A pony-powered mill

A pony-powered mill

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ru02-19. Photo from an album (UoB reference Ru02). No caption for this photograph in the album. Probably taken in, or near, Peking (Beijing). This photograph by Hartung, Peking, was published in the National Geographic Magazine in April 1927, and captioned: “With one eye covered lest he grow dizzy, the pony makes his ceaseless round grinding corn”.

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1905

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London

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