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Postcard depicting two children gathering fuel in front of a building

Little Wood Gatherers Bring Home Fuel from the Mountain Side.

Postcard depicting people standing around hot sweet potatoes with a dog in the front right corner

SWEET POTATOES, SMOKING HOT, FUKIEN, CHINA.

A group of laborers eating lunch outside

Eating lunch | "Coolies eating their noon meal."

Children working at a home flour mill

Home flour mill | "Grinding at home."

A man carrying two children in baskets; circa 1925

Chinese man carrying children in basket

Five women standing with their backs to the camera to show off their hair; circa 1926

Another view of Chinese coiffures | "Hinghwa coifures [Coiffure]"

Women hanging laundry; circa 1909

Chinese girls with hanging clothes

A group of women sitting in a courtyard; circa 1926

Chinese women and girls

Two women using a spinning wheel; circa 1926

Two women at spinning wheel

A close up of traditional Hinghwa hairstyles; circa 1926

Chinese coiffures (close up) | "Three styles of hair-dressing seen in Hinghwa"

Five women standing with their backs to the camera to show off their hair; circa 1926

Another view of Chinese coiffures | "Hinghwa coifures [Coiffure]"

Five women sitting outdoors while fixing their hair; circa 1926

Girls fixing their hair