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Title
Women harvesting rice in Lim Tsai, China, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued
1932-09-24
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, PO. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
This is a photograph of women from Lim Tsai village, "harvesting the autumn crop of rice. Some cut the growing rice stalks, then beat the stalks agains the washboard affair within the tub and the grain fall in the tub. The stalks are then carried off to be dried and stored for the winter to feed the buffalo. Lim Tsai rectory in the foreground, in background a convent for virgins and girl students being built. The church in the rear. Only part of the roof can be seen."
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 11.1 x 7.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-m3570 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-003-015-0010
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3570
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-003-015-0010.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Women
Harvesting
General views
Time Period
1932-09-24
Place
China
Lim Tsai
Source
MKL/China/003/015/0010 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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