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Canton. Pleasure Boat

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Date: 1880–1890
Medium: Albumen silver print
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

View of a Canton flower boat, or floating brothel, on the Pearl River. Several men sit on the main deck of the boat at the bow, and another can be seen standing on an upper deck. Several smaller boats float close by on the left side of the image.

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