The "treasure" I want to talk about today is a set of precious old photos from the attic. In 1984, an American woman discovered a batch of negatives left by her father while cleaning out her attic.

Giant Paper Man, Beijing

There is an American proverb: There is a treasure hidden in every attic. The "treasure" I want to talk about today is a set of precious old photos from the attic.

In 1984, an American woman discovered a batch of negatives left by her father while cleaning out her attic. They are placed in beautiful rosewood boxes, with handwritten film information on the lids, such as the location and time of shooting.

Sidney David Gamble (1890-1968), American social economist, humanitarian and photographer.

Drying corn, shrine, Li County, Sichuan

In 1908, when Gambo was 18 years old, he went to China for the first time with his father and visited the beautiful city of Hangzhou. From then on, he developed a strong interest in Chinese culture.

Gambo, shooting location: Nanjing, shooting time: 1917-1919

After graduating from university, Gambo came to China many times. From 1908 to 1932, Gamble visited China four times, taking more than 5,000 black and white photos, 30 rolls of 16mm film, and hand-made hundreds of hand-colored frosted glass slides, more than 3,000 of which recorded The cityscape and people’s lives of old Beijing. These image materials capture China in an era of major historical changes and establish a rich set of image archives for Chinese society in the early 20th century.

During his stay in China, Mr. Gambo successively served as a voluntary officer of the Beijing YMCA and a research officer of the North China Civilian Education Movement. He presided over the socio-economic survey of Beijing and northern rural areas, participated in the establishment of the Sociology Department of Yenching University, and authored " Beijing". " (peking, a social survey, 1921) ( HOW CHINESESESESESES LIVE IN PEIPING; A Study of the Income and Expenditive of 283 Chinese Families , 1933) and other works, Become a pioneer in introducing sociological education and sociological work in China from the West.

is different from ordinary tourists. There are not many "visit here" photos in his lens. Most of them are pictures of ordinary life scenes, including urban life, rural life, architecture, religious sculptures, weddings and funerals, and public events. Activities, festival celebrations, etc. are determined one by one.

Gamble's photos reveal a turbulent yet vibrant picture of China through the eyes of an American.

Today, let us continue to follow Gamble’s photos and return to China a hundred years ago to see the turbulent but vital old China.

Giant Paper Man, Beijing

There is an American proverb: There is a treasure hidden in every attic. The "treasure" I want to talk about today is a set of precious old photos from the attic.

In 1984, an American woman discovered a batch of negatives left by her father while cleaning out her attic. They are placed in beautiful rosewood boxes, with handwritten film information on the lids, such as the location and time of shooting.

Sidney David Gamble (1890-1968), American social economist, humanitarian and photographer.

Drying corn, shrine, Li County, Sichuan

In 1908, when Gambo was 18 years old, he went to China for the first time with his father and visited the beautiful city of Hangzhou. From then on, he developed a strong interest in Chinese culture.

Gambo, shooting location: Nanjing, shooting time: 1917-1919

After graduating from university, Gambo came to China many times. From 1908 to 1932, Gamble visited China four times, taking more than 5,000 black and white photos, 30 rolls of 16mm film, and hand-made hundreds of hand-colored frosted glass slides, more than 3,000 of which recorded The cityscape and people’s lives of old Beijing. These image materials capture China in an era of major historical changes and establish a rich set of image archives for Chinese society in the early 20th century.

During his stay in China, Mr. Gambo successively served as a voluntary officer of the Beijing YMCA and a research officer of the North China Civilian Education Movement. He presided over the socio-economic survey of Beijing and northern rural areas, participated in the establishment of the Sociology Department of Yenching University, and authored " Beijing". " (peking, a social survey, 1921) ( HOW CHINESESESESESES LIVE IN PEIPING; A Study of the Income and Expenditive of 283 Chinese Families , 1933) and other works, Become a pioneer in introducing sociological education and sociological work in China from the West.

is different from ordinary tourists. There are not many "visit here" photos in his lens. Most of them are pictures of ordinary life scenes, including urban life, rural life, architecture, religious sculptures, weddings and funerals, and public events. Activities, festival celebrations, etc. are determined one by one.

Gamble's photos reveal a turbulent yet vibrant picture of China through the eyes of an American.

Today, let us continue to follow Gamble’s photos and return to China a hundred years ago to see the turbulent but vital old China.

