View of a long canal, bordered by wooden multi-story buildings, many with advertising signs in Chinese. The canal is crowded with long flat-bottomed wooden boats (sampans) propelled by long poles. The boats have wooden shelters or cabins, their decks contain poles, rope, pots, baskets, wooden boxes, tools and other items for living and working. The boats provide transportation, work, and dwellings for people living and working on the river. Canton is a port city on the Pearl River in the southern part of China.

Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_12928

Date Original
circa 1923

Source
New York State Archives. New York (State). Education Dept. Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides. A3045-78, Neg. No. 12928.

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