This early 20th-century photograph, from a personal travel album documenting postings in the Philippines, South China, and Formosa, depicts a quiet walled lane in a South China treaty port. A vintage open touring automobile stands parked beneath a stone footbridge while a local laborer carries baskets on a traditional shoulder pole nearby. Images such as this offer a candid glimpse of everyday life and early automobile travel in colonial-era South China during the years surrounding the First World War. Project: 218115