Great Leap Forward (Henan province, ca. 1958)

Created 17-Dec-24

Modified 17-Dec-24

37 photos

China PRC Great Leap Forward album, dating around 1958/59. Picture sequence of the album has been maintained. Depicts agriculture and industry. Note the backyard furnaces in picture 8, fully operating. Typical mass labor (canal digging, irrigation) in pictures 7 and 12. Photographs originally uncaptioned.

Purchased November 2024, scanned =and uploaded December 17, 2024