local people

Scenes in Kunming, China, area during WWII: Farmer plowing flooded rice paddy.

Scenes in Kunming, China, area during WWII: Boat on canal, and poor women on roadside.

Scenes in Kunming, China, area during WWII: Terraced farmland, and boatmen waiting for commuter fares.

Scenes in Kunming, China, area during WWII: Boy with ox, and people getting off boat on canal.

Local men at work at a quarry near Kunming, China, during WWII.

A Chinese settlement in Burma, with Nationalist insignia on gate archway. This is likely to be a settlement highly reliant on trade and commerce as its niche. Near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII. "华侨新村“ “祖国之光”

Fenced village in Burma. A small crude stage is built in front of the house on the far right. Near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.

A farmer sits on an ox in Burma. Near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.

Kid sits in jeep in Burma. Near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.

Man with crocodile in Burma or India. Near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.