Ploughing a rice field
Raising water to irrigate a field, Fujian province
Hospital workers, Yongchun
Sedan chair bearers crossing a wooden footbridge
A farm worker with an adze, hat and rain cape
An itinerant umbrella mender with tools and travelling kit
A shoe mender with tools and travelling pack
A stone mason wearing glasses, with tools
A man carding wool, posed with his tools
A boy carrying baskets balanced on a bamboo yoke
Laying the foundations of the Peking Union Medical College, Beijing
Rope used for building and repairing dykes and banks on the Yellow River
Pile driving during repair of banks on the Yellow River
Worker with pounder used for driving piles during repair of dykes and banks on the Yellow River
Mr Li (Dr John Preston Maxwell's secretary at P.U.M.C) and his family, Beijing
Hospital mail carrier, with tin boxes, Zhangpu
Coal yard, Kowloon, Hong Kong