A basket for abandoning unwanted girl babies, by a city wall walkway, Fujian

A basket for abandoning unwanted girl babies, by a city wall walkway, Fujian

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Mx01-138. Cadbury Research Library archive finding number: DA26/2/2/4 (John Preston Maxwell Papers). "C.C-Fu" could be either Changchowfu (now Zhangzhou) or Chiangchowfu (now Quanzhou). See also Bo01-096 and Mx04-065. See also https://chinesedeathscape.supdigital.org/read/cradle-to-grave.

Caption in album or on mount

Baby basket for unwanted girl babies

Caption on photograph

BABY BASKET C.C-FU

Estimated Date

1870-1900

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Cadbury Research Library (Special Collections), University of Birmingham

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