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Antique & Vintage PhotographsStilt Walkers Festival Chinese Prison Camp Hankow Black Star 1940 Photo
This is a silver gelatin photograph that is unmounted and is 10 x 8 inches (254x203mm).
It shows a group of performers on tall stilts entertaining a seated crowd outdoors. The performers are dressed in traditional robes and hats, with some holding props such as fans and sticks. The audience consists largely of men wearing military-style caps and uniforms, seated on the ground behind a rope barrier. A corrugated metal fence forms the backdrop to the scene.
The reverse has a typed caption titled 'Picturesque China' and dated 'Jan. 19, 1940'. The text describes the scene as a festival in a 'Chinese prison camp in Hankow' featuring 'Dynastic figures in full court dress, mounted on improbable stilts'. There is a red stamp for 'Black Star, Cliffords Inn, Fleet Street, London, E.C.4. Picture On Loan.' Additional typed text credits 'Foreign Agents Japan Photo Library South China Photo Service' and 'Press Union Photo'.
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