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At Least 89 People Remain Missing After Floods - Eastern Spain

At Least 89 People Remain Missing After Floods - Eastern Spain

Students of the National Police School with brooms in one of the areas affected by the DANA, on November 6, 2024, in Alaquàs, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. Nearly 1,000 students from the National Police School, located in Ávila, have joined in the relief, cleanup and debris removal work in the area affected by the DANA, which on October 29 devastated the province of Valencia and has already left more than 210 people dead. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Myanmar traditional broom-making businesses struggle for survival

STORY: Myanmar traditional broom-making businesses struggle for survival SHOOTING TIME: May 11, 2024 DATELINE: May 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:30 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of grass broom workshops in the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar STORYLINE: U Tin Oo, owner of the Win Ngwe Toe grass broom business in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon, vows to sustain his business of making traditional brooms, which he thinks is a big contributor to the local economy. "Despite challenges such as rising raw material prices, transportation costs and labor shortages in the Myanmar broom industry, I'm determined to sustain our business for as long as I live, not solely for profit but to ensure its survival and positive impact on the local economy," he told Xinhua on Saturday. "Our primary aim is not just financial gain but to provide job opportunities and generate income for the local community," he noted. "Despite having markets in India, Malaysia, and South Korea, business expansi

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MYANMAR-YANGON-GRASS BROOM-BUSINESS

MYANMAR-YANGON-GRASS BROOM-BUSINESS

(240512) -- YANGON, May 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A villager makes grass brooms at a workshop in Hmawbi Township of Yangon Region, Myanmar, May 11, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Myanmar traditional broom-making businesses struggle for survival" (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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MYANMAR-YANGON-GRASS BROOM-BUSINESS

MYANMAR-YANGON-GRASS BROOM-BUSINESS

(240512) -- YANGON, May 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A villager makes grass brooms at a workshop in Hmawbi Township of Yangon Region, Myanmar, May 11, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Myanmar traditional broom-making businesses struggle for survival" (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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ZAMBIA-WOMEN'S COOPERATIVE-TRADITIONAL TOOLS-HERITAGE

ZAMBIA-WOMEN'S COOPERATIVE-TRADITIONAL TOOLS-HERITAGE

(230714) -- CHONGWE, July 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of Kwandosu Multipurpose Cooperative Society hold calabashes and brooms derived from wild plants in Chongwe district, east of Zambia's capital city Lusaka, July 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Women's cooperative promotes Zambia's heritage through traditional tools" (Photo by Lillian Banda/Xinhua)

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken in June 21, 2023 shows a broom handicraft made by Rong Fengming in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored by more

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rong Fengming makes broom handicrafts in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored by more and more people. (Xinhua/Xu

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rong Fengming sorts materials for making broom handicrafts in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored by more and mor

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Rong Fengming and the broom handicrafts he has made in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rong Fengming makes a broom handicraft in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored by more and more people. (Xinhua/Xu

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rong Fengming checks a broom handicraft in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored by more and more people. (Xinhua/X

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rong Fengming pushes a stone roll to press materials for making broom handicrafts in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rong Fengming makes a broom handicraft in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored by more and more people. (Xinhua/Xu

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rong Fengming makes a broom handicraft at home in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored by more and more people. (X

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rong Fengming makes a broom handicraft in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored by more and more people. (Xinhua/Xu

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rong Fengming hangs a broom handicraft outside the door of his house in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored by mo

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rong Fengming makes a broom handicraft at home in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored by more and more people. (X

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rong Fengming checks a broom handicraft in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored by more and more people. (Xinhua/X

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rong Fengming makes a broom handicraft in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored by more and more people. (Xinhua/Xu

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rong Fengming checks a broom handicraft in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored by more and more people. (Xinhua/X

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CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

CHINA-JILIN-SIPING-BROOM MAKING-HANDICRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230622) -- CHANGCHUN, June 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rong Fengming sorts broom handicrafts for orders in Yushutai Town of Siping City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 21, 2023. Rong Fengming, 63, is a local broom making handicraftsman living in Yushutai Town of Siping City in northeast China's Jilin. Till now, the making skills of traditional broom have been passed down in Rong's family for six generations. The broom handicrafts Rong has made range from over 4-meter-long large brooms to tiny brooms used as decorations. As a cleaning tool created by ancient Chinese with a long history, the broom has carried the meaning of cleaning the dust and ushering in the new as time passes. During the Dragon Boat Festival, broom handicrafts are usually hung outside the door, signifying the dust has been cleared away from the house. On the basis of inheriting the traditional making skills, Rong has designed different broom handicrafts with implied meaning of good fortune, which are favored by more and more people.

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Daily Life In Kabul - Afghanistan

Daily Life In Kabul - Afghanistan

Men selling brooms in the streets of Kabul Kabul, Afghanistan, September 15, 2021. Photo by Oriane Zerah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BEWITCHED

BEWITCHED

BEWITCHED [US 2003] WILL FERRELL, NICOLE KIDMAN Date: 2003

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THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID

THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID

THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID [US 1946] PAULETTE GODDARD, IRENE RYAN, FRANCIS LEDERER, JUDITH ANDERSON Date: 1946

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DAD'S ARMY

DAD'S ARMY

DAD'S ARMY [BR TV SERIES 1968 - 1977] CLIVE DUNN as Corporal Jones Date: 1977

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Brooms next to books at Tokyo book cafe "Story Story"

Brooms next to books at Tokyo book cafe "Story Story"

Brooms and bowls are placed alongside books in a section selling household items in "Story Story," a bookstore cafe also selling sundries, in Tokyo on April 23, 2015. The bookstore cafe was opened inside Odakyu department store's Shinjuku main store on April 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A basket vendor

A basket vendor

A basket peddler wears gaiters, black socks, sandals, and a kimono with a collar and hems pulled up. He is carrying merchandise on a balancing pole. These include sieve baskets, crate baskets, noodle-draining baskets, woven bamboo baskets and small brooms.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐13‐0]

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A general dealer

A general dealer

A peddler is selling brooms and bamboo baskets piled up on a cart. He is wearing a bamboo hat, cotton coat, gaiters and straw sandals. The cart is full of merchandise like brooms, bamboo baskets, brushes of various sizes, graters, scrub brushes and ladles.==Date:Middle Meiji (1883-1897), Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐150‐0]

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A basket vendor

A basket vendor

This peddler wears a bamboo hat, a kimono with hems pulled up, gaiters, socks, and straw sandals. He selling mainly portable bamboo baskets, but he is carrying other products such as sieve baskets, brooms and feather dusters.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐155‐0]

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Women cleaning the garden

Women cleaning the garden

Three young women hold brooms and pose. The woman in the middle holds a rake flanked by women who hold bamboo brooms. From the album of Ogawa Kazuma. A photo of the mid-Meiji period.==Date:Middle Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number44‐12‐0]

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