Two men, one facing camera, carrying large parcels of tea on their backs |
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Item Identifier: | Z-249 (photograph) AANEA-0006 (Bob's Best) |
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Work Type: | photographs | |
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Creator: | Wilson, Ernest Henry (1876-1930), United States, England, photographer | |
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Date: | 1908-07-30 | |
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Description: | View 1. | |
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Dimensions: | 15.5 x 20.5 cm. | |
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Topics: | men; porters; tea; Buddhist rosary; turbans; clothing & dress | |
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Nationality/Culture: | Chinese | |
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Materials/Techniques: | emulsion on glass | |
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Note: | General: Western Szechuan. Men laden with "Brick Tea" for Thibet. One man's load weighs 317 lbs. Avoird. the other's 298 lbs. Avoird.!! Men carry this Tea as far as Tachien-lu accomplishing about 6 miles per day over vile roads. Altitude 5,000 ft. [Information from label in photograph album.] Series: Eastern Asian Historical Photograph Collections Subject |
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Location: | Sichuan Sheng, China | |
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Copyright: | Copyright © 2006, President and Fellows of Harvard College, Arnold Arboretum Archives; all rights reserved. | |
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Related Information: | Photographs of Ernest Henry Wilson - 1907-1909 A Naturalist in Western China |
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Repository: | Arnold Arboretum/Horticulture Library (Jamaica Plain) AAE-04642 |
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