A vendor selling paper silver ingots, An County, Sichuan
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.
Pig bladders are dried in the American Mission District, Beijing
In 1908, when Gamble 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 soc assml4, 1921) ( HOW CHINESESESESES LIVE IN Peiping; A Study of the Income and Expenditive of 283 CHINESESE FAMILILIES , 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 framed 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.
Passers-by eating on the roadside, Zhejiang Hangzhou
Horse noodles, Sichuan Weizhou
pier, Jiangxi
pier, Chongqing
fishing boats moored on the pier, Guangzhou, Guangdong
A woman selling water chestnuts, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
A garlic vendor, Hebei Shanhaiguan
sells kites, Beijing
sells old things, Tianjin
sells baskets, Hebei Beidaihe
sells briquettes stove, Tianjin
Manchu women, Beijing
school for the blind, Beijing
school for the blind, Beijing
blind artist, Shanghai
entrance women, large copper kettles at the tea stalls in Dazhou, Sichuan, Tianjin
Miao Gao Pagoda (Indian style pagoda), Beijing Yuquan Mountain
temple fairs , Chongqing Tongliang
Danmin on Minjiang , Fujian Fuzhou
Ming Xiaoling , the collapsed Fangcheng Minglou, Nanjing, Jiangsu
Mingyuan Tower looking north to Zhigong Hall, Sichuan Chengdu
Fishing boats under Moji Mountain , Hubei Yichang
sharpening scissors, Beijing
sharpening surface, Tongchuan, Sichuan
Tombstone, Sichuan Anxian
raft, Sichuan Wenchuan
wooden installation, Chongqing Anju Town
carpenter workshop, Beijing
wood workshop, Beijing
wood Young apprentice in the workshop, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Farmer holding farm tools, Rehe
Man, Anxian, Sichuan
Men and rags, Beijing
Flooding, moving, Tianjin
Nepalese, Macau
Fish tail boats at the mouth of the Ninghe River, Chongqing
Niutou, Sichuan Weizhou
Girl grinding noodles, Dazhou, Sichuan
Girl, man, child, Sichuan Gan Bao Za Gu Nao
female beggar and her baby, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
female students, Beijing
girls' boarding school, graduation photo, Beijing
girls' boarding school, primary school classroom, Beijing
Girls’ boarding school, middle school classroom, Beijing
