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Everything tagged "shoulder-pole"

Woman carrying coal

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Woman carrying baskets

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Hawker selling snacks

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Gwulo photo ID: A637F

For more information about this scene, see: https://gwulo.com/node/54277

Men carrying table(?) on pole

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Gwulo photo ID: A637A

For more information about this scene, see: https://gwulo.com/node/54277

Man carrying baskets on shoulder pole

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Gwulo photo ID: A637C

For more information about this scene, see: https://gwulo.com/node/54277

1918 Mount Austin (Peak) Road

Carrying tiles?

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1918

Hawkers

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1950

Detail cropped from photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/39029

Fruit sellers with poles.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1981

I wanted to photograph the fruit sellers with their shoulder poles and baskets.  They were very happy to have their pictures taken but the lady who walked between us was definitely not keen on being in the picure!

1930s "Carring firewoods"

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

For the story behind this photo, please see: https://gwulo.com/node/51655

Gwulo photo ID: K185

Baskets on a shoulder pole

This 1927 photo shows baskets hanging from a shoulder pole. We'll meet the people who used these poles, and take a closer look at the wide variety of loads they carried.

Detail cropped from page 29 of the new Volume 4 of Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell. The book will be available in November 2020.

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