Luliang (China), man smoking a bamboo pipe
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- Created Date
- 1945
- Description
Luliang, Yunnan Province, China - 1945
This turbaned Muslim, lights a water pipe as he pauses for a smoke. The water pipe is of bamboo and filled partially with water. Where he's holding the stick for lighting, he has a pinch of tobacco and he draws the smoke across the water to cool it. It has to travel up the length of pipe, so it does keep the smoke cool. He is selling candy. In his baskets is a taffy-like confection. He chisels off pieces as needed and weighs the pieces on a hand held scale. He uses his baskets as a stand or table for displaying his wares. The scale is partially hidden in the center basket. In the background are sapling logs used either for lumber or fire wood. Probably more so for lumber because of the climate of the region, heating of a home or building was not that necessary. The temperature was constantly mild and pleasant.
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Box 5
- Creator
Krawczyk, Bert A
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- 1943-1945 Bert Krawczyk Photos of China during World War II;
Bert A. Krawczyk Collection
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Asia and Middle East
NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library's Historic Nitrate Negative Images
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Type
- image
- Format
- Nitrate negatives
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Chicago citation style
- Krawczyk, Bert A. Luliang (China), man smoking a bamboo pipe. 1945. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/7589. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Krawczyk, Bert A, (1945) Luliang (China), man smoking a bamboo pipe. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/7589
- MLA citation style
- Krawczyk, Bert A. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/7589>.