Persimmon harvest in Chihli province, China. A few men prepare storage beds on the ground for open air storage of persimmons during winter. Trenches are prepared on the ground and are covered. Men spreading persimmons on the covering. An old man layering the persimmons on the covering. The fruits are piled six layers high. The bottom layers with the stem ends down and the top layer with the stem ends up. A few men layering persimmons on the coverings. A persimmon storage yard in Nankow district. Men layering persimmons on a storage bed prepared in an orchard. View of the persimmon storage yard in Ming Tombs district. View of the material for preparing the storage beds and the persimmons. A man beside a pile of persimmons. A persimmon storage area with an elevated matted covering near the village of Pan pi tien above Toli. Persimmons layered under a covered area and covered with a net.
Persimmon harvest in Chihli province, China. View of a persimmon storage yard in an orchard at a river bank. Storage beds of persimmons in view. Trenches on the ground below persimmons allows drainage of water and circulation of air helping to maintain an even temperature for the fruits. Aerial view of the storage beds in the orchard along the river bank. A fruit vendor packing persimmons into hampers for transportation in Peking.
Views of the Cercle Francais Sportif, also called the French Club or France Club, after being newly rebuilt in 1928, in Shanghai, China. It was on the Route Cardinal Mercier (It later became the Jinjiang Club, and is now part of the Okura Garden Hotel Shanghai on Maoming Road South). The French tricolors fly from places on the building. French Club members and guests relaxing at the club. Men and women guests on the veranda of the club. The service staff are Chinese. Waiters walking about serving food and drinks. Views of men and women sipping their drinks. Children swim in an indoor swimming pool illuminated by natural light from above. They play with a large rubber inner tube. A group of men practicing archery on a lawn outside the building. A young boy wearing a pith helmet looks on. Two men throw horseshoes, or quoits. A few men and women seated at benches outside the club building.
The city of Shanghai in China. A large number of men and women gathered at the Shanghai Race Club track. A Shanghai Municipal Police officer and a man and a woman posing. Spectators at the race track. A few of them seated and a few of them standing. Horses racing on the track. Men and women standing at the base of a flight of steps to a building. Jockeys mounted on horses escorted by their owners through the crowd. View of two women. A Sikh policeman and a Chinese Sergeant, both armed, at the entrance gate to the Shanghai Race Club complex. Several people beside the gate. Several persons sitting in rickshaws outside the race track.
Life of people in Shanghai, China. A few boats tied up along the edge of a river. A row of buildings on the river bank. A woman rowing a flat bottomed boat on the river. Few children seated on the boat and small bundles of hay beside the children. A row of huts beside a building. A few barren trees on the other side of the road. A woman seated beside the trees spreading hay on the ground. Several sampans on the edge of the river. A few men on the sampans. People at work in a construction site. Men, women and children seated beside heaps of gravel. A few children at the spinning wheel. A man carrying an equipment walking on the side walk of a road. Two children walking beside him. A few men pulling a cart loaded with lumber, tied with ropes. A man pushing the cart from behind.
A procession in Shanghai, China. A procession moving on a street. A few men on horseback leading the procession. Two men carrying lanterns follow the horsemen. Men and children in traditional costumes walking behind the horsemen. Men wearing traditional costumes carrying decorative umbrellas moving on the road. A few men carrying a palanquin in the procession. Several men walking on the road following the palanquin in the procession.