Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bk04-17. Source: 'The Pageant of Peking' by Donald Mennie (A.S.Watson and Co., Shanghai, 1920). On the building in the background, there is an 'Admiral' advertisement for a popular Japanese-made liver pill used to treat halitosis - 'Human Elixir (pinyin: Rendan; Ch: 仁丹)'.

Caption in album or on mount

XVII. THE MID-DAY MEAL

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1915-1920

Tags

• worker
• eat
• food
• clothing
• architecture
• fire
• advertisement
• pedlar
• basket
• people
• table
• bench
• lunch
• admiral
• Rendan
• cook
• steam
• stove
• kettle
• Mennie
• chow

Photographer

Mennie, Donald

Material

Book

Media

Black and white photograph

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