The Time-honored Beijing Series of the Republic of China under the Lens of Female Photographers

Heda Morrison (1908-1911) is a German female photographer.

From 1933 to 1946, she spent thirteen years in China and took a lot of high-quality documentary photos. Heda Morison 199 1 died in Australia. According to her will, more than 10000 negatives and 6000 photos taken in Chinese mainland during 13 were donated to Harvard Yanjing Library.

▲ Making cloisonne

▲ woven carpet

▲ grinding jade

▲ Qi Diao

▲ Casting molten iron

▲ reed toys

▲ Roasted duck

▲ selling laobaigan

▲ Selling string candied haws

▲ Selling sugar noodles

▲ Selling snacks

▲ selling juice

▲ selling powerful drugs

▲ Selling feather dusters

▲ selling quilts

▲ selling socks

▲ Selling needle and thread

▲ selling toys

▲ selling miscellaneous grains

▲ selling calligraphy and painting

▲ selling birds

▲ Making utensils

▲ fortune telling

▲ repair the picture scroll

▲ Pressing metal wire

▲ glass ball fruit

▲ papermaking

The old business is drifting away. ...