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A high caste lady's dainty "lily feet" - as they really are - China. [graphic].
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Creator
Underwood & Underwood.
Title
A high caste lady's dainty "lily feet" - as they really are - China. [graphic].
Publisher
New York ; London ; Toronto, Canada ; Ottawa, Kansas ; Arlington, N.J. ; Littleton, N. H. ; Washington, D. C. : Underwood & Underwood, publishers, works and studios
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1900
Date
1900
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (3.5 x 7 in.) (stereograph format)
Description
Stereograph depicting a Chinese woman's feet on display. Shows the woman from the waist down attired in a tunic and pants with stripes at the bottom. She holds a closed fan in her hands on her lap. Her bare feet are exhibited on a cloth-covered box. The left foot points to the viewer, while the right foot is shown from the side displaying the heel and the toes bent over the arch. A newspaper in English is draped behind her legs.
Is part of
Unidentified series. 2
Notes
Beige mount with rounded corners.
Contains Sun Sculpture trademark on mount.
Title printed on mount.
Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1900 by Underwood & Underwood.
Title printed in six different languages, including French, German, and Spanish on verso.
Gift of Linda Kimiko August.
Subject
Chinese.
Fans.
Foot fetishism.
Footbinding.
Newspapers.
Women -- Chinese.
Women -- Chinese -- Clothing & dress.
Racializaton and visual culture.
AAPI.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1890-1900.
Albumen prints -- 1890-1900.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Underwood & Underwood [P.2023.43.4]
Accession number
P.2023.43.4
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Asian American and Pacific Islander History Collection
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