An elderly woman beside a waterway holding a broom, Shanghai

An elderly woman beside a waterway holding a broom, Shanghai

Collection

Hutchinson Family

Identifier

Hn03-046

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Hn03-046. Possibly near Tongshan Road, Hongkou district, Shanghai. The broom looks like it is made from the tips of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum), or Sorghum.

Caption in album or on mount

Somebody's Granny

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1918-1919

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph