Group of unknown men, some of whom smoke pipes, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 242 mm x width 217 mm, historical persons, adult man, pipe, tobacco, A sepia-toned scene shows a group of people gathered around a low wooden table with simple stools, most seated with their backs or sides to the camera and wearing layered, textured clothing and wrapped garments. Two older men stand near the table, one playing a long pipe and another leaning over a large pot or basin while holding a utensil. A tall man stands to the right wearing a long quilted coat and looking toward the camera. In the background a multi-tiered brick building with a tiled roof and rows of small square openings rises above the group, and bare tree branches frame the left side of the image. The ground in the foreground is bare earth with scattered small debris and rough stone edging visible at the bottom right.
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Group of unknown men, some of whom smoke pipes, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 242 mm x width 217 mm, historical persons, adult man, pipe, tobacco, A sepia-toned scene shows a group of people gathered around a low wooden table with simple stools, most seated with their backs or sides to the camera and wearing layered, textured clothing and wrapped garments. Two older men stand near the table, one playing a long pipe and another leaning over a large pot or basin while holding a utensil. A tall man stands to the right wearing a long quilted coat and looking toward the camera. In the background a multi-tiered brick building with a tiled roof and rows of small square openings rises above the group, and bare tree branches frame the left side of the image. The ground in the foreground is bare earth with scattered small debris and rough stone edging visible at the bottom right.

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Group unknown men whom smoke pipes page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie Beijing cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 242 mm x width 217 mm historical persons adult man pipe tobacco sepia-toned scene group people gathered low wooden table simple stools seated backs sides camera wearing layered textured clothing wrapped garments Two older men stand near table playing long pipe another leaning large pot basin holding utensil tall man stands right wearing long quilted coat looking background multi-tiered brick building tiled roof rows small square openings rises bare tree branches frame left side image ground foreground bare earth scattered small debris rough stone edging visible bottom right

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