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At the custom's barrier, salt industry

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Salt workers carried loads of salt to the custom house for weighing before sale. Behind the workers is a government official who might be a soldier weighing the salt. This custom house was probably in Ziliujing Qu, Sichuan Sheng.

Format 1 lantern slide : glass, hand color ; 9 x 9 cm.
Publisher Publisher unidentified
Year between 1902 and 1905
HKBU Library collection China Through the Eyes of CIM Missionaries 中國內地會傳教士眼中的中國
Work type Photograph
Keyword(s) Salt industry and trade Sichuan
Permalink https://bcc.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/artcollection/cim-l088
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Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109875811
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Cite this image as: "At the custom's barrier, salt industry", in Hong Kong Baptist University Library Art Collections, accessed 23/04/2525, https://bcc.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/artcollection/cim-l088.

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