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Three generations apart., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann
Though belonging to the lower class these serious looking South Indian girls wear sari, earrings, and jewel pierced into the nostril, emblems of all Indian womanhood., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann
The wife of a local silversmith selling various jewelry at an open market in the small town of Yunnanyi. The soldier in his cotton-padded uniform has selected an enameled pendant. Brooches, necklaces, bracelets, hair pins, ear and finger rings, all of silver are displayed on the blanket. In the foreground the customary assortment of a toothpick, ear, nose, and nail cleaners and a scratcher worn suspended from the neck by older men as a sign of dignity., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann
The walls of the central hall of the Hsi Shan Temple in the vicintiy of Kunming are lined with the multicolored clay statues of the 500 Lohans, Buddhist saints., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann
The visit of a census taker to a peasant home in Yunnan is an event of considerable interest. He is a member of a sociological research team of the University of Kunming and walks from village to village to make a record of vital statistics such as birth and death., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann
The town of Chenchi in Hunan Province is built on the rocky banks of the Yuan River where many of its inhabitants live in houseboats. Soldiers and civilians are seen ferrying the stream from and to the markets., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann
The three main buildings of a Buddhist temple nesting in the rocks of the "Blue Mountain" The zig-zag path is filled with climbing pilgrims, as seen from one fo the picnic places where everybody rests and feeds before going up the last stretch. The pilgrimage is an annual all-day event and draws large crowds of city and country people alike, Yunnan Province., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann
The smile of this Hindu boy reveals the effect of a scant and unbalanced diet on the teeth., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann

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The pilgrim's long stretched line on the path between the hills to the Temple of the Blue Mountain. On the hill in the distance a wealthy family's private mausoleum., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann
The over decorated facade of the private temple of the wealthy Hsiao clan in Kaosha, Hunan Province. The framed designs right and left from the center strangely resemble Cubist or Dadaist collages. 1944, ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann

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The manufacture of cotton is still a home industry in some parts of Hunan Province. This cotton spinning wheel, shown in a small shop in Chihkiang, is turned by a wooden crank. In the background another workman operates a low-warp loom., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann
The great tower in the old temple compound of Conjeeveram, South India., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann
The gateway tower of the Parthasavathi Swami Temple in Madras, covered with innumerable sculptured figures depicting phases of the Hindu religious lore., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann

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The driver of a gharry, a horse-driven cab, keeps his umbrella handy for sudden rain showers during the monsoon season in Calcutta., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann

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The county market at Cheng-kiang, province of Yunnan, is a big weekly and social event for ten thousands of peasants, farmers and traders. Rice, vegetables, straw hats, textiles and trinkets are bought and sold. Everybody wears straw hats as protection against rain or sunshine., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann
The chief monk of a Buddhist temple in western Yunnan., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann
The Bengal Decorator, Calcutta, ca. 1945

John Gutmann
The "Cataract of the Yellow Fruit Tree" near Kweiyang, Kweichow Province, one of China's most spectacular waterfalls., ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann

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Three generations apart., ca. 1944–1945

Though belonging to the lower class these serious looking South Indian girls wear sari, earrings, and jewel pierced into the nostril, emblems of all Indian womanhood., ca. 1944–1945

The walls of the central hall of the Hsi Shan Temple in the vicintiy of Kunming are lined with the multicolored clay statues of the 500 Lohans, Buddhist saints., ca. 1944–1945

The visit of a census taker to a peasant home in Yunnan is an event of considerable interest. He is a member of a sociological research team of the University of Kunming and walks from village to village to make a record of vital statistics such as birth and death., ca. 1944–1945

The town of Chenchi in Hunan Province is built on the rocky banks of the Yuan River where many of its inhabitants live in houseboats. Soldiers and civilians are seen ferrying the stream from and to the markets., ca. 1944–1945

The smile of this Hindu boy reveals the effect of a scant and unbalanced diet on the teeth., ca. 1944–1945

The pilgrim's long stretched line on the path between the hills to the Temple of the Blue Mountain. On the hill in the distance a wealthy family's private mausoleum., ca. 1944–1945

The over decorated facade of the private temple of the wealthy Hsiao clan in Kaosha, Hunan Province. The framed designs right and left from the center strangely resemble Cubist or Dadaist collages. 1944, ca. 1944–1945

The manufacture of cotton is still a home industry in some parts of Hunan Province. This cotton spinning wheel, shown in a small shop in Chihkiang, is turned by a wooden crank. In the background another workman operates a low-warp loom., ca. 1944–1945

The great tower in the old temple compound of Conjeeveram, South India., ca. 1944–1945

The gateway tower of the Parthasavathi Swami Temple in Madras, covered with innumerable sculptured figures depicting phases of the Hindu religious lore., ca. 1944–1945

The driver of a gharry, a horse-driven cab, keeps his umbrella handy for sudden rain showers during the monsoon season in Calcutta., ca. 1944–1945

The county market at Cheng-kiang, province of Yunnan, is a big weekly and social event for ten thousands of peasants, farmers and traders. Rice, vegetables, straw hats, textiles and trinkets are bought and sold. Everybody wears straw hats as protection against rain or sunshine., ca. 1944–1945

The chief monk of a Buddhist temple in western Yunnan., ca. 1944–1945

The Bengal Decorator, Calcutta, ca. 1945

The "Cataract of the Yellow Fruit Tree" near Kweiyang, Kweichow Province, one of China's most spectacular waterfalls., ca. 1944–1945