An Old Chinese Woman and Her Son Grinding Millet Seed, the Principal Food of China – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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An Old Chinese Woman and Her Son Grinding Millet Seed, the Principal Food of China
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A mother and her son work together to grind millet seed, which the original caption describes as the principal food of China. The stereo card was copyrighted by the H.C. White Co., a publisher known for stereoscopic views sold for parlor viewers and schools in the early twentieth century, and its date of about 1907 comes from an older caption card that has not been verified. Millet was a long-standing staple in northern China, where it was commonly ground into flour or porridge, so the scene offers a glimpse of everyday domestic labor as it was presented to Western audiences of the period.
| Created / published | c1907 July 29. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | H97397 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,412 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-130559 |
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