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"Mulberry Street" was written in 1937. Here are some images of China from the 1930s: https://www.vintag.es/2016/02/rare-vintage-pictures-of-china-in-1930s.html
by dudeinjapan 6y ago
"Mulberry Street" was written in 1937. Here are some images of China from the 1930s:
https://www.vintag.es/2016/02/rare-vintage-pictures-of-china-in-1930s.html https://www.vintag.es/2016/02/rare-vintage-pictures-of-china...
You be the judge.
- hedora 6y agoAlso, the book is clearly a celebration of multiculturalism. I’d like to see the people pulling these books draw a less stereotypical picture of someone from the 1930’s eating with chopsticks for a children’s book.
- Supermancho 6y agoAlmost all of those images are from large Chinese cities. If you add "farm" to your simple google search: 1930 images china farm You get images that look a lot more like the illustrations.