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.
The Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. A vessel in the Huangpu River. A sail boat and junks on the water. Several buildings in view on the shore. Several sail boats in the river. A paddle wheel steam boat on the water. Boats anchored to the shore. Views of the Shanghai Bund along the western bank of the Huangpu River. Several vessels in the river. The Camelback Truss Waibaidu Bridge (world's first all steel bridge) also known as the Garden Bridge, spanning Suzhou Creek at the Huangpu River. Several buildings at the Shanghai Bund in view including the Headquarters of the Shanghai Branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (now known as the HSBC Building or the Municipal Government Building) at number 12, The Bund, and the Customs House at number 13, The Bund, and the China Bank of Communications Building at number 14, The Bund. Also the China Merchant Bank Building and the North China Daily News Building (now the AIA building). Other Bund buildings also seen.
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.
Autogyro (early helicopter) flies over monuments in Washington DC. H F Pitcairn sits in the cockpit of autogyro. The autogyro with whirling wings for lifting power taxis on runway in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The autogyro takes off from airfield. The autogyro flies over Lincoln Memorial (Memorial Bridge visible behind spanning the Potomac River), Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol building in Washington DC