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Li-Shu-wen attending to patrons
"Li-Shu-wen seen attending to patrons while doing a stint of labour at the store in Liaoning province, where she once worked."
Maize is stacked up which gathered in a fine autumn harvest
"Maize is stacked up on a commune threshing ground in Pingku country on Peking outskirts, which gathered in a fine autumn harvest this year."
Members of a commune harvest grains
"At top left members of a commune in Suchien county, Kiangsu province, garner their grain harvest."
Peasants carrying manure to the field
"Peasants carry manure to the field in Tunchang County, Kwangtug Province."
Peasants of a people's commune in Pingku county
"Peasants of a people's commune in Pingku county on the outskirts of Peking deliver tax in kind and sell surplus grain to the state. They have just reaped a good summer harvest."
Photo shows the commune terraced fields
"The Tientai commune in Chihshui county, Kweichow province, south-west China, goes all out for capital farmland construction. Photo shows the commune's terraced fields."
Sowing wheat at a mechanized state farm
"Sowing wheat at a mechanized state farm on the Northeast China Plain."
Tachai Poor Peasants Association talk to children on class struggle
"Under a spreading tree, on which many peasants, who could not pay rents, were hung up and beaten by landlords in the old days, Tachai Poor Peasants' Association chairman gives school children a talk on class struggle."
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Plumb Point Lighthouse
Photograph of the Plumb Point Lighthouse (built in 1853) with the ruins of two brick structures alongside the lighthouse. It is located at Great Plumb…