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RARE! (46) Vintage 1950's-60's GREAT LEAP FORWARD MAOIST CHINA 35mm B/W SLIDES

$ 5.25

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Type: B/W 35mm slides
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Region of Origin: China
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: China

    Description

    Rare! (46) vintage circa 1950's-1960's 35mm B/W SLIDES
    MAOIST CHINA during GREAT LEAP FORWARD 1958-1962 (approx)
    (B/W slides are reproduced from originals....)
    Comrades!
    scroll to bottom to view all images!!!!
    contents:
    -
    rare glimpse into Mainland Maoist Red China, closed off to Western Eyes from 1949 to 1974!
    -appears taken during The GREAT LEAP FORWARD 1958-1962.....somewhat before the
    CULTURAL REVOLUTION of 1966-1976
    -Pre-industrial China still exhibiting plenty of its Peasant Worker Class milieu.....
    Cameraman unknown:
    whomever shot the images definitely had a photographer's eye.
    -many slides stands alone in framing, contents and perspective...& mood
    -images shown were taken off a mini-light table
    -taken in B/W which seems to accentuate the stark drab austerity of a totalitarian
    communist regime.
    contents:
    -peasant villages, street scenes of daily life amongst the populace, daily life....shopping,
    many wearing the Mao Proletariat fashion of the Workers' quilt uniform with MAO caps,
    some shots of the countryside, incl. rivers, temples, note the use of bicycles as primary
    vehicle, street food vendors, interiors of schools shops offices, rivers
    -few sample images shown....shot off a mini-light box
    specs:
    -KALT brand 35mm slide mounts
    -unknown handwritten numbering system....archival?
    -total count = (46) individual slides
    -EXCELLENT slides for you to enhance & archive
    COND:
    -good to decent
    We are NOT in the business of making MULTIPLE high-resolution reproduction copies to sell on ebay.
    Despite offers of payment, we do NOT provide ANY digital copying service of the image(s) during or after an auction.
    The photo, once up for auction is the property of the winning bidder who owns the commercial and credit rights.
    We do NOT save or store digital copies of the offered photograph(s).
    We do NOT keep or maintain any digital photograph library of the photographs we sell on ebay.
    shipped slabbed with cardboard
    SOLD AS IS.....NO RETURNS!!!
    we don't provide a service whereas photos are copied and then returned!
    there is NO RESERVE.  postage is .35 SMALL BOX PRIORITY MAIL
    with tracking number (within the US).
    Payment must be rec'd within THREE days on closing otherwise item will be forfeited and NO-PAYING BIDDER STRIKE-issued.
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    NO hidden Reserve! All SOLD as IS!  NO RETURNS!
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