Chongqing (China), a child forages in the rubble of bombed buildings

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Title	Chongqing (China), a child forages in the rubble of bombed buildings
Caption	Print 1555 c1: Millions of homes and shops - large and small - have been devastated by the war. Print 1555 c2: Scavenging in the rubble after a Japanese air raid on [Chongqing], wartime capital of China. WWII. Print 1555 c3, c4, c5: Even this little youngster looked about the ruins for something to salvage. Probably one of his prized toys are beneath the rubble. Destruction. Chungking [Chongqing]:-Bombed and battered by repeated Japanese air raids, Chungking [Chongqing] carries on despite almost insurmountable difficulties. The Salt Lake City of China, lack of transportation facilities has further increased the city's problems. There are only two accesses to the sea - by the Burma Road, a long and overtaxed route due to priority for war materials, and the air line from Hong Kong ([illegible] owned by Pan American Airways) which is also heavily taxed and operates under the very guns of Japanese warplanes and anti-aircraft batteries in occupied China. Prices in Chungking [Chongqing] are high, but so is the earning capacity - especially of manual labor. Ricksha coolies, for example, make comparatively good living, though they work hard for their money on the city's up-and-down streets. Merchants and government offices carry on with complete indifference to the destruction about them. War is a serious business; and there's little time to think about one's comfort. Though the city is sadly in need of more defenses, especially warplanes and anti-aircraft guns, some of the finest types of air raid shelters in the world are found here. These are tunnels drilled deep into the solid rock of Chungking's [Chongqing's] cliffs. Moreover, with the most amazing system of listening outposts scattered around the country, Chungking [Chongqing] always has nearly an hour's warning before every raid. So then, while the loss in property may be high, the loss of life is surprisingly low.
Part of Set	Harrison Forman Collection - China
Date of Photograph	1937
Photographer's Note	China: Chungking [Chongqing] Destruction Shanghai's Scorched Earth Army
Photographer	Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978
Subject TGM	Children War damage Debris Bricks Buildings
Subject LC	Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Continent	Asia
General Region	East Asia
Nation/Country	China
County/Municipality	Chongqing (municipality)
City/Place	Chongqing
Type	Image
Original Collection	Harrison Forman Collection
Original Item Size	35mm
Original Item Medium	Black-and-white negatives Cellulose nitrate film
Original Item Location	Forman Nitrate Negatives, Box 15
Derivative Format	Photographic prints located in Harrison Forman Collection, box L11, Forman 1555, c1 through c6
Provenance	Gift of Sandra Carlyle Forman, 1987
Repository	American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital ID	fr205570
Digital Collection	American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive: Asia and Middle East
Digital Format	Image/JP2
Project Name	NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library's Historic Nitrate Negative Images
Part of	American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive

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