Children
Selling Toys
These photographs come from The Hedda Morrison Photographs of China, 1933-1946 website, a collection of photographs that provide a perspective on childhood in a period that bridges the conclusion of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and the ris
The happy life Chairman Mao gave us, 1954
Visual images provide valuable material for the exploration of childhood, youth and history.
Protect the Great Results of the Cultural Revolution, 1974
Visual images provide valuable material for the exploration of childhood, youth and history.
Studying for the mother country, 1986
Visual images provide valuable material for the exploration of childhood, youth and history.
Bat Mitzvah
The girl in the photograph, Cecelia Nealon-Shapiro, reads from the Torah as part of her bat mitzvah, a rite of passage ceremony, at Congregation Rodeph Sholom in New York City.
Child with Purple Plastic Doll near Kumasi, Ghana
The girl in the photograph is from the Asante peoples in Ghana. She is holding a purple plastic baby doll of a type that is frequently found in markets in Ghana. The doll is both imported from Taiwan and made domestically in Ghana.
Organization of British Imperial Scouting
This chart shows the official lines of authority in the imperial Boy Scout movement. In theory, the Imperial Scout Headquarters had direct control over local versions of scouting through its territorial associations.
Pathfinder Warrant
Imperial scout headquarters and the national and territorial scout associations were deeply concerned with ensuring that only respectable and responsible men became scoutmasters.
The Scout's and King's African Rifles Uniforms
The top photograph shows members of a South African scout troop specifically for blind adolescents and young men c.1950. The bottom photograph is of non-commissioned officers from the King's African Rifles in the mid-1950s.
Mau Mau Fighters in Scout Uniforms
In the early 1950s, tens of thousands of poor and landless Kikuyus revolted against the Kenyan colonial government and wealthy members of their own community who were allied with the British regime.