Sheep shearing, Qinhuangdao, Hebei

Riverside villages, drying clothes, Jiujiang, Jiangxi

Riverside pagoda, Fuzhou, Fujian

Riverside huts, Chongqing

carrying water by the river, Chongqing

houses on the cliffs by the river, Chongqing

fishing boats on the river, Female fisherman on the river in Guangzhou, Guangdong,

oarsmen in Guangdong, Chongqing

lecture stage, Beijing Zhushikou

church, Zhengzhou, Henan

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street, Hebei Huangdao

street scene, Beijing Tong County

street A little girl on the bed, Guangdong Guangzhou

Women in the street market, Beijing

Soldiers on the street, Guangdong Guangzhou

Street beggars, Fujian Fuzhou

Wedding scene, Beijing

Street Shoemaker, Hubei Yichang

Street Shrine, Zhejiang Hangzhou

Jingang Park, Protest against the arrest of students, Tianjin

soldiers eating, Sichuan Suizhou

anti-smoking organization burning opium, Beijing

students of Jinling Women's University , Nanjing

soldiers eating, Sichuan

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Women offering incense in Jinan, Shandong

Beggars on both sides of the incense road, Baoding, Hebei

Jingshan ( Meishan ), Beijing

police, Tianjin

Jingyan, Sichuan An County

strong man, Sichuan An County

Jiujiang Wharf , Jiangxi

sawing wood, Sichuan Dazhou

giant paper man Beijing

sawing the statue, Sichuan Wei

Juelin Temple Repaying Pagoda, Chongqing

People’s homes were burned down after the warlords’ melee, Sichuan Chengdu

workers in cigarette workshops, Guangzhou, Guangdong

A small hut guarding the cornfield, Tongchuan

Passenger ship docks, Chongqing

stalls children, Tianjin

inn, Sichuan Chengdu

inn attendant chef, Sichuan Chengdu Follow the public account: ancient art

Confucius Temple , honor guard, Beijing

Confucius Temple altar, Shandong Qufu

The stone tablet in the Confucius Temple, Fuzhou, Fujian

crying Children, Chongqing

pull fiber on the beach, Chongqing

pull Erhu blind man, Beijing

pull rope, Hubei Yichang

pull fishing net, Hebei Beidaihe

Ox cart pulling brine barrels, Hangzhou, Zhejiang

Lama, Beijing

Lama, Sucun, Sichuan

The window of the Lama Temple, Sichuan

Donkey cart for pulling stones, Beidaihe, Hebei

Wheelbarrow for pulling pigs , Guan County, Sichuan

Lai Yinqi and Zhang Boling , Summer Palace in Beijing

Old woman feeding pigs, Dazhou, Sichuan

Laborer, Sichuan Anxian

old man selling medicinal materials at a stall, Hubei Yichang

old street, Chongqing

old archway, Chongqing

old man, Beijing

old man, Suining, Sichuan

The old man crossed the river by rope, Maoli, Sichuan

The old man took his two grandchildren to dry sorghum, Beidaihe, Hebei

old man and donkey, Beijing

Lao Niao City, with a hotel behind, Tianjin

old prison interior, Beijing

Leifeng Pagoda, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, collapsed in 1924

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Leifeng Pagoda, Zhejiang Hangzhou

Plowing, Sichuan Sucun

Haircut , Wenchuan, Sichuan

Mr. Li, Tianjin

barber stall, Hubei Yichang

Two men pulling foreign carts , Beijing Tong County

Two little girls, Shanghai

Two young mothers, one Manchu and one Chinese, two from Beijing

Female pilgrims, the Huaishi Hall of Lingnan University in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, the monk who interpreted the lotus in Lingyin Temple in Guangzhou, Guangdong

the Six Harmonies Pagoda , Hangzhou, Zhejiang

Liuhe Pagoda Glass Archway, Beijing Imperial Academy

Glass Archway, Camel, Beijing

Bird walking, Tianjin

Longqiao, Chongqing Tongliang

Workers eating on the roadside, Mianyang, Sichuan Qiang villages on the roadside, by the river and halfway up the mountain, Wenchuan, Sichuan

Roadside pagoda, Fuzhou, Fujian

Open-air haircut, Chongqing

roadside loom , Jiangsu Nanjing

funeral supplies sold in front of Luo Daoguan, Guangdong Guangzhou

mule sedan chair, Beijing

boatmen eating naked, Chongqing

camels entering the city, Beijing

carriage, Tianjin

Carriage, horse carriage and paper money in Ding County, Hebei

carriage and paper money, Beijing

Statue of Marco Polo , Guangzhou, Guangdong