Photograph of Chinese men using a treadmill pump
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 91-7, USNM ACC 49469
name: label: Collector
content: Meyer, Frank Nicholas
topic: label: Topic
content: Pumping machinery
creator: label: Collector
content: Meyer, Frank Nicholas
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Frank Nicholas Meyer was an agricultural explorer in China for the US Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry. He received a model of a pumping machine from Dr. S. P. Barchet of Shanghai.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1900
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: The photograph originally accompanied a model of the pumping apparatus. It was transferred from the Department of Agriculture in 1908 in accession 49469. It was transferred from the Department of Anthropology collections by Chang-su Houchins in September 1985.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.91-7
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Image of four men working a pumping apparatus, probably in Central China, for irrigation or draining purposes.  According to the original catalog card, the apparatus "consists of an endless chain of paddles moving over two axles and forcing water along a trough in the cuds of which the axles are placed.  The power is by treadmill or crank moved by men."
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Meyer's model of a pumping apparatus is held in the Department of Anthropology in accession 49469.