Women bringing bundles of wood to the mission station. In China you buy firewood in bundles not only according to its weight, but also according to its volume. A bundle of pine wood, weighing about 10 pounds, costs in the interior 20-25 centimes.

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Title	Women bringing bundles of wood to the mission station. In China you buy firewood in bundles not only according to its weight, but also according to its volume. A bundle of pine wood, weighing about 10 pounds, costs in the interior 20-25 centimes.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Frauen, Holzbündel a. d. Station bringend. Man kauft in China das Brennholz nicht nur nach dem Gewicht sondern nach dem Mass, nach Bündeln. Ein Bündel Föhrenholz, das etwa 10 Pfd. wiegt, kostet im Inland 20-25 Cts.
Subject (bmpixs)	carrier f firewood mission station stairway
Geographic subject (country)	China {modern state}
Coverage date	1905/1925
Photographer (bmpixn)	Krayl, Robert (Mr)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1905/1925
Type	images
Format	b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver; 7.8 x 8.4 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m20455
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
Part of official series	China. Trade and transport. 6. Krayl.
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	A-30.76.014
Same image reference number	QA-32.013.0308
References	impa-m51236
Rights	All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images -- both individuals and organisations -- to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Access conditions	Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
Repository name	mission21
Repository address	mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+4161 260 23 09), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Repository email	info@bmpix.org
Filename	impa-abmpix-8380
Archival file	impa_Volume27/impa-abmpix-8380.tiff

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Women bringing bundles of wood to the mission station. In China you buy firewood in bundles not only according to its weight, but also according to its volume. A bundle of pine wood, weighing about 10 pounds, costs in the interior 20-25 centimes.

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