Mule Litter. Peking.
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Mule Litter. Peking.
From "In and Around Peking" from the album: (Views of Peking and Japan, ca. 1900)
From the album (Views of Peking and Japan, ca. 1900)
ca. 1875
Albumen silver print
18.6 x 23.5 cm.
Purchase
1979.0054.0076
Inscriptions photo-recto (printed in negative) "172. "
(printed label) "In and around Peking. A description of views taken
by Thos. Child. No. 172. In going towards the North the roads
are very mountainous and impracticable for carts. This conveyance is
very much used for such traveling, and is much easier than carts.
Suspended on the backs of two mules, the muleteer riding on a spare
animal all goes well so long as the animals do not fall; but as this
often happens, a journey in a mule litter is rather exciting."
(printed label) "In and around Peking. A description of views taken
by Thos. Child. No. 172. In going towards the North the roads
are very mountainous and impracticable for carts. This conveyance is
very much used for such traveling, and is much easier than carts.
Suspended on the backs of two mules, the muleteer riding on a spare
animal all goes well so long as the animals do not fall; but as this
often happens, a journey in a mule litter is rather exciting."
