"Building a boat." Three men are shown at work constructing a boat along a river. Two men are seen sawing the wood planks for the cabin enclosure that covers part of the flat bottom hull.
"The best part of the many square miles of graves outside city of Chungking [Chongqing]. 1900 & before." Many large burial monuments are shown on the hillside outsdie Chongqing. Tall conical pine trees mark out the areas around the tombs.
"Chair traveler and beggar." Three men are shown carrying a palanquin on a country road. Another man is shown lying at the side of the road with his head on a bundle. There is no handwriting on the back of the postcard.
"Cook buying eggs. String of 1000 cash over his shoulder. About 1895." Two men are shown on a street negotiating a sale of eggs. The seller sits with his basket of goods before him. The buyer is seen carrying coin currency.
"Carpenter making foreign-style chair." A woodworker poses in his shop next to a chair he is building. The unfinished chair is shown with turned legs and spindles under the arms and a wood framed back.
"Bamboo rope bridge at Kuanhsien [Guan Xian], edge of Chengtu [Chengdu] plain." Thick cables provide support for the foot bridge between bamboo and stone pilings. A bank is shown where the river divides.
