This is a group photograph of the members of an anti-plague squad. They are on horses and wear protective masks on their rounds during the pneumonic epidemic in China in 1921. Part of a one-storey building is on the right while a train wagon marked with a "X" is in the background on the left. This was taken in Dalainor. Title devised by Library staff.

Credit Line

All rights reserved. Wu Lien-teh, 1921

Subjects

• Plague--China
• Government employees--China--Photographs