Name/Title
Picking Tea LeavesEntry/Object ID
CHSA-01123Scope and Content
Front: Illustrated in the background of this tradecard, is a descriptive scene that shows women picking tea leaves in a row. In the background there is a light blue sky and rolling hillsides. Women in rows of ten are line up next to the different rows of tea and are picking the leaves and putting them in baskets and boxes. A man in the background is balancing two newly filled baskets of tea with a pole. A fan at the center of the tradecard illustrates the Chinese Empire and regions of tea. Written on the tradecard is the following:
Tea Plant, Rice Plant, Picking tea leaves, and Gov. Absolute & Despotic Monarchy
Back: Object ID#, Old Accession#: A)- and the following written on the bottom edge of the tradecard:
"Originals created from color photos or slides"