Caption

Away with horse-drawn carts, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 183 mm x width 278 mm, two-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, A dusty street scene in sepia tones showing a dirt road with deep ruts and footprints in the foreground, a wooden cart loaded with large bundled sacks seen from behind and slightly to the side, the cart’s wheel and axle visible and casting a shadow, two men walking ahead of the cart wearing loose clothing and hats, several animals harnessed at the side near a post, indistinct groups of people and figures further down the street, and a large gate-like structure silhouetted against a bright sky in the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B07_008

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52.9Mb (7.2Mb) / 17.9in x 11.5in / 5376 x 3437 (300dpi)

Keywords

Away horse-drawn carts page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie Beijing cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 183 mm x width 278 mm two-wheeled animal-drawn vehicle dusty street scene sepia tones showing dirt road deep ruts footprints foreground wooden cart loaded large bundled sacks slightly side cart’s wheel axle visible casting shadow two men walking ahead cart wearing loose clothing hats several animals harnessed side near post indistinct groups people figures further down street large gate- structure silhouetted bright sky background