Genre: Industrial Photography Portrait of a group of children at work: 'The young children manufacture fuel. This fuel is made by mixing the coal, which here is of inferior quality, with water, then casting it in moulds and drying it in the sun.'
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking down onto blocks of fuel, made by mixing coal with water, with the Yangtze in the background. See also print 43.
Inscription: Photographer's monogram 'H. O.' signed in negative at bottom right. Photographs of display of large blocks of coal, the pile on the left showing Welsh steam coal exhibited by the collieries of Edward Oakeley. Print considerably faded overall.
Chagan Küren Suma (White Court Temple). A heap of cattle-dung for fuel, i.e. argol. Sheep manure is also used for this purpose. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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View of a Mongolian woman standing beside a pile of cattle dung. Duplicate negative only, no print.
De Wang's Residence. Servant with fuel. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length portrait, taken from the side, of a servant carrying a basket of fuel on his back. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Village Ho-er-tu-lor. Sheep manure for fuel. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Showing a woman taking a brick of sheep manure from the large pile. A young, naked child, seen in other photographs in this series, stands beside her. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Khiu Tsering carrying paraffin and provisions home to Gede. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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View from a similar viewpoint to print 5, looking down onto Key Monastery, but with the figure of Khiu Tsering, climbing the path in the foreground: 'The late Khiu Tsering carrying paraffin and provisions home to Gede. He has spent the day turning the giant prayer wheel at Key monastery. The eld...