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Improvised ambulances used in the 1910-11 epidemic

Transportation · Politics and Government · Events

The one on the right was for the sick and the one on the left was for contacts. This photograph shows two improvised ambulances used in the 1910-11 plague in Harbin. These wagons are pulled by horses. The one for the sick is covered while that for contacts is unsheltered....
Russian cart for anti-plague work, 1921

Events · Transportation

In the background is Harbin Hospital. This photograph shows a Russian cart used in Harbin for anti-plague work. A driver and another person are sitting on the cart while a third person is leaning against the cart. All three are wearing face masks. This photograph was taken in 1921, during...